Based on evidence provided in the story, “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains”, it can be inferred that the apocalyptic city of Allendale, California was afflicted by a nuclear explosion, possibly caused by a bomb. Throughout the story, highly futuristic and technologically advanced machines are scattered throughout the house. Because the story was written in 1950, the author was envisioning what 2026 might look like. The author added multiple machines including a breakfast maker, a talking alarm clock, and animatronic rats that would clean the house.
(Clark, 1941, p. 177). After knowing the sheer power behind nuclear weapons, there is no doubt that the Earth would be quite desolate in a nuclear winter. In addition to the geographical changes, the next aspect of nuclear winter is the rather cold climate that is formed. This means no more tropical climates around the world - everlasting the radioactive fallout in the form of snow. According to the article “How to Survive Nuclear Winter”, it is estimated that “if [nuclear winter] were to happen in July, there would be a 22 degree C drop in mid-latitudes and 10 degree drop in more humid areas” (Roberts, 2007, p. 1).
More ice forming will result in greater albedo effect. As a result, there is cooler temperatures during the winter time in Moscow, Russia. The reason why climate in Moscow is continental is because of the high mountain ranges that block moderating temperatures from the Indian and Pacific oceans causing very cold temperatures. Toronto and Moscow have very different climates from each other. They have two distinctly differently geographical location; one being under the influence of Lakes and the other in a mountainous region with high elevation.
There is water on three sides of the city, so the weather significantly affected by cold ocean currents, which leads to the presence of microclimates in the region. The rainy season lasts from November to March, and it snows very rarely. At the end of the summer and from September to October, the city, especially its western regions, suffers from the fog that cannot fall off during the day. This feature of the San Francisco climate the townspeople were able to turn into a tourist attraction.
Although the weather differs from north to south, all areas receive a large amount of precipitation. Heavily influenced by the Pacific Ocean, winters are severe and summers are moderate. Further south, there is less precipitation than up north. All year round, the temperature is often low.
In major league baseball the late 80’s through early 2000’s can be described as the “Steroid Era”, in which many athletes were caught using performance-enhancing drugs that resulted in higher offensive performance, especially the number of home runs per season. As professional baseball is getting more and more competitive many athletes look to unethical ways to gain physical advantages over other players by taking steroids. For instance, Mark Mcgwire admitted to using steroids and had a phenomenal increase in offensive statistics in 1998 compared to other seasons. In his season of 1998 he broke the baseball single season home run record of 70 home runs, which was far more home runs he had hit compared to previous seasons when he wasn’t
We can clearly see a pattern of droughts throughout history in the United States. There is no way to control this, droughts happen all over the country, especially in the Great Plains, but we have never and most likely will never see a drought or dust storm as severe as the dust bowl. In the 1930s unusually cool temperatures were occurring in the Pacific. This created a very dry climate across the United States, which was especially bad in the Great Plains.
but it shows you an example of what will happen in the future. The key elements that influence the weather in the state are the interaction between warm and cold waters off the coast, the large variation in altitude from east to west, and a location that puts it under the influence of tropical cyclonic storms (including hurricanes) that form in the eastern Atlantic (Huxley, 2005). Warmer weather, with wind playing a big factor, can help with water resources to deplete at a faster rate and wildfires to spread even
Anything could happen in either season. You could get caught in a blizzard in the winter or blow a tire on a hot summer day. Driving in the winter and driving in the summer may feel different, but considering the above situations, they’re relatively similar. A bad situation can occur with any season especially when you’re on the road.
Climate also impacts where people live! Many people choose not to live where the climate is dry and
The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat-trapping gases emitted globally, and how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to those emissions. Because human-induced climate change is superimposed on a naturally changing climate, the temperature rise has not been smooth or uniform across the globe. The length of the summer and spring seasons have been increasing nationally since the 1980s, with the largest increases occurring in the western United
Throughout the course of history, California reigns as one of the driest areas in the United States of America. Like many other places in the United States, California receives precipitation in the forms of rain and snow because of moisture from the Pacific Ocean, though, in smaller increments. Over the past four years, the amount of precipitation that California has received has consistently declined. In 2011, California’s governor, Jerry Brown, declared the state to be experiencing one of the most severe droughts on record. Four years later, the drought continues to wreak havoc on the state’s land, population, and wildlife.
This phenomenon is accountable for the difference between summer and winter (whether there will be a huge gap or not). If the tilt of the earth towards the sun is less there are a number of factors that are effected. Firstly the solar incoming radiation is evenly distributed between summer and winter. Secondly it contributes to the difference in radiation received at the equator and poles promoting the growth of ice sheets at the poles.
The Weather in Chicago and Miami My cousin and I recently had a discussion about whether his hometown, Chicago, or my hometown, Miami, has better weather. Our discussion centered on three differences between the weather in our two hometowns. First, Chicago has all four seasons, but Miami does not. Chicago enjoys summer, fall, winter, and spring weather.
Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns increase the frequency and intensity of other extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heat waves, and
