Carl Weathers

not realize it but weather can impact your health and well-being. There are many ways weather impacts a person. Seeing how everyone is different the effects are different as well. Wintertime brings some people down, while violence has been tied to the hotter months of the year. Extreme weather like hurricanes or blizzards can impact mental health problems. The weather has a way of changing people. One of the most common types of health issue that comes from the change in weather is called…

Sea Shanties are a class of work songs that date back as far as the 16th century in Scotland. However, they truly flourished over a span of fifty years in the mid 1800’s after being popularized by the Atlantic merchant trade. Sailors used chants for synchronizing shipboard labor. They are typically flexible in lyric form that would allow for easy improvisation. This would allow the shantyman (leader/head) to lengthen or shorten the call and response to match the work. Shantyman (solo):…

Vast number of migrations are taking place because their homes, belongings and/or their land has been destroyed or gone due to extreme weather conditions such as hurricane and floods, droughts and pollution due to global warming. With these migrations comes the problem of a pandemic or epidemic and their lives in…

blankets spread around his bed, and went to watch the weather channel. His best friend Jake was already watching, waiting anxiously for the report. “It’s another great day here in Park City, Utah.” recited the weather man. “It is currently 22° F, and a reported 10 inches of fresh snow has fallen overnight. However, riders should expect a bli-” Wil turned off the TV and jumped up and whooped with happiness. Jake did the same. It was perfect weather for the backcountry snowboarding trip he had…

while improving local air and contributing to the reduction of global GHG and associated climate change impacts and Decrease the risk or severity of climate change impacts, such as storm-related flooding, sea-level rise, and frequency of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, and extreme temperatures or precipitation. They will achieve this by develop a Climate Action Plan to support the city’s commitment to the Climate Protection Agreement, which CMB signed in 2005, and building a Code…

increasingly inclement weather. Though these grand manifestations of global warming do pose very real and present threats, there is a subtler, more personal danger that climate change is posing to something even more valuable than our coastlines and homes: it is stealthily creeping into our lives and stealing our health. Global warming…

the result of an increase in temperature, extreme weather events and the melting of the Polar Ice Caps, all of which are caused by global warming (Climatehotmap.org, 2016). The escalated temperatures caused by global warming are melting the Polar Ice Caps and speeding up the process of thermal expansion, both of which are causing a rise in sea levels. This global rise in temperature is causing the destruction of natural resources, destructive weather events, droughts and floods (Union of…

Emergency Operations plans are used by communities across the nation in use by federal, state and local governments. There are three different types of EOP formats traditional function format, emergency support function and agency/ department focused function. Each community must decide which one is right for the hazards within their scope of capabilities. The Promulgation Statement/Letter, informs agencies of the intentions of action that a community intend to take these actions include:…

Abstract: Severe weather events have increased and intensified as climate change has gotten worse. Studies and research shows how negatively the mental health of survivors can be impacted as a result of the trauma they have experienced. Whether they develop depression, anxiety, economic troubles, personality disorders, grief as a result of death/loss, and/or a host of other mental health troubles, it is important that communities and policy making bodies have preventative measures in place.…

Theories about the human personality have been brought up since the early ages of psychology. Weather it is the theory of adjusting the way we act by social settings from the social cognitive theory, to the more calm and passive humanistic theory. Discussing advantages and disadvantages of each theory is key to identifying the most reliable and well thought out way of assessing someone’s personality. With each category having its own place in psychology the advantages are simplicity and…