Why Haiti is in a bad state before the earthquake.

1. Political violence.

2. Originated from slaves who over threw the Spanish but left with very little money.

3. People mostly working in farms prone to natural disasters.

4. Lots of smuggling and drug distribution.

5. Not much police.

6. Aids which results in lower life expectancy.

7. High risk of diseases like malaria or hepatitis.

8. The rich just about own Haiti.

9. The Spanish a long time ago brought their diseases with them.

10.Civil wars.

haiti update

So far the situation in Haiti is still bad. At least its gotten a little better since last week. Now more people are getting aid from other countries but it seems that there has been some problems in the airports since there are to many planes flying in to Haiti. Even more there are still so many dead bodies around that the locals have to put orange peels up their nostrils. Now there are about 380,000 orphaned children. Picture on right shows a man with what looks like a broken jaw.

Fatal earthquake in Haiti.

As you know recently there has been a really tragic event on a nation that already has enough problems before a huge earthquake killed as what people estimate in the hundreds of thousands. Most of the population is now homeless caked in dust. More than 1/3 of the whole population is has injury from as minor as cuts to as major as missing limbs. Even the presidents homeless. Buildings are wrecked and people are trapped in the rubble. Thankfully though a handful of country's have come to their aid. China has agreed to send in 1 million dollars worth of supply's and America has also agreed to help along with other country's. As you can see on the picture above there are homeless and injured people.

The lakers game at christmas day

For Christmas I went to the lakers game. They were facing the cavaliers. The stadium was really crowded and full of spectators. Everyone was exited. To bad we missed the first quarter since we were half an hour late and the lakers were behind but the lakers game was still really exiting. They were facing the cavaliers. During the game people were shouting and cursing because of a technical foul. In the end though te cavaliers though and at the end people were shouting angrily since they wanted the lakers to win since we were in L.A.

Vocab list 5

Exhaustion

Methodically

Swoon

Abruptly

In flammatory

Muttered

Prophet

Fettered

New vocab words

Unequaled

Brisk

Wrath

Subtle

Adversity

Vocab words pg 229 1-5

1. List the main reasons for water scarcity

One of the main reason is low rainfall. Land degradation because then the water cannot infiltrate into the ground.

2. What is a drought? What type of hardships do you think that a drought could cause if you were living in a village in a poor country such as Ethiopia.

A drought is like there is barely any water and the air is not so moist. Living in Ethiopia while there is a drought must suck since Ethiopia does not have much water to begin with.

3.How does land degradation affect the supply of fresh water?

Because the water that rains cannot get into the ground so it cannot store fresh water.


4.(a)What is El nino? (b)Why does El Nino often cause drought in Australia?
El nino is the air getting warmer of the coast of Peru. It makes australia have droughts since all the moist wind that makes Australia moist gets blown away therefore causing it to have droughts.

5. (a)Observe the map showing the global effects of El Nino have on the availability of fresh water.
(b)Name the countries and describe the problems that arose from decreased rainfall caused by El Nino.

Australia, Wheat exports threatened by drought conditions across grain growing areas,particularly in new south whales. Papua new guinea, Drought related failure of food crops,leading to famine conditions requiring food aid. Peru, Flooding, Fishing operators affected by lower catch as anchovy and pacific sardine move offshore to escape warm currents(5 C above normal temperature). Colombia, Fishing operators affected by lower catch (down 20%). United states, Rainfall above normal in north western states(double the historical averages). Philippines, Lower rice harvest following drought. China, Agricultural land under threat from drought in northern regions and flooding in southern regions. Indonesia, High air pollution levels, following forest fires. Africa, Reduced corn crop in sub saharan region.