Plight of the Haitian People Kelly Auerhamer Strayer University SOC300 Professor Jennifer Morrison 08/30/12 In recent news, Hurricane Isaac dumped massive rains upon the island of Haiti. The Haitian government has reported twenty four deaths now from various storm related issues according to the Associated Press (2012). After reading the prior statements this is why the topic of the following essay is the struggles and hardships the people of Haiti have been facing for years. Haiti has many layers of compound issues; however there are three we will visit which are constant political unrest, many natural disasters, and numerous disease outbreaks. This discouraging cocktail of happenings is a recipe of continued hardships
Uneven Rainfall distribution in the UK 1. Leakage – loss of water through broken pipes is an increasing problem – in areas such as London – over 50% of pipes are over 100 – ageing pipes leak and traffic and freezing weather damage pipes further. Daily cost to economy of water leakage in UK - £1,500,000 - £3.6 mill. Uneven Rainfall and Population Distribution in the UK. 1/3 of population live in SE – but driest part of the UK (600-800mm p.a.)
("Geology," 2008) It resulted in the folding of the area and shortened the north/south length of the area by about 8.7 miles. (Jaritz, 2008) “Kata Tjuta, near the end line of this bulldozing movement, was tilted only by15 degrees. But Uluru was rotated and almost tipped over at a steep angle close to 90 degrees.” (Jaritz, 2008) The near vertical sediment layers evident within the formation of Ayers Rock are due to this major earth movement. The continuing formation of Ayers Rock occurred slowly after the Alice Springs Orogeny. About 65 million year ago, the climate of the area had become extremely wet, and this brought river sand, swamp deposits, and small traces of coal to the area.
The storm of 1987 occurred on the 15th and 16th of October due to a depression forming within the Bay of Biscay and had disastrous effects on the south and south-east of the UK. Southern England suffered the most extensive destruction. The 1987 storm was the most damaging storm event to occur in the UK since the November 1703 storm, which killed thousands of people. 18 unfortunate deaths were recorded as a result of this storm. According to a report published by the Association of British Insurers, the eventual final clean-up bill paid by insurance industry was £1.4 billion.
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.
Of these, 74 were in Haiti, which was already trying to recover from the impact of three storms earlier that year:Fay, Gustav, and Hanna. In the United States, 112 people were killed, and 23 are still missing. Due to its immense size, Ike caused devastation from the Louisiana coastline all the way to the Kenedy County, Texas region near Corpus Christi, Texas. [6] In addition, Ike caused flooding and significant damage along the Mississippi coastline and the Florida PanhandleHYPERLINK \l "cite_note-6"[7] Damages from Ike in U.S. coastal and inland areas are estimated at $29.6 billion (2008 USD),[2] with additional damage of $7.3 billion in Cuba (the costliest storm ever in that country), $200 million in the Bahamas, and $500 million in the Turks and Caicos, amounting to a total of at least $37.6 billion in damage. Ike was the second costliest Atlantic hurricane of all time, only surpassed by Hurricane Katrina of 2005 (not adjusted for inflation; if adjusted, Ike would be the third costliest storm).
From august 29th to august 30th hurricane Katrina made landfall and along with land fall lost its fuel source. When Katrina hit wind speed decreased with air pressure started to rise, warm water was cut off from the hurricane as its fuel source the hurricane slowly fizzles
Louisiana Wetlands Biodiversity Excelsior College April 14, 2014 Abstract The Louisiana Wetlands are a unique ecosystem and quickly disappearing. An average of 34 square miles of South Louisiana land, mostly marsh, has disappeared each year for the past five decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (Tibbetts, 2006). As much as 80% of the nation’s coastal wetland loss in this time occurred in Louisiana. From 1932 to 2000, the state lost 1,900 square miles of land to the Gulf of Mexico. As the land disappears so do the species that inhabit it.
With the lack of rain, lakes dropped five feet, and the topsoil that took years to build was blowing with every gust of wind. The dust was so thick that black clouds began to blot out the sun and drift like snow (Ganzel, 2003). The second factor which contributed to the United States growth and development is the population increase from the Gold Rush. Estimates indicate that half
This includes San Andreas Fault where a network of active faults underlies the LA region and San Francisco Bay Area. Secondly during El Nino years (every 4-7 years and lasting up to 2 years) there is a shift in the temperature of the Pacific Ocean resulting in warmer waters along the coast of South America. The low pressure produced