Write 7 pages with APA style on 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. I have heard the 1906 San Francisco earthquake variously described as The Great Quake and Fire, The Great Shake, and The Great San Francisco Earthquake- whatever the names might be, the fact remains that the worst-ever natural disaster to hit a segment of the human population on that fateful day of April 18th is forever etched in our memories whether through hearsay or the media or books or pictures. Nothing said or done can lessen that horrific sequence of events which unfolded that morning when people were literally caught ‘napping’ in the wee hours of the morning at around 5.13 A. M. Those who felt the foreshock would have had no idea that devastating tremors would follow immediately and hundreds of lives would be lost, thousands would be rendered homeless and the whole city would be caught up in massive fires due to broken gas lines and stoves. No help would be forthcoming initially because the water mains would also be broken and the whole city would be in a state of siege. Scientists may place the magnitude of the earthquake at 7.7 to 7.9 on the Richter scale or even higher at 8.3 according to the analysis made by more advanced equipment available now but eventual analyses become inconsequential in the wake of the destruction of such ferocity. (Wald, Hiroo, Helmberger, and Heaton) More than half of San Francisco’s population was left without a home by the earthquake and the fires that followed and 28000 buildings had been destroyed and approximately3000 people died.&nbsp. In the aftermath of the horror, massive planning and reconstruction took place and the people of San Francisco slowly picked up the shattered pieces of their lives and set about returning to normal. (“Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake”)

In cold facts, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake took place on the 18th of April, 1906 at around 5.13 A.M jolting people out of their morning slumber and immediately after the foreshock at that time, the quake hit with devastating ferocity within 20-30 seconds at around 5.15 A.M. Before people could realize what was happening, huge buildings were crashing down like a pack of cards, people were being crushed underneath the falling debris, the asphalt on the roads was buckling and piling up and gas lines and water mains had burst open. Raging fires engulfed the city and people were helpless in the face of nature’s fury. I have read that the epicenter was near the city and for this reason, the entire city was rocked by tremors. Though the quake lasted for only about 40 to 60 seconds, it destroyed the city beyond recognition besides taking an unlimited toll on its people. The first natural disaster to be recorded by photography the pictures bring alive the horrors of that terrible day.

Create a 15 pages page paper that discusses homosexuality as a deviant behavior. Sociologically, deviance is characterized by four necessary ingredients: the existence of specific rules or norms. violation of those norms. the presence of an audience that considers these normative violations as wrong. and adverse reaction (consisting of criticism, condemnation, censure, stigma, disapproval, and so on) by the audience (Goode, 2011, p. 5). However, societal attitudes and norms towards deviant behavior vary from one social circle to another. An act or conduct that is condemned in one society may be acceptable to another.

Similarly, a behavior or act considered to be deviant in a particular society may acquire more social acceptance in the long run. In multicultural societies, norms that are valid for a group may not be regarded as right and acceptable by other groups or subcultures. As such, the adverse reaction of society forms a significant criterion for deviance.&nbsp.

One also needs to distinguish between societal and situational deviance. Societal deviance refers to those actions and conditions that are generally considered deviant and, therefore, are condemned by most society (Goode, 2011, p. 7). For instance, there is a high degree of consensus among members of the community to consider crimes such as rape, robbery, corporate theft, or terrorism as forms of societal deviance. On the other hand, situational deviance evaluates deviant behavior within a specific group, social circle, setting, or context where such actions occur. Behaviors that are regarded as social deviance in many communities are not considered situational deviance in others and vice versa. For instance, heterosexual dancing is viewed as deviant among the Haredi, whereas it is widely accepted in many Western nations. It can also be seen that societal deviance is widely recognized by most society whereas situational deviance is low-consensus deviance as public opinion is divided on their deviant status. However, relativity theory is widely applicable in how different cultures perceive deviance as one can find “variations in judgments of deviance from one group, subculture, social circle, or individual to another within the same society” (Goode, 2011, p. 13). For instance, the deviance status of marijuana use is relative as certain social circles approve it, whereas others condemn it.&nbsp.&nbsp.