Title/Link: Satellite images reveal Thai flood plight
Matthew Knight, CNN
Date Published: Nov. 3, 2011 Date Accessed: Nov. 3, 2011
Matthew Knight, CNN
Date Published: Nov. 3, 2011 Date Accessed: Nov. 3, 2011
Summary: The images above were taken by a satellite showing how the landscape of a part of Southeast Asia has transformed from before the flood to how it is after the flood. The top picture was taken on November 12, 2008 and the bottom picture was taken on November 1, 2011. The most noticeable change is in the center of Thailand as a flood is submerging everything that it goes through, including the historic city of Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya was found in the 14th century, at the place where three rivers meet, was an important trade center, now is under water. The head of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says that the flood happened in Thailand because the improvement of the country was not done properly. The estimated economic loss from the disaster exceeds $3 billion.
Response: Due to the flood, the loss exceeds $3 billion; this probably is excluding the implicit loss. The implicit loss is; for example, trust in the government, the feeling of the population, the opportunity cost of everyone doing something else, other than getting ready to face the flood and having their house submerged. The people of Thailand have faced the current government before, it was, most likely, the most corrupted government ever in the Thai’s history, but the Thais do not learn from the mistake of voting for the wrong political party. I, as a citizen of Thailand, never trusted the current party because the things that were done by the party created a big scar in many people’s heart. The government made a wrong turn by choosing to improve the public transport rather than choose to improve the dam system to prevent future floods.
Vocabulary:
A. Confluence
1.Founded in the 14th century on the confluence of three rivers, it was an important trade center.
2.a merging or flowing together, esp of rivers; a gathering together, esp of people
3.The confluence of the friends is essential as it would bring the friendship back together.
B. Flux
1.The urban economy has also been thrown into flux with an estimated 1,000 factories affected.
2.Obsolete. to purge.
3.In 2008, the world's economy went into flux as everyone was suffering from depression.
C.Inundated
1. On the northern outskirts of Bangkok, the Don Muang Airport closed at the end of October after its runways became inundated with water.
2. to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
3. Woodstock School will never ever become inundated with water as it is on top of the hill.
1.The urban economy has also been thrown into flux with an estimated 1,000 factories affected.
2.Obsolete. to purge.
3.In 2008, the world's economy went into flux as everyone was suffering from depression.
C.Inundated
1. On the northern outskirts of Bangkok, the Don Muang Airport closed at the end of October after its runways became inundated with water.
2. to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
3. Woodstock School will never ever become inundated with water as it is on top of the hill.
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