The earthquake in Chile killed hundreds of people including a bus fill of retirees. The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.8. Some looting occurred until troops came and enforced a curfew. Thousands were left homeless due to inhabitable and destroyed homes. Had the warning been sooner maybe more would have survived.
How do you convince people of global warming in a snow storm? It was reported that January 2000 to December 2009 was the hottest decade on record. 2009 tied for the second hottest year on modern record. Supporters of global warming are trying to convince people of long term weather rather than weather events. Even though it has been a very wintry winter people believe the consensus on global warming should remain unchanged.
European storm death tolls at 62. 51 of the deaths were in France. Six of the deaths were in Germany. Spain, Belgium, and Portugal had one fatality each. 21st Century families can end up drowning in their sleep. A school bus swept off a street and into a ravine. Two kids were sent to a hospital and another has yet to be found.
These stories have similarities. One similarity of these stories is that all the stories provide a way in which the earth can be ways to destroy parts of the earth. In all the stories if the system is kind of flawed whether it be through not giving the warning soon enough or not giving enough evidence to support it. All of these involve some storms that seem to catch people off guard.
The main idea in the passage about global warming is to convince people that global warming is actually happening and that people may actually believe it if people look at the big picture as opposed to little weather events. I believe it is important to look at the big picture as opposed to little weather events because if people looked at the big picture then they may actually believe in global warming.
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