Article Response: Iran's largest lake turning to salt

Article Link Iran's largest lake turning to salt


Image: Associated Press

Response Many of these types of salt lakes are common in the middle east. The Oroumieh Lake is a part of Lake Urmia in Iran. It is so crazy how a lake can disappear and turn into salt. I feel this is all due to global warming. Global temperatures are rising and causing the waters to boil and evaporate. Things like this make me know for sure that global warming is real. It is amazing how it happening causing boats to get stuck and having risks of salt tsunamis which can be very dangerous. Yet they say in the article that consumption is the cause for the issue as well. I can see that being an issue because water is still a precious resource no matter how much you may see around you. Especially if the area is prone to droughts due to extreme heat with lack of rain. Just to know that a large lake can become nothing but salt in the near future is very devastating and it lets us know it can happen anywhere.

My Prayers Go Out to Japan

March 11, 2011 was another day of natural destruction in the world. Japan has experienced the largest earthquake in Japanese history, between 8.8 and 9.1 on the magnitude on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale. It is also the fifth largest earthquake in the world since modern record keeping of earthquakes. After the earthquake they were also hit with a massive tsunami causing more of a disaster. There is still no definite count of casualties but it has reached over a thousand. This is also the most expensive natural disaster so far to date. They have also experienced a series of aftershocks. The earthquake was so powerful that it sent tsunami warnings as far as the California coast. Hawaii and California did experience some damage from the wave as well. My prayers are going out to the world and to those who have been affected by this historic disaster.

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Here's a Wikipedia article.

Photo credit Sendai Earthquake http://www2.demis.nl/quakes/





Photo credit Wave height map for the tsunami www.defense.gov





Before this occurred the Northeast part of the U.S. experienced flooding from the heavy wind and rain all day yesterday. Photo taken in Newark, NJ by yours truly :-)