Matthew

Describe and explain the pattern of rainfall in Barbados This picture shows the pattern of releif rainfall in mm in Barbados per year. It goes from the lowest at1270mm to the highest at 2160. The rainfall in Barbados is not very balanced. As you can see the rainfall is less lower on the land that is because the wind comes from the norhteast. As th wind blows over the water it picks up water vapour. And when all of that wind and water vapour reaches the land it is forced up by the mountans and land. As the air goes up it gets colder and condenses and then it rains.That is why higher up in Barbados has more rain every year. Because there is more condensation higher up.

Good work Matthew. Well explained, however watch out for spelling errors. With the wikis, why not put two next to one another and it uses less space. You dont need a title for each as it is already on the wiki.

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__Too Hot 140 Character Description__ In 2003 Europe had a heatwave. France got the worst. August 10th 22 to 25 hundred seniors died. Across Europe over 30,000 died. In France 14,000 died in a few weeks.



1.) USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Scotland, France and Sweden have increased likelyhoods of experiencing tornadoes. 2.) Most of the global distribution of tonadoes is above the equator and the country that has the most tornadoes is the USA. In Europe it is mostly in the west and in australia it is along the coast. 3.) There are tornadoes all over the south east and the east. Most of them happen in Texas and Kansas but there is a big hole of no tornadoes in Navada. Hawaii and Alaska are also tornado free.



1.) The link between tornadoes and agricultural areas is that tornadoes are most common in agricultural areas and you will rarely see a tornado elswhere. 2.) This would cause problems like the land getting torn up and the crops ruined and a lot of money would be lost replacing crops all the time.



1.) The most deaths were in the 1953-1954 season. 2.) The fewest deaths were in the 1985-1986 season, there were under 50. 3.) The number of tonado deaths are decreasing because if you look at the graph there were a lot of them from 1950-1978 and it cooled down after that



__Creative Writing Task Hurricane Katrina__ This is Matthew Anderson Reporting for CNN news. I am at the site where the most damage from hurricane Katrina was inflicted. In New Orleans the damge is brutal, 80% of the city was under 6 feet of water because the levee system was overflowed and the city was flooded, houses destroyed, trees uprooted, in totalthe damge costs were over $89 million US. Katrina hit Luisiana at 1200 hours as a category 4 hurricane at 29.5 degrees latitude by 89.6 degrees longitude with a wind speed of 110 knots. The state was disapointed with president Bush for doing nothing to prevent extreme damge from being done. A total of 1,836 reported dead and 705 milling. below are images of damage and satelite images of the hurricane.



All I can say from this is that I am positive Luisiana will be better prepared next time a hurricane is staring them in the face. I'm Matthew Anderson, CNN news. Back to you Karen.

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1: The land use pattern in Bridgetown is unique because all the shops and businesses in the CBD are close to the water while the housing is further inland. It is interesting because the housing gets denser as it movies inland. It gives the effect of all the businesses around the ocean. 2: The pattern that I find is that most of the big businesses are closer to the ocean and all of them are crammed in the CBD because land is more expensive so the government builds on it more to make more money. While all the housing is closer to the outside of Bridgetown. The denser housing being the furthest out. 3: Yes the pattern i saw fit with Newcastle because there is allot of housing on the outside layer of the city and its the same with Newcastle. But one of the differences is that in Newcastle there aren't as many companies cluttered in the CBD as Bridgetown.
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