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…dismissed Atlantis as glorified myths of volcanic eruptions in the island of Thera in 1450 b.c. The eruption may have destroyed that island and caused a small earthquake and tsunamis that ruined the civilization of Crete, but didn't sink…

…, a tectonic fault where there has been seismic tremors for thousands of years. Rumblings, rolling waves, and muffled growls are consequences of these submerged earthquakes and could very well have been mistaken for a demonic aquatic creature. In addition…

…message the French receive from Henry is in Act 2, Scene 4, and is delivered by Exeter, "in fierce tempest he is coming, In thunder and in earthquake, like a Jove. That if requiring fail, he will compel.... This hungry war opens his vasty jaws, and on your…

…earthquakes from happening. "They therefore seized a Basque, convicted of marrying his godmother, and two Portuguese Jews, who had refused to eat bacon with their chicken (Voltaire Pg. 36)." That is just a cultural issue, they didn't do anything wrong. Candide…

…that instructed him to kill in order to save the world. By killing, he believed he was preventing a much larger catastrophe, that of the elimination of the state of California via and earthquake and title wave. Missionaries are described as "clean up killers, who…

…stated in the Vienna Convention Of Human Rights were violated August 17:A 7.4 earthquake kills more than 16.000 Turkish people December 31:World fears the consequences of the Y2K bug 2000: May 14:I Love You virus disrupts PCs worldwide July…

…earthly existence. This is the first time in my life I feel singled out by my peers. I have always had friends around and now it just seemed to crash down like an earthquake. It is now my first lunch at this "prison," my first day and I hate it already. I get…

…Nevada's Agency for Nuclear Projects, disagree with the findings of the study however. Citing other geological reports, Nevada's Agency for Nuclear Projects claims that Yucca Mountain sits on an active earthquake zone and has received at least 600 examples…

…is that mass of water can cause earthquakes . The nuclear energy is more controversy. And now the future of nuclear energy has reached a crisis. Some people see it as the best long-term replacement for fossil fuels. Others point to the environmental hazard…

…of the disease, nor how to protect themselves from it. “It was said that the cause of the Pestilence or The Great Mortality -- 14th-century names for the contagion -- was a particularly sinister alignment of the planets, or a foul wind created by recent earthquakes…