Drought is a lack of precipitation over an extended period of time that results in a water shortage for a particular area. Drought occurs in nearly every climate on earth but depending on the particular areas annual rainfall can mean different amount of precipitation shortages. It effects both rural and urban areas of the world as well. Drought is difficult to predict and the effects are underestimated but with risk management the negative effects of drought can be prevented or reduced. Why plan…

has been in a drought for about 4 years now and it has been considered the most severe drought in the last 15 years. The California drought has been causing multiple ongoing problems for the last few years. The state of California has tried to take actions toward ending the drought, but the efforts put forth are clearly not enough to end this drought. The main focus in ending the drought has been water conservation, but many California resident are taking the seriousness of the drought too lightly…

environmental problems around the world. These problems such as drought, global warming, and pollution are caused by our actions, mistakes, or just by nature. Out of the various environmental problems, drought is one of the hazard of nature that is happening throughout some parts of the world, especially in California, United States. In general, drought is a “period of dry weather” or “an extended shortage of water” (Jaworski). There are two types of drought definitions: conceptual and operational definitions…

What are droughts? Drought results from an inadequacy of precipitation from factually typical (long haul normal) amounts that, when stretched out over a season or particularly over a longer timeframe, is insufficient to meet the requests of human activities. All types of drought originate from an insufficiency of precipitation that result in water deficiencies for some activity, (for example, crop generation) or for some group, (for example, farmers). Generally, droughts are delegated as either…

In south Texas there are several types of ecosystems one of those ecosystems are the dunes. South Texas dunes are found along the Texas coastline and the general abiotic conditions are sandy soil, high salt content, some fresh water, flooding in the occasion of severe storms and moisture from rain and waves. Sea Oats and Bitter Pancum are two types of plants that dominate the South Texas dunes. Bitter Pancum adaptation for living in this type of ecosystem is that they are tolerant to high salinity…

United States get paid far too much. There are multiple examples of rhetorical tools found throughout this article. Deion Sanders’ Texas-size mansion deals with the context and the audience deals with NFL and MLB fans. The uses of facts and statistics is highly used throughout this entire article. In “Big home advantage: Deion Sanders ' Texas-size mansion is just big enough to contain his family, his faith and his heart," Shirley Henderson argues that NFL Athletes make way too much money, using effective…

One individual who has been emotionally affected by the california drought is Kim Hammond. She has a mixed perception of the drought as on one hand her company profits from the desperate farmers, but she also sees the devastation that the drought is causing. She is a secretary responsible for a ground drilling company, ‘Arthur & Orum’ that can save farmers from losing their crops by drilling for groundwater on their farms and creating a well. In California, groundwater is typically responsible for…

Effects of Drought Natural phenomenon along with being very beautiful and useful for humankind, sometimes become very disastrous and demolishing for them. They show a negative side of nature and indicate some very demolishing aspects of nature, which the humans cannot ignore because of possessing less power. These incidents remind people that they do not have the control over everything and they are very small in front of such natural calamities. However, with strategic and wise planning one can…

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factors is climate. Although the sunny weather has always been a big-ticket appeal, year round warm temperatures result in dry regions and lack of rainfall. The state has had its fair share of water shortages from time to time. In 2014 governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency, as the state continues its record-breaking drought. There are many factors aside from lack of rainfall that come into play. The causes of the severe drought can be pinpointed onto a number of factors such as the history…