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//__**What we know**__//
 * Japan had an earthquake and it caused a tsunami
 * Missouri has tornadoes and its possible for Missouri to have earthquakes
 * Japan has Flexible BuiIdings
 * Missouri is on a fault line
 * we are above sea level so a possible tsunami is out of the question
 * an earth quake is caused by the movement of plates underneath the earths surface
 * Japan has a nuclear power plant that is in danger of leaking radio activity into the air
 * 8.9 Earthquake
 * shifted the island Japan about 2ft moving it 800 miles closer to the U.S.
 * After the quake hit they only had 15 min. warning before the water rushed in. The water was a 30ft. wave.
 * About 10,000 people are feared to be dead.
 * Earthquake caused a nuclear meltdown at a power plant.
 * Hundreds of thousands are in shelters, don't know how long they'll be there.
 * Its going to cost billions of dollars to repair Japan.
 * Dropping water over reactors to prevent meltdown.
 * The tsunami will effect MO because so much of our things come from Japan & China.
 * The earthquake was so bad, that it threw off the tilt of the earth.
 * The Nuclear explosion is going to be hard to get fixed & is effecting the air around the area.
 * Because of radiation American is to stay 50 miles away from Japan
 * They have a wall built along the beach in case of a tsunami
 * The built their building so that they were able to stand in earthquakes
 * The earthquake was later on upgraded to a 9.1 earthquake.

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//__**What we need to know**__//
 * what Missouri's earth quake disaster plan is? HH
 * how many fault lines are in Missouri? HH
 * what the chances that an earthquake will happen here are?
 * what are the layers of the earth?
 * why didn't japan make their wall thingy bigger?
 * has Missouri ever had an earthquake?
 * what causes an earthquake?
 * did japan have an earthquake plan?
 * how many survivors are there from japan?
 * are the survivors going to come here?
 * How many people would be willing to volunteer to help with the problems?
 * How bad is all these problems going to effect America?
 * ======When is all this going to end?======
 * How long will this last?
 * why japan make nuclear bomb ?
 * Is everything going to be back to normal? /ram
 * Could we be hit by the tsunami?
 * What would we do to get prepared?
 * If we had a earthquake would it be bad?
 * How long would the earthquake last, If we had one?
 * Is our Economy going too drop so bad that we will go into depression?
 * where is safety during a earthquake/tsunami ?
 * ======how fast is the water moving ? / ram======
 * will this earthquake cause a volcano eruption?
 * How do you know where the earth is going to crack?