Monday, August 8, 2011

Natural Disasters

Storm that drowned a city

Video link: http://video.pbs.org/video/1218652893


Video introduction:

What led to the devastating floods that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on New Orleans. This city was just lake. People who are at the national hurricane center in Florida are busy in hurricane season. 6 days later, killer storms arrived. It was water that never stop comming in. After this disaster people starved for 3 days and missed family. In july 2004, one year before Katrina hits new orleans, the hurricane was happened. It was 120 hour per miles. Unfortunatily this hurricane is not real. It was simulation that using super computer to predict wind, rain and storms. A simulation focoused on 2004 disaster exercise. A simulation show a big destruction. 61000 people was death.

I listen it about 2 hours.

The reason I chose this video is that

I am usually interested in disaster. Also, I want to know how was simulation of the hurricane.

I want to see how to use the super computer that predict disaster exercising.

 

Vocabulary and phrase:

1.Drown (verb): to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.

2.Starve (verb): to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.

3.Destruction (noun): the act of destroying.