Hurricane Harvey caused the United States to pay $180,000,000,000 for the damages.The storm took place from August 17, 2017 - September 3, 2017. I say that Hurricane Harvey DID show the reality in climate change because scientist have been taking test that show what climate change did to the planet. People have been talking more about storms that hit the United States because it happens so often but now people are just now noticing the reality of them.
I believe the Hurricane did show reality because it is the main cause of tropical storms. Storms that bring high wind, floods, damages, power outages, and deaths. Author Wayne Madsen states “This happens due to non-stop production of greenhouse gases, which come from burning fossil fuels like gasoline.” That means the gases are building up causes the waters to warm and the air to also get warm. The gases come from burning fossil fuels that works like gasoline. Harvey was caused by one big factor and that is the green house gases.
Storms around the world have caused many many deaths but this Storm did not. Author Wayne Madsen says
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But it has nothing to do with global climate change.” That is saying Storms hit Texas and other parts of the United States but Hurricane Harvey was a build up of smaller storms that all hit at once. Cliff Mass, A scientist said that the storms did not cause climate change and did not show the reality in global warming. Since storms like Havey have been happening just not this extreme nothing can be blamed for one storm being greater and bigger than the previous ones. That is a fact because Tropical storms before Harvey have caused 6,000 - 12,000 deaths but Harvey was less than 100 deaths. The hurricane Harvey was just a build up of storms that all hit the east coast at once not many lives were lost but there was a lot of
This is the eighth named storm, its the third hurricane and the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Harvey developed from a tropical storm statuses on August 17th. The storm crossed through the windward island on the following day, passing just south of Barbados and later near Saint Vincent. Upon entering the Caribbean Sea, Harvey began to weaken due to the moderate wind shear and degeneracy into a tropical wave north of Columbia early an august 19 Harvey has caused at least 66 confirmed deaths, Lin Guyana, and 65 in the United States. Loses are estimated between 70 to 190 billion dollars. (Huntington
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There comes a time in the world where the outcome of certain events can cause a huge social change, one of those events is Hurricane Katrina. The events that took place prior to, during and after Katrina although impact only a few places physically it was left in the minds of everyone in the world. There were many actions that could have taken place to prevent the damage of such a catastrophic event, however nothing was done. Hurricane Katrina, a category 3 hurricane struck Louisiana and parts of the Mississippi. New Orleans in particular, due to various reasons received the most damage. Katrina first started off as a small hurricane formed in the Bahamas as it moved towards Louisiana and Mississippi it became a category 5, which is the strongest it can become, then decreased to category 3 once it finally struck. The storm caused an incredible amount of damage that Hurricane Katrina was noted as the most destructive and costly natural disaster in US history. The death toll was 1,836 people with 200 bodies left unclaimed as well as over 700 people unaccounted for. Hurricane Katrina was a source of social change as people have learned from the impact it had on the mind and body of the citizens of New Orleans, the mismanagement and lack of leadership the government showed, and the substantial immediate and long term economic damage it caused the country.
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