Seeing how destructive the flood was, it should be a wake-up call to us. How we interact with our environment has serious and direct implications, and in this case, threatens human lives. The world has already come a long way in taking care of our environment over the past half-century. But we have to realize that our duty doesn't end just because the generations before us have made progress.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Emily Miller- SC Flooding/Climate Change
South Carolina's governor called its recent flood a "1 in 1000 year" event, but scientists think that super-floods like this one are becoming more likely due to global warming. The more Earth warms, the more vapor its atmosphere can hold, which causes extreme participation and coastal flooding as demonstrated in South Carolina's flood. Charleston's sea levels have risen a foot in the past century, and scientists have deduced this to climate change. So we know that there is a clear link between South Carolina's storm and the warming of the atmosphere.
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I think many people have given up or never even began trying to help the Earth because they claim that the younger generations have got it covered. Maybe some are even selfish enough to say 'I'll be long gone by the time this does anything worth worrying about, so it's not my problem.' I have a lot to say about the matter, but right now I would like to ask the South Carolina governor what his reasoning for that statement was. - Brenna Hale(6th Period)
ReplyDeleteI actually heard about this horrible flood! There were dance studios that I heard flooded, along with many other buildings and houses. This is so scary though!!! Very interesting to hear what maybe triggered the flood! Paisley Norburg 5th Period
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