The globe began with sea so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
~Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
So far I feel like I've covered a ton of pages. I read from page 85 to page 148. This time around I covered 4 chapters.
There's been so many things happening, it's hard to say just one thing. They've been doing research on Tsunamis and how global warming has effected that, they've been traveling around Hawaii and many other islands to try to gather support. The people that they want the most support are from surfers, they know the most about waves and how to find them. Along with all this they've been just generally investigating how these huge waves have developed. Most of the book so far I feel like has just been personal accounts on these trips. The book talks a lot about how these researchers are feeling about all of it and just the everyday adventures that they find.
In one part of the book they are sitting down with a scientist from NOAA- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He basically verifies all of their findings. I think that it was a very pivotal point, because they've kind of been on their own in all of this and now they're finally getting support. What the guy says in a nutshell is that he's been monitoring the ocean after Katrina and he feels that that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as the devastation that we will start to see in the next few year because of the effects of global warming.
I think that this has a lot of implications for us as Americans, especially considering that we are tri-coastal. In the book they say that we should expect to see a great increase in tsunamis and hurricanes which will do millions of dollars worth of damage, not to mention all of the lives that will be put in danger. Global warming is the issue, but I'm not sure what to do about it, besides all of the little solutions we've already discussed.
It is very cool how they are talking to all sorts of people; I wouldn't think of asking surfers on the beach about scientific information. Very cool and very interesting. It is kind of scary to think huge hurricanes such as Katrina are just the tip of the iceberg!
ReplyDeleteWell I'd say it's a bit alarming if we should see an increase in tsunamis and hurricanes. I don't know how much we could handle. Hopefully people can work together and we can come up with some type of solution to at least be prepared for it. I am curious to see what else they discover in your book.
ReplyDeleteadorable picture. I agree that more tsunamis and other natural disaster are beginning to occur. Ice is starting to melt and earthquakes are crumbling our communities. I like what Kristy commented by working together there has to be a solution.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty glad that Minnesota doesn't have to DIRECTLY deal with any tsunamis or hurricanes, but INDIRECTLY, these huge storms are causing millions of dollars in damage, and endangering humans and wildlife. It affects everyone, and that is what's scary
ReplyDeleteInteresting information on how global warming can affect us. That's true about what we can really do that we aren't doing already. It's also a scary thought to predict what we may experience in the future. Does this prove 2012 to be coming true?
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