User:Kaymarie/sandbox

Kaymarie's sandbox to edit articles for course

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ENG002 at Butte College

02/26/2018
logged my initial reaction and future plans for the existing article in the talk section of my sandbox and in the talk section of the article itself. I looked over the existing listed sources and followed the links to make sure that they still went to active pages. I spent a couple of hours looking up new sources to possibly add to the article.

03/04/2018
Set up log activity section and organized layout for my sandbox. After reading the feedback given in the talk section of my sandbox, I copy and pasted the article to focus of adding to/ improving the existing material. For now I plan on focusing on the introduction paragraph and the damages section. In the Damages section I plan on explaining why there was so much damaged caused, even though the magnitude of the earthquake wasn't very high. I spent about an hour looking for additional resources and taking notes on key points that I plan on adding to the article.

03/13/2018
Reviewed the feedback that was left in my sandbox and in the notifications. Took the Peer Review training.

03/15/2018
Reviewed some of the sources that I was planning on using for the article and realized that a few of them weren't credible. Scratched those off of my list of sources and spent a couple of hours trying to find new sources with information that I can use.

03/18/2018
Reviewed the Peer Review training again. Searched for some available articles and chose the article, Apocalypse that's being revised by Femillee. Read the original Apocalyse article and the talk page to familiarize myself with the content. Went to Femillee's sandbox to review what plans they had on making to the article and any edits that were in the works. Posted a review of my thoughts about the content that she was planning on adding to the article and made some suggestions. Then I took a look at the peer review that was left for me in my sandbox from Kelly Hunt. I added some of her suggestions to my plans on the development of the article. I liked her suggestion of finding before and after pictures of buildings/areas that were damaged by the earthquake. I'm going to do some more research to see if I can find some sources to answer the questions that Kelly left. They would be great additions to the article.

03/20/2018
Spent about an hour trying to find some strong visuals to add to the article. Focused on finding pictures of buildings before the damages and after the damages.

04/02/2018
Added my response to Kelly's peer review. Made some edits to the wording in the beginning of the damages section of the article based off of her helpful feedback. I reworded the intro section a little bit, added content, sources and adjusted some of the phrasing to the damages and the aftermath section. I hit a bump in the road when I tried to add my sources first before I made the changed within the article. I wanted to make sure I listed them before I forgot. The changes that I was making to the references section wasn't showing up when I pressed "Publish". I was so confused, I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. I went back to review the training and then I realized that Wikipedia wouldn't let me list my source UNTIL I reference it within the article to the conent that I learned from that source. Once I figured out the missing link I reviewed all the content I added to my sandbox and published it. I reviewed it once more before transferring it over to the main page. I also left a comment in the talk section of the main page to let others know what adjustments I made so far.

04/08/2018
Took notes on and completed Training 10 modules and quizzes. Added two images to article, one image with multiple pictures of structural damages and another one of the construction on the U.S. Naval yard in Long Beach in 1933.

04/09/2018
Read and took notes on the Editing Wikipedia Brochure. Compared notes to my article to see what needs improvement or adjusting.

04/10/2018
Attempted to find some more pictures to include in the article. Finding images to add to this article that are Wikipedia approved was a challenge. There aren't too many pictures of Long Beach in 1933. I thought I found a good picture to use but I ended up deleting it from the article because the feedback of the picture from other Wikipedian's. They said the picture seemed to be photoshopped wasn't actually from the 30's. After I took another look at the picture I realized that it was way too clear to be authentic. Transferred adjustments and images to main article.

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The 1933 Long Beach earthquake took place on March 10 at 5:54 P.M. PST south of downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Damage to buildings was widespread throughout Southern California. An estimated forty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 115 to 120 fatalities. The majority of the fatalities resulted from people running out of buildings exposing themselves to the falling debris.

Damage
copied from 1933 Long Beach earthquake

The major damage occurred in the densely-populated city of Long Beach on the south-facing coast of Los Angeles County. However, the damage was also found to have extended to the industrial area south of downtown Los Angeles. The magnitude of the earthquake is considered to be medium but a significant amount of damage was left due to unfavorable geological conditions (landfill, water-soaked alluvium) combined with poorly constructed buildings. In Long Beach, buildings collapsed, water tanks fell through roofs, and houses were tossed off their foundations. School buildings were among the structures that incurred the most severe damage.

Aftermath
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The earthquake highlighted the need for earthquake-resistant design for structures in California. Many school buildings were damaged, with more than 230 school buildings that either were destroyed, suffered major damage, or were judged unsafe to occupy. The California State Legislature passed the Field Act on April 10, 1933, mandating that school buildings must be earthquake-resistant. If the earthquake had occurred during school hours, the death toll would have been much higher. This earthquake prompted the government to play an active role in disaster relief. The government created The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, providing loans for the reconstruction of buildings that were affected during the natural disaster. The Bureau of Public Roads also took action to rebuild roads, highways, and bridges. The economy of Long Beach was able to return back to normal swiftly because of the rise of the aircraft industry. To support the World War II efforts, Long Beach created naval yards and increased the number of air crafts produced. This directly helped Long Beach repair and stabilize the economy after the disaster.

Peer Review by Kelly Hunt
I agree with you that the Damage section seems rather small for such a large event. If you could add in the dollar amount of the damages that may help show the damages in the bigger picture of things. Was there a State of Emergency declared for this incident? I feel like the first sentence of the Damage section could possibly be made into two sentences. Something along the lines of :  The major damage occurred in the densely-populated city of Long Beach on the south-facing coast of Los Angeles County. However, the damage was also found to have extended to the industrial area south of downtown Los Angeles. Do you know how many total structures were destroyed? How many square miles were affected? How far away could the after shocks be felt? Statistics and factual numbers really help when you are discussing a natural disaster. If you can find the before and after pictures that would be great to add.

Response to Peer Review
Thank you Kelly for your thoughtful peer review. I appreciate that you took the time to read through my article and contribute some great ideas. I'm definitely going to try and find some good before and after pictures of the buildings affected by the earthquake. I think visuals will help the reader understand just how much damage was done by the earthquake. Also, thank you for listing the questions that you were left with after reading the article. It's been a challenge trying to find some reliable sources to address these questions but it has given me a good direction.

Category:1933 earthquakes 1933 L1933 L1933 Long Beach Category:1933 natural disasters in the United States Category:Disasters in Los Angeles Category:Geology of Los Angeles County, California Category:March 1933 events