Flooding is when unusually high amounts of rain lands on an already saturated area or has a high water table. The river systems cannot remove the water as quickly as it arrives therefore resulting in an overflow of water which finds other ways of escaping. Thereby resulting in flooding of flat areas or valleys. As an example in 2010 the Philippines experienced a flood in which 452 999 people were displaces, from which 68 died and it resulted in $20,396,723 in damages. This flood was induced by a typhoon that had hit the mountain ranges afterwards and led to surface run off.
Gonzalez Jesse Period 3 5/5/2011 Japan and Haiti’s earthquake Japan and Haiti, two countries that got hit by enormous earthquakes. Japan of the richest countries in the world, was shookened by a 9.0 magnitude after a tsunami and then nuclear crissis. Haiti, one of the poorest countries, got hit by a 7.0 earthquake and then an outbreak known as cholera. Japans earthquake caused a lot of casualties , damage, and weakened its economy. Haitis earthquake had casualties, a lot of damge, and their economy was weaker than it was.
Cows are naturally herbivores and live on wild grass and other plants that grow in the areas they live. In fact most cattle are fed grass in “cow-calf” operations prior to being sent to feed lots. These natural grasses grow without any assistance from humans; so no added costs for seed, fertilizer, or processing. Grass fed beef is a higher quality product that takes only six more months to mature than corn fed beef. Our nation moves toward a demand for quality, healthy beef shown by an increase in sales for grass fed beef from local farmers and organic grocery stores.
Their three meals often include a portion of white rice and sometimes hot sauce. Also, the meals will be seen with a small portion of meat and a few vegetables. In their native countries, the Hmong grow all of their spices, herbs, and vegetables. Typical Hmong appetizers include shrimp spring rolls, sweet soy bean rice patties, sesame balls, and cabbage rolls. Main dishes consist of caramelized red braised pork, chicken katsu, tender broiled pork with spicy pepper sauce, pad Thai, and chicken curry fried rice.
There are several levels of poverty from an individual to national level and earthquake disasters impact at all levels. The 2010 Haiti earthquake struck in the most densely populated area of the country, As More than 78% per cent of Haitian residents live in poverty and Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere the buildings in Port-Au-Prince and other areas of Haiti were in very poor condition in general and were not designed or constructed to be earthquake resistant. The primary earthquake hazard directly responsible for mortality is surface seismic waves which cause ground shaking. This poses a huge hazard as buildings and other structures collapse, killing or injuring their occupants. This was the case in Sichuan, China in 2008 where severe ground shaking was the direct cause of death, injury and the catastrophic destruction of hospitals, roads and other infrastructure.
It was often used as food for animals as well as humans in these regions. Corn would be found in porridge or bread. China was the quickest to adopt American food plants including corn. Corn reached China during the 16th century through Portuguese ships in Macao. Before corn, Chinese agriculture was based on rice which grew in the river valleys of Yangzi and Huang He.
I couldn’t find the official amount of money that was needed for the damage in Japan, but what was for sure was it was over a $1 million. What made everything worse just to end things off was the that two days later the volcano named “ Cordon- Caulle” in Los Lagos that erupted after 40 years of inactivity, so 1960 was just not the year for most countries but especially Chile. MLA Citations: * "Chile Earthquake of 1960." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d.
Furthermore they were also heavily involved in such crops as alfalfa, barley, cabbage, cotton, cucumbers, dates, grapefruit, grapes, peas, and squash, among others. Many Japanese farmers operated dairies and raise hogs until the agricultural depression of the 1920s, plus they also introduced fruits such as the strawberry, castor; and techniques often called “hot capping” and “brush covering”. By 1941 ¾ of the Japanese American population of Imperial Valley was involved in agriculture. Another great culture attributing to the Imperial Valley was Mexico. Mexican culture is a rich, complex blend of Native American, Spanish, and American traditions.
Richard Lobb, a part of the National Chicken Council stated, “What these systems of intensive production accomplishes, is to produce a lot of food, on a small amount of land, at an affordable price. Can anyone explain to tell me what is wrong with that?” Mr. Lobb makes a point that the food industry can do what they want and get away with it because the national demand of food. According to Food, Inc. in 1970, six companies produced 20% to 25% of the meat consumed in the U.S., today, four companies produce 80% of the meat. Where there used to be thousands of slaughterhouses in the country, today there are 13. One problem coming from this is that when something goes wrong, like contamination or foodborne illnesses, it affects enormous amounts of food.
One example of the devastation from crop loss due to the flooding is many consumers could see pasta sky rocket as they pay more for pasta after all the heavy spring rain and record flooding, more than 1 million acres in one of the nation’s best durum wheat-growing areas. North Dakota typically grows nearly three-fourths of the nations durum, and its crop is prized for its golden color and high protein. Many Pasta makers say the semolina flour made from North Dakota durum produces noodles that are among the world’s best. This year’s crop, however, is expected to be only about 24.6 million bushels, or about two fifths of last year’s when the U.S production is at 59 million bushels, according to the U.S department of