Environmental Issues

Environmental Issues are a actually problem of our society in Venezuela we have many of this troubles like Atmospheric pollution due to the growth of the self-propelled park and the lack(mistake) of maintenance of particular vehicles and of public transport and manipulation of undone and contamination of Soils, water, plants, thanks of the use of pesticides. The most important Consequences in Maracaibo of these environmental issues are the contamination of the lake with lemna and the disappears of Beam of the catatumbo

The most important Environmental Issue is the global
Warming and this situation are consequences of the Greenhouse effect a cause of gases like “CO2” Generated of the human’s activities. This global warming generates changes in the clime, Ecosystems, agriculture and the flora and the fauna. We have to reduce these gases Greenhouses and to that we can ration the use of water and electricity and to sow trees

Date of disaster:
December 26, 2004

Type of Disaster:
Undersea megathrust earthquake

Description of Disaster:
On december 26, 2004 an undersea megathrust earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC , with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. This earthquake resulted in a tsunami wich is usually refered to as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, and Boxing Day Tsunami.

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According to the U.S. Geological Survey a total of 227,898 people died . Measured in lives lost, this is one of the ten worst earthquakes in recorded history, as well as the single worst tsunami in history.

The tsunami caused serious damage and deaths as far as the east coast of Africa, with the furthest recorded death due to the tsunami occurring at Rooi Els in South Africa, 8,000 km away from the epicentre. In total, eight people in South Africa died due to abnormally high sea levels and waves.

Relief agencies report that one-third of the dead appear to be children. This is a result of the high proportion of children in the populations of many of the affected regions and because children were the least able to resist being overcome by the surging waters. Oxfam went on to report that as many as four times more women than men were killed in some regions because they were waiting on the beach for the fishermen to return and looking after their children in the houses.

In addition to the large number of local residents, up to 9,000 foreign tourists enjoying the peak holiday travel season were among the dead or missing, especially people from the Nordic countries.

States of emergency were declared in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Maldives. The United Nations estimated at the outset that the relief operation (which is presently still underway) would be the costliest in human history. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stated that reconstruction would probably take between five and ten years. Governments and non-governmental organisations fear the final death toll may double as a result of diseases, prompting a massive humanitarian response.

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Smartphones: Advantages and Disadvantage

Nowadays Smartphones are one of the most popular forms of communication all over the world, they have many advantages; first of all they are multifunctional, in addition they are quick to communicate with, and finally they make it very easy to stay in touch. They are Multifunctional because they are phones and ambulant personal computers. Also they are quick because you can communicate in seconds with everybody, and also you can send important information and documents in seconds in any place… They make it very easy to stay in touch because you can write to friends easily and start a communication with them at any moment.

On the other hand, despite being very helpful and full of advantages, the smartphones also have some disadvantages, like they are expensive, another reason is, they can be complicated and finally, they are less personal. They aren’t cheap because the equipment required is expensive and the service in Latin America is expensive too. Also Smartphones are complicated because sometimes they require programs that are difficult to learn and there maybe a need to download new programs in order to have a better performance; and finally they are less personal because you can’t see the persons face and their reactions or expressions when you are communicating with them