EARTHQUAKE: Powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits Chile. Three waves surging 200 meters hit the coast. Killed almost 800 people. Estimated 300 homes destroyed. Widespread desolation. 80% of the city of Talcahuanos left homeless. Poor warning of the threat or approach of the tsunami.
GLOBAL WARMING: Global warming has been pushed to the back of people’s minds when troubles such as political displeasure and dissatisfactory unemployment numbers cry out loudly to the american people. Climate change is put on the back burner. People who don’t believe in global warming has doubled since 2008. Congressional action on climate change is stalled. “Can’t see the forest for the trees.” The warmer it is, the more evaporation, thus greater moisture in the air and heavier snowfall.
EUROPEAN STORM: Streets of France’s coastal cities flooded. Hurricane-force winds flooded ports and destroyed homes. Storm effected nearby countries as well, including Belgium, Portugul, Spain, and Germany. French death toll of 51. Sea walls dating from the reign of Napolean broke in storm, flooding towns.
SIMULARITIES:
1. Stories of abnormal occurances in nature.
2. From the same news provider: news.yahoo.com.etc…
3. In each instance, the people that are effected were unaware or unprepared for the wrath of mother nature’s fickle temper.
In a word? AWARENESS.
One must be aware of one’s surroundings. Of the consequences of one’s actions. If the people in these disaters were aware of what was going to happen, they would have been more prepared. The global warming article touches on how UNaware the American people are of the crisis of global warming and plead that they become aware and be prepared.
