Christchurch earthquake

Hello everybody,

Today's topic will be about 'Christchurch earthquake'. This is one of my draft that I have to post. I have been researching information about the Christchurch earthquake 2011. There's a questions that we must answer. 

Here are the questions and my answers:

How have the Christchurch earthquakes had an impact on our city?

There were many damages that have happened during and after the Christchurch earthquakes. The number of people who died were 185 and many people were injured but 164 people were seriously injured. Most of the victims died due to the buildings that collapsed. The water pipes, the roads, bridges, power lines, phones and towers/buildings were broken and damaged. A ton of roads, schools, footpaths and houses were flooded. Many stone and bricks buildings in Christchurch were harmed. Up to 100,000 structures were damaged and around 10,000 should have been obliterated. Christchurch was separated into four zones after the earthquake. The land in the Green Zone was unharmed and could be based on once more, in the Orange Zone more checks were required before the land could be built on. The White Zone was the zone that had not been checked at all yet. The land in certain pieces of the city was entirely unsecured. Expanding on it securely will be troublesome. These zones are known as the Red Zone.

What positives or negatives have come from the quakes?

Negative about the Christchurch earthquake impact is that people think they’ll die, they have no idea what will happen during the earthquake, many lost their houses and some of them died. It has a bunch of impacts, it affects their everyday lives. But the Positive impact about it is that luckily some of them survived. They were badly injured but they immediately got healed, and some of them survived which is a good thing.

What are some changes that citizens have made to prevent damage happening from potential future earthquakes?

We wouldn’t know when it will happen, it can happen anytime. They should always be ready. Being prepared for what can happen will be a great idea, it’s all about being alert and aware. They should also know what to do whenever there is an earthquake, in school, they should have this drill practice. It teaches kids in school about what to do whenever there’s an earthquake. Children will be able to know what to do. This will prevent us from getting in danger and it will save many people’s lives.

What have you learned from the work you have done?

I have learnt that we really can't control when these things will happen, just like an earthquake, it’ll randomly happen without us knowing. So we all have to be always aware of what will happen anytime.

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