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[|Mexico city earthquake triggers volcanic eruption] //Ash spews from Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano (J.GUADALUPE PEREZ/AFP/Getty Images) // __**Summary:**__ Mexico city is located on a ancient lake bed which is ideal for a city due to the soil quality but because of its relationship to the Cocos plate which is located under the north american plate it is sinking causing earthquakes and is predicted to cause even more in the future, Trevor Nace explains it as "Picture a mixing bowl filled with flour and a square of butter on top of the flour. The chunk of butter is relatively stable until you start to shake the bowl. All of a sudden the underlying flour becomes less stable and the chunk of butter begins to move/sink". Secondly volcano erupt when the overlaying pressure of the volcano is equal to the underlying pressure and when there is a earthquake is generates a ton of energy under the volcano. These together create a perfect storm which the US Geological Survey predicted to take an estimated 1000 lives and cause between 1 billion to 10 billion dollars in property damage.

This relates to our course because of the nature of the interaction between the antibiotic factors of an earthquake and a volcano. The synergy of these two phenomenons creates an even more devastating effect to the biotic elements in these areas, including humans. This also shows the importance of studding the environment to prevent things like this from happening and realize the potential dangers of phenomenon that might effect a area before settling there.
 * __Reverence__** __**to course:**__

Most people believe that humans are smart enough that nothing in nature can harm us, that we are essentially above nature. This is a grim reminder that we are not and we need to think about potential risks that nature has on us. For example people will move to a place that is known to flood because it is cheaper and they assume that it wont happen to them, or build a city near a volcano because it will erupt in the future and it will not erupt when they are living there. Then tragic events like this accrue because people have turned a blind eye to what nature can actually do.
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__**Law:**__ The Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968 established Fair plans which makes sure your able to get insurance for people that live in abnormally high natural disaster areas. This relates because it shows that people are thinking about environmental risk but also shows that our current mentality is that we do not have to think about natural risk because it is not our duty but it is our right to get help if something bad happens even if we knew the chances.