Posted by edro on September 14, 2008
Hurricane Ike: “Not the ‘Nightmare Scenario'”
The following image relates to a comment made by Cynthia Beal on The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
Ike was here! (Matt Slocum / Associated Press). Image may be subject to copyright.
“The Day the Dead ‘Rose’ from their Graves!”
Floodwaters brought by Hurricane Ike cover a cemetery in Orange, Texas. September 14, 2008. (Smiley N. Pool/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
Them Crosses Ain’t Like They Used to BE!
George Levias, 75, moves a cross from an exposed casket as he looks for a headstone at the Hollywood Cemetery in Orange, Texas. Several caskets were exposed after Hurricane Ike caused flooding in the area. September 15, 2008 (Eric Gay/Associated Press). Image may be subject to copyright.
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Posted by edro on September 4, 2008
Coming to a City Near You!
No Food, No Freshwater, No Shelter!
[A flooded road outside Gonaives, Haiti, September 3, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer. Image may be subject to copyright.]
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Posted by edro on June 27, 2008
How Do Natural Events Form Nature’s Defense Mechanisms?
1. Extremity. They exceed the normal parameters creating significant differences in the events outcome.
2. Selective Targeting. This phenomenon could probably be explained as reflex action.
3. Change of Rhythms. Changes in the established cyles, patterns, tempo and behavioral modes of natural events may offset positive feedback systems.
4. Other Mechanisms.
Are Extreme Precipitation Events Nature’s Defense Mechanisms?
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