[p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 28.3pt;"]I n the last 8-10 years the weather around the globe has got really bad. 1998 [st1:country-region w:st="on"]Canada[/st1:country-region] had huge ice storms that hit [st1:State w:st="on"]Ontario[/st1:State] & [st1:State w:st="on"][st1:place w:st="on"]Quebec[/st1:place][/st1:State] killing at least 25 people. In August 2005 [st1:place w:st="on"][st1:country-region w:st="on"]India[/st1:country-region][/st1:place] had massive floods killing over 14000 people.
[o:p][/o:p][/p][p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 28.3pt;"][o:p][/o:p]In the last month over this side of the pond we have had very high temperatures & bad thunderstorms. 2005 Kings Heath; [st1:City w:st="on"]Birmingham[/st1:City], [st1:country-region w:st="on"]England[/st1:country-region] a tornado injures 19 people, also in 2005 [st1:place w:st="on"]Asia[/st1:place] had a massive Tsunami killing over 275,000 people[/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 28.3pt;"][o:p][/o:p][st1:country-region w:st="on"][st1:place w:st="on"]United States[/st1:place][/st1:country-region], 2005 [span style=""]Hurricane Katrina[/span] kills over 1,000 people. This year in the [st1:country-region w:st="on"]United States[/st1:country-region] the temperatures have reached 46C (115F) also causing blackouts in [st1:place w:st="on"][st1:State w:st="on"]New York[/st1:State][/st1:place]. [/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 28.3pt;"][o:p][/o:p]There are so many other kinds of Energy- Solar Power, Hydro power & Wind Farms. So why do governments not invest more in these cleaner sources of energy?[/p] [p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 28.3pt;"][o:p][/o:p]Is this a sign of things to come? If so, what more can we do to stop it from getting any worse? [span style=""] [/span]
Do all these unusual weather patterns concern you? Also, why are the rainforests still being cut down?[/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p]
[/o:p][a href="http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/weather/p/icestorm.htm"]Canadian Ice Storms[/a][/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p][/o:p][a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4725279.stm"]Birmingham Tornado[/a][/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p][/o:p][a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/21/katrina.impact/"]Hurricane Katrina[/a][/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p][/o:p][a href="http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/preserve.html"]Rainforests[/a] & [a href="http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm"]http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm[/a][/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p]
[/o:p]Sorry if this thread has been covered before.[/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p] [/o:p][/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p][/o:p]Ps please tell me you do not get many trolls on this forum.[/p] [p class="MsoNormal"][o:p] [/o:p][/p]
