I feel that severe weather is one of the worst problems that are caused by global warming. Since severe weather is considered to be thunderstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes or any kind of phenomenon event. I am most concerned because these storms cause a lot of property damage and many lives are also lost. Even if there is no human casualty these storms leave many people displaced. I always wonder how people find the strength to go on when every thing they own is lost within a couple of minutes. Yeah I know at least they survived but I know it must take an emotional toll on many people.
I think that with hurricanes hitting landfall more frequently and with stronger and heavier rainfalls something needs to be done. Usually scientists’ will say that hurricanes only will hit tropical climates or certain parts of the world but all of that changed when a hurricane hit Brazil in 2004. I think over the years severe weather has hit places that many people thought a tornado or a hurricane will happen. Many people associated certain weather like tornadoes to happen only in the Midwest or South but over the years mild tornadoes have touch down in Brooklyn New York.
I think that educating people of how to be prepared during severe weathers should be part of the plan to combat severe weather. According to ScienceDaily.com over the last 35 years scientists believe that warming trend in the ocean has and will affects how dangerous hurricanes will become in the future. The ocean has warm 1 degree Fahrenheit allowing more atmospheric water vapor and six to eight percent more rainfall. This means that more than likely we will see more floods and stronger hurricanes. The cause many scientists believe that due to increase in carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will only intensifies storms.
I do not believe that there is one plan to help when it comes to severe weather especially hurricanes or tornadoes. For example when hurricane Katrina hit landfall the government and its agencies were not adequately prepared to deal with the aftermath. My plan will be to make sure that the agencies and local government are prepared in advance and have the proper tools to provide the service that people will need after a major storm. We all saw how it took forever for Fema to help people in New Orleans. Many people are still waiting.
I don’t think anything can be done to reduce severe weather people just need to be prepared for any type of weather. I also think the government should pass laws prohibiting people of building homes in low areas that are prone to bad weather. I don’t know severe weather is just part of our lives now and we should all just go out and buy products to make up our emergency packets. And get all types of house insurance if you own a home.
Information taken from sciencedaily.com
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
blog 2
Since I was a little girl growing up in Guyana my passion was to become a teacher. After high school I went to work for Queens Library and teaching was no longer a passion of mine because I discovered that I really loved reading and doing what librarians do even though the work can be a little boring. But I am not looking for adventure just something that is interesting and what I love. And hopefully pays well. I might later changed my mind and go back to teaching. If all goes well this will be my last semester at LaGuardia and I hope to continue my studies at York College.
Passions change all the time depending on what phase we are in life. I am gratefully to Mr. Gore for making the environment a passion of his because I learned a lot from his book and movie. Since I already work with the public I know that whenever I learned something new I can share with others. Also at work whenever a coworker asks how school going I make sure to share with them what I have learned from this class so far.
I was very impress with Mr. Gore because sometimes when you have to take certain class I always wonders what does this have to do with my major will I ever use this in the real world. For instance I have to take intro to language for liberal’s arts social science humanities degree. I am sure I will never use any of what I learned from that class in real life.
After I saw the movie An Inconvenient Truth and listen to how Mr. Gore took class that had nothing to do with his major and found his passion. I have learned you never know where inspirations can come. For instance I did not want to take this class I was thinking God why I already have sixty credits. I am happy I did because I am learning such interesting things that will only improve how I lived my life.
How will I change or make the world a better place after I leave LaGuardia? I hope to follow Mr. Gore example to first educate my self and then share whatever I learned with others. Caring is sharing is really a true statement because if Mr. Gore did not care he would have just kept what he learned to himself. I know he had to work hard to get the public’s attention but he never give up. I hope to always remember Mr.Gore example to never give up in something you believed in even if people don’t share your views.
Passions change all the time depending on what phase we are in life. I am gratefully to Mr. Gore for making the environment a passion of his because I learned a lot from his book and movie. Since I already work with the public I know that whenever I learned something new I can share with others. Also at work whenever a coworker asks how school going I make sure to share with them what I have learned from this class so far.
I was very impress with Mr. Gore because sometimes when you have to take certain class I always wonders what does this have to do with my major will I ever use this in the real world. For instance I have to take intro to language for liberal’s arts social science humanities degree. I am sure I will never use any of what I learned from that class in real life.
After I saw the movie An Inconvenient Truth and listen to how Mr. Gore took class that had nothing to do with his major and found his passion. I have learned you never know where inspirations can come. For instance I did not want to take this class I was thinking God why I already have sixty credits. I am happy I did because I am learning such interesting things that will only improve how I lived my life.
How will I change or make the world a better place after I leave LaGuardia? I hope to follow Mr. Gore example to first educate my self and then share whatever I learned with others. Caring is sharing is really a true statement because if Mr. Gore did not care he would have just kept what he learned to himself. I know he had to work hard to get the public’s attention but he never give up. I hope to always remember Mr.Gore example to never give up in something you believed in even if people don’t share your views.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
As I was brainstorming on what I did today that affects the environment I came up with my morning ritual. Which consists of brushing my teeth, taking a shower, ironing and getting my kids ready. I ask myself do any of these things afffect the environment. My answer was yes while brushing my teeth I do not turn off the facuets . Having all the lights in every room turn on at the same time is a problem I have in my house. Whenever I am getting ready for work or school I have lights on in my room, bathroom and everywhere else which is not necessary. These things that I do in my morning ritual do affect the environment. By not turning off the facuet and having lights on in everyroom I am wasting water and energy. Since there is so much resources available to people in this country we do things that affects the environment without realizing we are harming our environment. Another thing that I came up with that I did today that affects the environment is that I brought a McDonalds value meal and did not litter. I am good about not littering since I hate when people just throw trash anywhere especially when they could walk to a garbage can. Putting trash where they belong affects the environment in a postive way. Trash not properly dispose of polluate the enivornment. The air we breathe is affected by how our trash is dispose of. Our surrounding also benefit because our streets, trains, and subways would look and smell clean. At work I usually make my own tea or sometimes I will use a foam cup. But I now realize that I can take my own tea cup and reuse it everyday. Staying on the topic of work I use a lot of unneccessary paper when I go to print something off the internet. Usually I just need the first page of a articles instead of just selecting to print the page I need I will print everthing which sometimes consists of multiple pages. From this day foreward I will tired to be more conscious when printing articles. The weather is one thing about the environment that troubles me. Whenever I hear or read about how we as humans do selfish things such as building houses too close to the beach or mountains affect the environment negatively. I always think why can we just admire nature from afar instead of invading and polluating it. I am also trouble by how much oil and energy we as humans think we need to survive. Recycling is the only thing that I consciously do to help the environment. I do take public transportation only because I have to. I hope after taking this class I will be able to live more green.
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