Running Head: WEATHER DISASTERS
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Weather Disasters
Cory Phillips
GEO 101C
– Earth Science with Lab
Colorado State
University-Global
Campus
Karen Stelly
April 27, 2018
WEATHER DISASTERS
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Weather Disasters
Weather related disasters have become a more common occurrence in recent time
although it is not just a recent development. Weather related disasters have been around well
before any humans were around and will probably be here well after we are gone from this Earth.
Experts have been trying to develop methods in which to study natural disasters so that they can
better understand and predict these types of events to prevent loss of life and property. With the
emergence of new technologies and the availability of unmanned vehicles, experts are finding
better methods to study these types of disasters without risk to themselves or other people. With
the emergence of this new technology, experts and scientists are grasping a better understanding
of the cause of these types of disasters and allowing for a better warning system to be put into
place. That does not mean that the methods that they are using are perfect in any way, but they
are striving for that perfection mark to preserve life and property.
The most recent catastrophic weather disaster in my memory is Hurricane Katrina that
affected many parts of Louisiana, Texas, and the rest of the Gulf of Mexico coastline to include
Florida and that’s just in the United States. Other countries were affected by Hurricane Katrina
including the Bahamas and Cuba (History.com Staff, 2009). Although Hurricane Katrina was not
