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Typhoon Haiyan: Red Cross estimates monster storm left 1,200 dead in Philippines

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/09/21381516-typhoon-haiyan-red-cross-estimates-monster-storm-left-1200-dead-in-philippines?lite

Update to my earlier blog about typhoon Haiyan

This an update article of one of my earlier blogs. The death toll is rising well above 1000 people. The storm is on the path to Vietnam where it could cause even more damage and deaths. 1,000 people alone died in tacloban and at least 200 more in the Samar province. The hardest hit island was Leyte Island. The Red Cross is there trying to rescue trapped people and provide them with food. The U.S should also help them out by sending some supplies there because the people are really suffering. This is bad because the Philippines already suffers from 20 typhoons a year and they don't even have time to recover from the past storms. Since the country is made up of many islands, it is hard to evacuate because the waves rise and roll into the cities. Many places are almost completely under water. Winds were up to 200 mph which places it in a category five storm which is the highest.


I think that The Philippines needs all the help it can get from all of the countries around the world. The people have no shelter, food, or water. People in the expected areas of Vietnam must evacuate before it is too late because the storm will destroy anything in its path. This storm is one of the biggest recorded storms in history.

Tacloban- The province that got hit the worst by the storm, large percentage of the people that live here are poor and since it's on the coasts of an island it got huge amounts of waters flooding the towns completely.

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Preparing for Hell and High Water: Researchers Advocate for Climate Adaptation Science

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131107142526.htm

Global Warming

This article is about what we've been talking about in class. Its about the increasing risk of global warming and the dangers of increasing water level. The article also talks about climate control efforts. I thought the article will be more about the actual projected water levels in certain places but it doesn't talk about rising water that much. The article states that climate preparedness research needs to integrate social and climate science, engineering, and other disciplines. The article also states the 4 challenges of climate control "The four challenges are:

• Understanding what information is needed to make decisions about adapting to climate change
• Identifying vulnerabilities in society, the economy and the environment
• Improving forecasts and climate models in ways that can address specific problems
• Providing technology, management, and policy options for adapting."

I think that the most important challenges to overcome are the first and the fourth. The first is needed to start the actual plans for climate control while the last challenge is needed to actually start the movement. I think that it is important that we get the plan underway as soon as possible. I'm hoping that within the next year we will have a plan set up instead of just talking about possible plans and challenges.

Aspen Workshop- A workshop run by An institute(Aspen Center for Physics)  run by physicists to work on solving pivotal issues including global warming and ozone. It is sponsored by NASA, The national Science foundation, and many other groups and universities. It is a huge research organization.

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Super typhoon Haiyan slams central Philippines, millions seek shelter

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/08/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE9A603Q20131108

Global Warming

The article is about a typhoon that is the biggest storm to ever touch ground on earth. The projected winds  of the storm are over 200 miles per hour. The storm will destroy everything in its path. It hit the Philippines on friday and it left over 2 million looking for shelter. An average of 20 typhoons hit the Philippines every year. There has been in increase in the amount of natural disasters on earth through time and this is a direct effect of global warming. Much of the parts that got hit are among the poorest of the Phillippines. This reminds me of Hurricane Katrina because most of the worst hit areas of New Orleans were already very poor.

I think that we need to reduce all green house gases as soon as possible because obviously other parts of the world are feeling the consequences of global warming. I also think that every country that can afford it, should send food, water, and shelter to the Philippines. I hope the world enacts a plan to help the countries that constantly get affected by natural disasters. I also hope everyone can agree on a plan to lower green house gases.

Cebu- Second biggest city in the Philippines home to around 2.5 million people and it got hit severely by the storm.