Coniston Quake

The earthquake that occurred on Tuesday 21st Decemebr 2010 at approximately 11pm in the Lake District was 3.6 on the Richter scale. These size quakes happen approximately every 12-18 months in the UK but generally do not cause much damage. If you read comments posted by locals and people within the surrounding area they range significantly between feeling nothing (only hearing the rumbling noise) to tiles being dislodged in bathrooms and beds shaking. This is mostly due to the construction of each building - many are old, traditional ones, whilst other people may live in more modern houses. Despite not being on any plate boundaries we are still subject to the tectonic processes that happen underneath the earth's surface, either directly below us or as a result of movement nearby. For example the fact that the Atlantic Ocean is spreading has a knock-on affect by altering the pressure between different bands of rock that lie either side of it. The UK has a very old ridge of hard rock running through the centre of it and either side the rock is younger and softer so for all there are no plate boundaries there are boundaries such as bedding planes, joints and faults that have occurred due to changes in deposition, or rock type or by previous strain which has caused movement along planes of weakness (faults).

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Year 11 AFTERSCHOOL SESSIONS

After asking the class, you have shown a preference for afterschool sessions to be on a WEDNESDAY starting next term on WEDNESDAY 12th JANUARY. Make sure you remember to put your name down for the afterschool bus if necessary.

Year 11 L&T EXAM

GCSE Leisure & Tourism EXAM MONDAY 17th JANUARY 2011 AM I have given each of you a photocopy of the relevant section of the textbook in case your electronic copy does not work/ you have misplaced it etc. HOMEWORK: 1) Revise for exam 2) Go through mock exam )and additional questions) and use mark scheme to produce model answers

Landscape of the Week

Landscape of the Week

This is Lake Garda in Northern Italy. Any suggestions for landscapes

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Avalanche Escape

Lucky Escape

Passers by and tourists in Edinburgh had a lucky escape from this 'avalanche' that fell from the rooftop of a building. Luckily no-one was hurt in the event however the public walking underneath got quite a shock! The city has had severe snowfall for the past week and these pictures which were caught by CCTV are perfect examples of the adverse weather. The cold snap and snowfall is expected to last for another week. Brrrrrrrrrrr!

Landslide in Columbia

Having been battered by torrential rain for the past few weeks the prolonged and heavy rainfall has caused landslides in the city of Medellin in Columbia and local people initially beagn to try and dig survivors out of the rubble with makeshift tools before the armed forces and emergency services arrived. Local authorities are currently estimating that more than 2 million people have been or will be affected by the natural disaster. The Columbian President decribed the event as an 'unpresidented' occurance. In the cities suburbs the hundreds of tons of mud has buried at least 50 houses leaving dozens of people trapped and thousands homeless and stranded across the country. The rainy season has destroyed more than 10,000 homes across the country and experts fear the worst is yet to come. In bordering Venezuela more than 75,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes and evacuate. many who couldn't escape in time reamin trapped in submerged homes and can only hope of rescue. A truly saddening and disasterous event. For more information visit the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11923826.