River

Due to the flooding in Lower Onion Creek, Eric Rangel, 17, had to drop out of school due to the financial burden that flooding has imposed on his family. The Lower Onion Creek area flooded twice, once on October 31, 2013, and October 30, 2015. Many Lower Onion Creek residents are living in condemned homes five months after the latest flood. Eric Rangel said after the floods, the city condemned his home. His home was no longer inhabitable, and his family had to seek other shelter options.…

Nobody wants to come home to flooding or standing water in their home. Residential water damage is not only overwhelming, it can lead to costly damages if not taken care of quickly. Significant property damage, such as mold growth and major damage to wooden floors, cabinets, drywall, insulation and other structural materials and contents can occur when homes are not dried quick enough. When disaster strikes your home, you need qualified professionals to respond to water damage quickly and work…

There are many dams built all over Africa because that is their main source for electric power. While some dams were a success, others were as successful. Because of poor planning, a lot of people had to move and ended up in refugee camps in which the hygiene was very poor and as a result, many diseases spread. Over a thousand wild animals relocated after the water rose in the dams. Because of the droughts in Africa, the supply of electricity had decreased. Malaria is a disease transmitted to…

9:20 AM March 15 13,000 B.C. . This is reporter Melissa Carmona and Tyler Mccallum coming at you with breaking news. Breaking news, in Missoula Montana the ice dams ( An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a glacier and prevents melting snow (water) from draining off) are breaking a flood has taken over cities and towns!! Lives are at risk .The flood waters (flood waters are water overflowing as the result of a flood) poured into Lake Columbia and made major spillways. Which…

The Upstream Journey At the peak of fall, anadromous salmon begin their upstream journey to go back to their birthplace and reproduce the next generation. Some swim seven hundred miles, and face adversity of all kind: hunters, bears, and eagles. Anadromous salmon have an inherent sense of smell, or direction, and of their long term goal. They adapt and change based on whatever environment they are put in. Nothing can keep salmon from reaching their final destination; because they are resilient…

The areas of Putah Creek within the vicinity of the university campus have been conserved to certain extents and heavily used by humans. The creek has been altered and manipulated over the past decades by humans and the alterations in the creek and nature are obvious at each of the stops of the self-guided trip. The trip featured the riparian plants in the reserves by the creek and the arboretum walkway. According to the field guide, UC Davis has been maintaining a policy of sustainability to…

In the opening scene, Scoot played by Mary Kate Olsen is a fourteen year old girl, that is learning how to be a deep water sailor. She is a very pretty girl and only five feet tall but very strong. Sully, Scoot’s older brother played by Zac Efron who. Scoot and Sully are on a sailboat off the coast off Baja California. The sky is clear, and the sun's rays danced across the water. Sully was teaching Scoot to be a good deep water sailor. Sully sent Scoot, who didn’t want to into the cabin to make…

Environmental factors that occur in Los Angeles make the area extremely vulnerable to debris flows. Because the debris flows descend into highly populated areas, the city of Los Angeles has put forth numerous efforts to control debris flows and the impact they have on housing developments. The Los Angeles County Flood Control District (now titled Sedimentation Section of the Hydraulic Division of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works) is responsible for the safety of the eight…

Hatchet Brian Robeson is a young boy stranded in the wilderness after his plane crash. Brian’s mind and body is weak in the beginning of the novel compared to the end of the novel. Brian has learned how to be wise ,mature , and resourceful during the time he has spent independently in the wilderness. His mind and body must work together , in order to be mentally and physically prepared to survive until he is rescued. Throughout the novel Brian will get creative and responsible with his ideas on…

Do you like to read books that have much to do with survival? I hope so because this is what my letter essay is about. In the book “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen a boy named Brian is about to fly in a one engine propeller plane to his father's house out in the woods of Canada. Brians Mother and dad had gotten divorced so Brian's dad moved away from New York to Canada. Brian now spends the school year at his Mother's house in New York, and he goes to his father's house in Canada during the summer. As…