Disaster+plan+-+Volcanoes

media type="google" key="881652999308298299&q=volcanic+eruption&hl=en" What can happen during a volcano? What would happen? Are you safe? This is what happened in an eruption.

Volcanoes are openings in the earth in which magma and gases can escape. The causes of a volcano are it can lead to global warming and cause floods and droughts. Also acid rain corrodes stonework and kills fishes in lakes and other streams, rivers, ect. Volcanoes are most likely to occur only in certian places and do not occur very often. Volcanoes usually occur on the edges of plates. To find out more on where volcanoes occur, why they occur and what they are visit these websites... [|http://library.thinkquest.org/10136/volcano/v] [|olctq.htm] and [|http://www.weatherwizkids.com/volcano.htm]

When a volcano errupts follow your evacuation plan. In this plan make sure to avoid be close to the volcano. If you are indoors make sure to close all windows and doors. Also anything like machinery and animals should go indoors too. If you are outdoors just try to find shelter. If you are caught in a rockfall from the volcano roll up into a ball and sheild your head. To protect yourself during ashfalls make sure to wear a long sleeve shirt, long pants, goggles, and make sure your car engine is off.

The supplies you need during a volcanic eruption are flashlites, extra batteries, first aid kit and manual, emergency food andwater, non- electric can opener, essential medicines, dusk mask,sturdy shoes, goggles, and long sleeve shirts and pants.

Warning Signs Volcanoes don't erupt all of a sudden. They often send out warning signs. Ancient civilizations such as Ancient Rome did not know theese signs and that is why thousands of civilions died. Now that we are in a time of advanced technology we can save more people. Magma in the magma chamber can trigger small earthquakes right before an eruption. Poisioness gas and steam is also a welcome wagon for an eruption.

What to do after a Volcanic Eruption If you had to evacuate your house do not return until Civil Defense Emergency Management officials tell you to do so. If your house was affected by the eruption have it inspected as soon as possible. This is what you should after an ash fall, the first thing to do is put on goggles, gloves, air mask, protective clothing and start cleaning. Driving will produse more ash so avoid driving. Remember wet ash is slippery. Then talk to your public offcials if you can help with community cleanup. If your eyes, nose and/or mouth becomes irritated from volcanic gases in a certain area move away from area. If irrtation continues contact a doctor quickly.


 * [[image:http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:sbegvWPb9wSG1M:http://www.waipahums.k12.hi.us/eportfolio05-06/wisportfolio05-06/team8d_portfolios/tby_christian_e_portfolio/how%2520volcanoes%2520erupt_files/image002.jpg width="144" height="144" link="http://www.waipahums.k12.hi.us/eportfolio05-06/wisportfolio05-06/team8d_portfolios/tby_christian_e_portfolio/how%20volcanoes%20erupt_files/image002.jpg"]] Disasters can strike quickly and without warning.** It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services, such as water, gas, electricity, or telephones were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. **Families can and do cope with disaster by preparing** in advance and working together as a team. Knowing what to do is your best protection and your responsibility. Learn more about Family Disaster Plans by contacting your local emergency management office or your [|local American Red Cross chapter.] **Meet with your family and discuss why you need to prepare for disaster.** Explain the dangers of fire, severe weather, and earthquakes to children. Plan to share responsibilities and work together as a team. Keep it simple enough so people can remember the important details. A disaster is an extremely stressful situation that can create confusion. The best emergency plans are those with very few details. **Have and emergency kit incase of need to evacuate.** This kit can help cope with the disasters . Emergency kits include flashlites, extra batteries, first aid kit and manual, emergency food and water, non- electric can opener, essential medicines, dusk mask, sturdy shoes, goggles, and long sleeve shirts and pants. Remember to bring your pets along with a supplies worth of their food and water.

Some volcanic eruptions are explosive and other are not.** How explosive an eruption is depends on how runny or sticky the magma is. If magma is thin and runny, gases can escape easily from it. When this type of magma erupts, it flows out of the volcano. Lava flows rarely kill people because they move slowly enough for people to get out of their way. Lava flows, however, can cause considerable destruction to buildings in their path. If magma is thick and sticky, gases cannot escape easily. Pressure builds up until the gases escape violently and explode. In this type of eruption, the magma blasts into the air and breaks apart into pieces called //tephra//. Tephra can range in size from tiny particles of ash to house-size boulders.
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 * Explosive volcanic eruptions can be dangerous and deadly.** They can blast out clouds of hot tephra from the side or top of a volcano. These fiery clouds race down mountainsides destroying almost everything in their path. Ash erupted into the sky falls back to Earth like powdery snow, but snow that won't melt. If thick enough, blankets of ash can suffocate plants, animals, and humans. When hot volcanic materials mix with water from streams or melted snow and ice, mudflows form. Mudflows have buried entire communities located near erupting volcanoes. Because there may be hundreds or thousands of years between volcanic eruptions, people may not be aware of a volcano's dangers. When Mount St. Helens in the State of Washington erupted in 1980, it had not erupted for 123 years. Most people thought Mount St. Helens was a beautiful, peaceful mountain and not a dangerous volcano.

 If you had to evacuate your house do not return until Civil Defense Emergency Management officials tell you to do so. If your house was affected by the eruption have it inspected as soon as possible. This is what you should after an ash fall, the first thing to do is put on goggles, gloves, air mask, protective clothing and start cleaning. Driving will produce more ash so avoid driving. Remember wet ash is slippery. Then talk to your public officials if you can help with community cleanup. If your eyes, nose and/or mouth becomes irritated from volcanic gases in a certain area move away from area. If irritation continues contact a doctor quickly. Do not return to your home until Civil Defence Emergency Management officials have told you that it is safe to do so If you are affected by the eruption, have your house inspected and the damage assessed. It is safe to go outside when all the ash is cleaned up and people get you. This is all you need about volcanoes. Be safe.
 * Volcanic eruptions occur only in certain places and do not occur randomly.** That's because the Earth's outermost shell, the //lithosphere,// is broken into a series of slabs known as lithospheric or //tectonic plates//. These plates are rigid, but they float on the hotter, softer layer in the Earth's mantle. There are 16 major plates. As the plates move about, they spread apart, collide, or slide past each other. Volcanoes occur most frequently at plate boundaries. A lot of volcanoes occur near the edge of the Pacific Ocean, also called the Pacific Ring of Fire. Volcanoes can also occur in the middle of plates, in hotspots.

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