For three weeks they had to keep street lights during the day. Inhabitants of Oklahoma had to wear dust masks, the temperature stayed on 42,2°C. Because of this devilish combination many farmers were ruined, especially small farmers. The Dust Bowl meant the beginning of migration. 60% of population left this area, in Texas the population dropped from 40000 to 1000 people.
Hurricane Sandy left a huge impact on New York City. After the disastrous three day storm, many people lost their power, homes, and loved ones. Many trees collapsed on houses, cars and electrical wires. It caused a large amount of schools to be closed for a week and many of the schools served as a shelter home for the people that lost their homes. This hurricane killed about 40 people in New York City and most of the deaths were in Staten Island.
The third chapter of the book focuses on coal mining and its dehumanizing effects that take place in Welch, West Virginia. "Disease in the coalfields is rampant... More than half a million acres, or eight hundred square miles, of the Appalachians have been destroyed... Along with an estimated one thousand miles of streams." Rudy Kelly is the main focus of this section; he was diagnosed with black lung cancer and he underwent multiple operations, although the doctors told him he was supposed to have died more than twenty years ago. He says, “I’m breathin’ because the profit margin is higher than the price of a man’s life.
Human impacts – Many buildings collapsed, 18 lives were taken and caravan parks were wrecked. The fire brigade got 6000 calls in less than 24 hours. A ship capsized at Dover and a cross-channel ferry beached at Folkestone. Many power lines were taken down and transport was disrupted for weeks. 3) Preparations + Responses - During the evening of 15 October, radio and TV forecasts mentioned strong winds but indicated heavy rain would be the main feature, rather than strong wind.
The crews on both ships were stubborn and didn’t react until it was too late. The stubbornness and negligence of both ships is what caused the Halifax Explosion and one was not more at fault that the other. Through all this destruction and devastation people have come to realise that rules are there to protect them and that they should be obeyed at all times. As a result of this fatal collision captains are much more cautious and follow the rules of safe passage in the
Littering is a big issue in Chicago as far as living in society, Chicago has a big population which is more a problem because there are bigger communities and more littering and illegal dumping. Chicago spends millions of dollars each and every year cleaning the city; littering is a serious problem in Chicago. During spring and fall thousands of volunteers in the community gather with many different organizations to keep the effort and clean up their city. In Chicago littering causes neighborhoods to look poor and it declines the property value for residents it also causes rats and insects to breed and this causes dangerous diseases to the community. Major sources of littering in Chicago are construction and demolition sites the construction
Sandy left tens of thousands homeless, crippled mass transit, triggered paralyzing gas shortages, inflicted billions of dollars in infrastructure damage and cut power to more than 8million homes. In New Jersey alone, Sandy caused at least $29.4 billion, including costs of personal property, businesses, infrastructure and utility damage. However, in New York City, the storm was costing about $200 million a day in lost economic activity. Not only did Sandy affect the geography, it affected communities. The lack of food, power, and heat affected absolutely everyone emotionally and physically, causing the sociology of disaster.
Whether you drive your car to work, turn on your light to illuminate a dark room or just watching television, you are burning using up energy that is being processed at a coal plant. Now that you know the enemy, let me inform you of its damage. Over the years, it’s been recorded that global warming has warmed up the entire planet causing water levels to rise; this may lead to devastating floods in costal cities all across the world. If that isn’t bad enough, we’re causing man made diseases with all the pollutants in the air. One such disease would be asthma, which takes the lives of 250,000 worldwide every year.
While That Week Was Trying To Forget The Scene It Was Repairing Systems With Severe Damage. One Of Them Were The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) And The Other Is The New York Mercantile Exchange. Sadly One Quarter Of All Victims Were Employees Of NYSE. After A Week The Treasury Market Was Running On Normal Levels. The Airports Were Another Problem, The Industry In Trouble Because Of The Recession.
Reflection Paper (The Drought) By Anon The state of California is going through one of the worst droughts ever recorded in the past 100 years(California’s Drought). It’s no surprise that with the lack of rain we have had in the past two years, water reservoirs are reaching an all-time low. They are constantly working in overtime trying to provide the residents of California with the water needed to sustain their households. Although we are putting pressure on our water reservoirs, it’s still not enough to get us by anymore and the government has also asked that people cut back on water usage. It’s sad to think that the state of California has already had a couple of cities run out of water.