矿大英语PPT(kay).ppt

* * * * * * * * Part III B of this lecture More lectures at Disasters Supercourse -?/~super1/collections/collection52.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY, 2008 An 8-months pregnant woman was among those rescued from collapsed buildings in an all out effort to rescue survivors. PREGNANT WOMAN RESCUED: DUJIANGYAN WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY, 2008 Soldiers were dispatched to repair Zipingpu dam after cracks were discovered in 391 dams in the epicentral region FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008 The Chinese Government increased the number of soldiers involved in emergency response to 130,000 Survivors were still being removed from rubble. SOLDIERS REPAIR CRACKS IN ZIPINGPU DAM:DUJIANGYAN The earthquake showed that the communities in the Sichian Province were UNPREPARED for what happened! 25 million buildings and the infrastructure to support them were UNPROTECTED by modern building codes or modern lifeline standards. WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE SICHUAN PROVINCE,CHINA MAY 12, 2008 88,000 DEAD 25 MILLION HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED * This presentation has supplemental notes for each slide. These notes are meant to aid instructors about the photos presented on each slide.Photo information starting in upper left, going clockwiseTop leftTitle: I5 and SR14 Freeway collapseCaption: North San Fernando Valley One of the most spectacular effects of the earthquake was the collapse of several freeway overpasses. Pictured here is the collapse at the Antelope Valley (SR14)-Golden State Freeway (I5) interchange. Two sections of highway fell in this earthquake, and there were displacements of a number of inches between some of the span sections of the structures that remained standing. I-5 is the primary traffic artery between northern and southern California. Sections of this interchange, then under construction, also collapsed in the San Fernando earthquake of 1971. It was later rebuilt using the same specifications. A policeman was killed w