experience severe droughts. These droughts are causing an increase in wildfires and putting stresses on farming. Wildfires are on trend to continue to increase in quantity and in severity. “The western wildfire season has grown from five months on average in the 1970s to seven months today. The annual number of large wildfires has increased by more than 75 percent” (Playing with Fire: The Soaring Costs of Western Wildfires (2014) 1). A 75 percent increase from over forty years back is a huge
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Santa Ana Winds Weather can affect people’s behavior‚ positively and negatively. When the weather is nice and hot‚ it affects people positively by encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors‚ however‚ when the weather is bad‚ like when a hurricane hits this effects people negatively by worrying. Similarly‚ in the essay “Santa Ana Winds”‚ by Joan Dideon‚ the winds are so abrasive and obstructive that it engenders people to actually commit suicide. This occurs in Los Angeles. Even though Dideon provides
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NS103 FORMAL REPORT: NATURAL DISASTERS GROUP MEMBERS: BASE‚ Aron Christoper V. CASTILLO‚ Jonathan Nelson E. GUEVARA‚ Steven Kristian L. 4ISB FEBRUARY 11‚ 2014 Avalanches While avalanches are sudden‚ the warning signs are almost always numerous before they let loose. Yet in 90 percent of avalanche incidents‚ the victim or someone in the victim’s party triggers the snow slides. Avalanches kill more than 150 people worldwide each year. Most are snowmobilers‚ skiers
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“The conifer forests of the North American west have been under a massive assault over the past decade by bark beetles: one species alone‚ the mountain pine beetle‚ has killed more than 70‚000 square miles’ worth of trees‚ equivalent to the area of Washington State” (Michael D. Lemonick). Just like other insects‚ bark beetles favor warmer environments. As the average temperature is getting warmer‚ the beetles are coming sooner in the year and more destroying trees than before. Normally‚ bark beetles
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top secret U.S. satellite near a small Arizona town‚ told over a five day period. Government agency “Wildfire”‚ specially designated for such biological threats‚ arrives to find everyone but an old man and a baby dead‚ also retrieving the satellite. After realizing the the satellite supposedly sent to “harmlessly” research dusts and microorganisms was truly based upon biological warfare‚ the Wildfire scientists bring the trio to Dr. Stone’s secret underground containment lab in Nevada. As the story
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This is due to the wildfires‚ the global warming‚ and the land conversion. Animals are affected by wildfires because the fire may burn down their habitats and even kill them too. Furthermore‚ the animals are also affected by global warming because the animals that live in forests with the same climate as mine‚ they
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http://www.redcross.org/about-us/mission Prevention‚ C. f. (2011‚ September 30). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Wildfires. Retrieved from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/09/wildfires-what-you-need-to-know/ Wildfires‚ FEMA. (n.d.). Retrieved from Federal Energency Management Agency (FEMA): http://www.ready.gov/wildfires
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INTRODUCTION A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in
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Natural Calamities A natural calamity is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of‚ or effecting‚ the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural calamity can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. A natural calamity are the side effects or the after effects
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A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage. Earthquakes Earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth’s surface‚ earthquakes manifest themselves by vibration‚ shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. Floods The most common type of flooding event typically occurs when waterways such as rivers or streams overflow
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