University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Because There ' s HOPE. by Anil Daryani When she went from this Earth, there were no tears. No one saw her leave, but to my heart she was dear She was swept away by the sands of time. In the instant in which she became Yours and not mine. I awoke from this dream, And let out a scream, I had to pinch myself to see, That this was not what could be. I had dreamt a dream that was not real. At least not real for me, but it ' s effects I could still feel. I dreamt of losing my mother, And searching for another. But lost she was, for she had been taken from this Earth, Taken from me, as quickly as she had been given to me at Birth, I let out a sigh, and breathed a bit a relief. That this was not the life of me. and I could still hold to my belief. That no matter what happens today, I will be okay Because there ' s hope that tomorrow will be better.

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Thailand was one of many coiyitries in the region hit hard by the destructive tsubami The local and international rescue crews worlfed passionately to restore their country.

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The 2004 Indian Ocean undersea earthquake occurred at 7:58 am on December 26, 2004. The earthquake caused a tsunami that was among t he deadliest disasters in modern history At magnitude of 9.0, the earthquake is the fourth largest since 1900 and the largest since the 9.2 magnitude Good Friday Earthquake off Alaska in 1 964. The earthquake originated in the Indian Ocean just north of the Simeulue island, off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia The resulting tsunami devastated the shores of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, South India, Thailand, and other countries with waves up to 30 m (1 00 feet) high. It caused serious damage and deaths as far as the east coast of Africa, with the fur- thest recorded death due to the tsunami occur ring at Port Elizabeth in South Africa, 8,000 km (5,000 miles) away from the epicenter An estimated 228,000 to 310,000 are thought to have died as a result of the tsunami and still the count is not definitive. The earth- quake was Initially reported as 6.8 on the Rich- ter scale The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) estimated it at 8 5 shortly after the earthquake. In February 2005, some scientists estimated it was actually 9.3, but the United states Geological Survey (USGS) has so far not changed its estimate of 9 0, according to New Scientist. The center of the main earthquake was at the extreme western end of the Ring of Fire, an earthquake belt that accounts for 81 percent of the world ' s largest earthquakes. The earthquake Itself, apart from the tsunami, was felt as far away as Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar Thailand, Singapore, and the Maldives The earthquake, being unusually large in geographical extent, was estimated 1200 km (750 miles) of fault line slipped about 15 m (50 ft) along the subduction zone where the India Plate dives under the Burma Plate As well as the sideways movement between the plates, the seabed is estimated to have risen by sev- eral meters, triggering devastating tsunami waves. The largest aftershock was 7 i off the DEVASTATION by Stephanie Pace The tsunami left many beach fronts devastated, ripping out roads and buildings. The total cost of the damage may never be known Nicobar Islands. Coincidentally, the earthquake struck almost exactly one year (to the hour) after the magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed an estimated 30,000 people in the city of Bam in Iran As well as the continuing aftershocks, the en- ergy released by the original earthquake contin- ued to make its presence felt well after the event A week after the earthquake, its reverberations could still be measured, providing valuable sci- entific data about the Earth ' s interior The total energy released by the earthquake In the Indian Ocean has been estimated as 2 exajoules, which Is enough to boil 1 50 litres (40 U.S. gallons) of water for every person on Earth. The shock waves of the earthquake were felt across the planet — as far away as Oklahoma, where vertiwl movements of 3 mm (0.1 2 inches) were recorded. It had created large thrust ridges, almost a mile (1 600 m) high, which have collapsed in places to produce large landslides several miles ' ' across The tsunami, like all others, behaved very differently ip deep water than in shallow water In deep ocean water, tsunami waves form only a snTall bump, barely noticeable and harmless, which generally travels at a very high speed of 500 to 1 ,000 km (3 1 to 620 miles h): in shadow 30 FEATURES