The evergreens had suffered much needle loss and this caused a thick carpet of dry needles on the dense forest floor. The Peshtigo Company had a single, horse drawn steam pumper for fighting fires in the sawmill, but there was virtually no other technology available for fighting structure fires, much less a forest fire of such great magnitude. The people were essentially trapped in the town, surrounded by wooden buildings and sidewalks, sawdust-strewn streets and a burning forest. The fire continued to burn until it reached the waters of Green Bay, the storm winds died down, and the rain came. The fire was so intense it jumped several miles over the waters of Green Bay and burned parts of the Door Peninsula, as well as jumping the Peshtigo River itself to burn on both sides of the inlet town.
Summary Preface and Numbering: “How Man? How Many?” Chapter 8 Death is not just a word that defines the extinction of life. Drew Gilpin Faust not only describes death in "This Republic of Suffering" but the magnitude in which death occurred during the Civil War era. She gives the meaning of death a whole new meaning in that it is something that we all do, just differently from one generation to the next. From 1861 to 1865, approximately 620,000 soldiers' lives were cut short, not to mention the 50,000 civilian lives that were also claimed.
U.S. forces had fifty four killed and 425 wounded in the initial invasion in November. By December 23, when the operation was officially concluded, the casualty number had risen to 95 killed and 560 wounded. Estimates of insurgent casualties are complicated by lack of official figures. Most estimates places the number of insurgents killed around 1,200 to 1,500 with some estimations as high as over 2,000 killed. Fallujah once known as the City of Mosques, had 60 of it’s over 200 mosques destroyed.
Yet I think the worst part is the natural resources like trees that will be cut down to make room for the machinery and drilling as many of those have been there for years. Along with the trees and forest come the wildlife animals that have their home in the forest and depend on trees to survive. All these not to include the pollution that comes from all these machines and work that will be done in the
European introduced epidemics hit Florida, the Carolinas, and Virginia between 1519 and 1750. It is estimated that we lost 80-95 percent of the Native American Population, and many regions in America lost 100%. Diseases such as Smallpox, bubonic plague, measles, and
However, time has taken its toll on these aging technologies, and along with the roads they are falling apart. Our power plants are old, un-efficient, and in many cases, toxic. The power plants however, are not the only problem in the electrical crisis. The power polls are aging, and so are the transformers. With deforestation forcing many insects and animals out of their natural habitat, these rouge, unprotected wooden polls are a convenient new home.
Cannibalism. The Aghori tribe is group of men from Northern India. Oddly enough, the term “Aghori” actually means “non-terrifying.” Not only do the Aghori’s eat human remains, they also drink alcohol with their urine, and eat animal feces. They will find their remains from the Ganges River and usually live in graveyards or caves since they are not accepted in the community. In the past, thousands of bodies were dumped into the river, leaving many for the Aghori’s to choose from.
Hedges and Sacco report that over five hundred mountaintops have been blown up in West Virginia, while the underlying carbons seems are gouged away by huge machines that only require a few workers. The people of West Virginia have poor lifestyles while they suffer the consequences of the coal mining: cancer. The resources of this land are exploited, as well as the people, which will eventually lead to their extinction. Sacco and Hedges focus on coal mining’s economic, social and environmental effects. They give an example of the Easter Island and the abundance of freshwater and woods, “seafood was plentiful” (150).
Out of today’s population in the United States, a mere 0.8% is made up of what is referred to as Native American Decent (Macionis, 2012). One might think that out of the over 300 million people of various backgrounds, races, and ethnicities, this percentage of Native American descendants is a normal percentage. However, when reflecting on the history of the indigenous peoples of the pre-United States, colonial era, it is shocking to learn how they have faired over the last 500 years. Before the discovery of the land of what is now the United States, millions of natives occupied the lands. As the new settlers sought to take over the land, long periods of wars, forced displacement, massacres, imposition of treaties, and imposed hardships.
Everyday we live in fear of relocation. Our people are dying from disease due to lack of food and supplies. We are lacking in food because the government is building in our forests and killing our game for pleasure and food alone. Our resources grow low but there are only certain times a year we are able to safely move ourselves. This is not one of those times so our old are cold and dying and our young are hungry and angry.