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…Plain from the Tokyo-wan Bay. (Lonely Planet, p.8) The city of Tokyo was almost completely rebuilt after an earthquake devoured most of the city in 1923 and again after US air raids struck during World War II. (“Tokyo,” p.320) The city is split…

…a commitment to a cause and to a man, to Colonel Juan Domingo Perón. She met Juan Peron on January 22, 1944 at a concert to help the victims of an earthquake in San Juan, Argentina. She later married him on October 21, 1945 in a small civil service. Perón…

…use was found for sodium nitrate. During World War I exports at times got up to 3,000,000 tons per year. When Germany was cut off from nitrate shipments export tons decreased quickly. In 1960 and 1965 destructive earthquakes struck Chile. In 1973…

…and letters about morality and generosity, published works examining natural phenomena such as earthquakes, and wrote tragedies, which helped to popularize tragic drama in Europe later on. Several Epic poems were written; Tacitus presented a darker history of Rome…

…to the Kobe earthquake, there was steady growth in the tourism sector in 1995 with increases in the number of visitor arrivals and hotel room rates. The number of visitor arrivals to the State increased 3.2 percent during the first eleven months of 1995…

…, sanded to a satin finish. The five acres have been planted with native trees including Douglas Fir, alder and maple, all kept in their natural appearance. Since the house is in an earthquake region, the entire foundation is concrete. All the roofing in his…

…polished casing’s (pilfered by Arabs after 13th century earthquake), and both the pyramids and sphinx have sustained substantial weather damage. The weather erosion however is not consistent in all structures; the pyramids have horizontal weathering as a result…

…by Japanese Americans. Prior to World War II, violent attacks on Japanese immigrants was also common. After the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, mob violence occurred as Japanese scientist sent to aid in relief, were attacked.(F&F p.388) These attacks were…

…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 continent. Therefore, none of Donnelley’s…

…earthquake disaster, which destroyed two-thirds of the city, was probably the most significant event that encouraged him to change from an optimistic thinker to a pessimistic thinker. The definition of optimism is a tendency to expect the best possible outcome…