Cyclone Nargis

Here are my thoughts on the Cyclone Nargis.

Nargis formed into a tropical cyclone on April 27, 2008, in the central bay of Bengal about 360 miles off the southeast coast of India. Cyclone Nargis was, when they landed at the mouth of the Ayeyawaddy (Irrawaddy) River, about 220 km south-west of Rangoon, a category four storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane, with sustained winds of 132 mph. Nargis is the deadliest cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people died in Bangladesh from a cyclone in the country this year. The formation of Nargis in the Bay of Bengal coincides with the start of hurricane season in the northern Indian Ocean, which generally runs from April to December.

Burma hit by Nargis, is undergoing a natural disaster and human. As Nargis swept the Irrawaddy River delta, hitting the region with winds, storm surges and heavy rains, tens of thousands of lives lost. Burma is isolated from the rest of the world against the best times. The nature of the disaster, the vast area involved and the secrecy and mistrust of the Burmese government, it is impossible for an accurate account of the tragic loss of rights to obtain, but some are treasures of life lost in the hundreds of thousands, instead of dozens. This brings the disaster of Nargis on equal terms with the tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 killed 300,000 people.

Tropical storms are among the systems most powerful and destructive weather events on earth. They are a product of the interaction between the atmosphere and oceans. The pressure recorded in the centers of tropical cyclones are among the lowest that occur on the surface of the earth at sea level

Despite the long season, region, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, has averaged a little over five such storms per year, with only two full tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones are compact, round of storms, generally some 320 km (200 miles) in diameter, whose winds revolve around a central area of low pressure. The winds are driven by the nucleus at low pressure and the rotation of the Earth, which deflects the path of the wind through a phenomenon known as the Coriolis force. As a result, tropical cyclones rotate in an anti-clock (or cyclones) direction in the northern hemisphere and a clockwise (or anticyclonic) direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

In the world's tropical cyclones were informally second given names of women in the Army U. S. Air Corp and Navy meteorologists (after their girlfriends or women) who were monitoring and forecasting of hurricanes on the Pacific Ocean. From 1950 to 1952, tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean were identified by the phonetic alphabet (Able-Baker-Charlie-etc. While a hurricane can generate strong winds and heavy rains, they are also able to produce high waves and storm surges harmful. Although their effects on human populations can be devastating, tropical cyclones can also relieve drought.

Tropical cyclones are known by different names in different parts of the world. In the Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean, north-east, they are called hurricanes, and the Pacific Northwest around the Philippines, Japan and China the storms are called typhoons. In the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans are alternately referred to as tropical cyclones, typhoons or simply cyclones. All these different names refer to the same type of storm.

With rising global temperatures adding energy to the weather systems on Earth there is a chance that storms across Nargis May be greater, once again the huge impact of the huge population of vulnerable coastal areas and Delta in the world.

Monsters in Greek mythology

Here what I would like to share about monsters in Greek mythology.

Ancient culture was no longer a dramatic impact on Western civilization than the Greeks. Greek Mythology fascinates and amuses us today. One of the most fascinating elements of Greek mythology, is the large amount of stories of monsters and monsters that have pleasure, entertainment and education through the ages. Even the modern artists are based on a history of many a hero chasing a monster sized impossible, terrible and overwhelming powers cunning.

Greek mythological monsters are as numerous as the gods and goddesses associated with them. Some monsters have been created by a god to send a warning message for his anger or offend one or other deadly deadly creature monster turned on as a form of punishment for some horrible crime. Some monsters are spawning or rearing of power between gods and mortals. Exists in most of the stories have been told to present a moral and a warning to trick-resistant humans who do not take into account their gods.

Stories of ancient Greece, are full of monsters, many of whom it is said again and again today. Who has not heard about the Medusa vile? A priestess punished by the gods for his indiscriminate sexual abilities? Or the brave and heroic slayer Perseus who valiantly for his bad hair snakes that were so terrible that people in stone for him? Greek mythological monsters live today in the form of films, television programs and video games. Some of the most popular are the stories of monster creatures like Cerberus, the giant three-headed dog that guarded the passage to the underworld, has recently appeared in the popular series of films of Harry Potter.

The Mediterranean is an area that depends heavily on trade and travel by sea, many monsters are tied to the sea. In the modern world, we need to fear the sailors mystifying siren that would lead to punishment for his sailors to attract with its fascinating rock song, or the great servant of Poseidon kraken of perdition. But in ancient times, these monsters are feared and revered. Many an old traveler has paid tribute to the monsters of the greek pantheon, in an attempt to placate the anger of the gods and demigods pray for a safe passage through their territory.

Other terrible monsters lived on earth as well. The Harpies were ugly birds with large claws and faces of women whose screams curdle milk. Known children were stolen, leading men to their fate in rocks of the mountains and lonely horrible smell. There are literally dozens of groups of people and threatening deadly Mesmerize simply by their mere presence. Satyrs, nymphs and fauna are a fantastic breed of creatures that this is beautiful, but dangerous and even deadly to humans, as they are based on their magic and are mortal world, enjoying the pleasures of the event and make nymphly Be sure to enjoy of themselves, losing a few years of his death in dallying with these mystifying creatures.

Centaurs are human, half horse creatures who had a disastrous hatred for man kind, and often in villages destroyed, waylaid travels a lot and has caused difficulties in general.

Some seeds were monsters or are descendants of the great gods and goddesses. Other agents were of supernatural deity. Many came from mother earth in its unions. Gigantes, creatures large and small are often born of reasoning Gaea, the Greek goddess of the earth and his consort. They were a terrible scourge of mankind, for sneaking under the mountain or outside the forest to steal the cows and the sheep and then the chaos and destruction of some unsuspecting citizens. The Chimera was a giant monster created by the union of two gods and Echinda Typhoon. He had the body of a goat, tail of a serpent and a lion's head that breathes fire. If the head was cut off, two grow in its place. These creatures are very popular in video games. The Cyclops are also children of Gaea, being humanoid with a great temperament and a bad eye centered in the middle of his forehead. Completed many tasks of the gods over the centuries and not play. For the most part served as guardians of the gods as they were colossally strong and great warriors.

The list goes on and on mythological monsters like the greek is a great storyteller's imagination and a great desire to entertain the audience. Each monster, even if the goal of serving the narrator to amaze the audience with his heroic exploits and how to use their powerful talents, is also used to teach. Many an important moral to be drawn from this analysis epic tales that do not perish, for many centuries to come.

The mythology of the Midgard Serpent

Here's the mythology about Midgard Serpent.

Of all the creatures, the Norse mythology, the Migard (mito-Gard) Snake (Jrmungandr his real name) is undoubtedly one of the most feared. A huge snake circle large enough to cover the world, Jrmungandr is one of the three sons of the god Loki Trickster monstrous and the giantess Angrboa (Ang-r-Botha, which means the bearer of pain), while the others are the great wolf Fenrir and Hel, queen of the underworld.

Realization of the threat posed by this huge snake, the father of the gods, Odin, threw the serpent in the depths of the sea that surrounds them in all countries "(Prose Edda 34), where his writhing caused traffic congestion and movement wave. While at sea, has grown so large that Jrmungandr completely immersed in the world with its tail in its mouth, and so is an example of Ouroboros (a snake eating its tail, the circle fatal, life from death).

There are three main stories of Norse mythology of the snake Migard, all included in Prose Edda, the story of creation and the Nordic countries, by Snorri Sturluson in the thirteenth century. All of them belong to the god Thor, as the Migard Snake (or Migarsormr as it was in Old Icelandic) is the god of Nemesis. The first story is the story of Thor's visit to the house of the giant utgår-Loki. Thor is facing the challenge of multiple roles, none of which are as they seem. One of these is the abolition utgår-cat's Loki, Thor, and surprise, he is only able to raise a paw of the cat. But the day after the show hosts the truth, admitting "everything that you've seen an increase in the cat paws on the ground grew afraid, because this cat was not what it seemed. It 'was the snake is Migard so high that almost heaven "(Prose Edda 37).

The next story tells of Jrmungandr in the next chapter of the Prose Edda, known Hsdrpa (Hoose-Drow-pa) poetry art panels in the kitchen. In one of the photos, Thor is fishing in a boat with the huge Hymir. With the head of the largest Hymir Ox, Himinhrjot (He in HUR-Yot) as bait, Thor has a fear of sea snake. The description of the animals is truly frightening, a large, powerful snake, "spits out poison." Hymir cut the rope, preventing a fight between the two.

These two stories of the serpent said Migard are both in the past, and the third and final story of the divine animal is a prediction of what will Ragnark, the Nordic countries apocalypse. Finally, after the next Hymir missed the boat, you are in front of the god of thunder, Thor, in a battle that marked the end of the two of them. Enraged after his father suffered devoured Odin Fenrir the wolf, Thor Jrmungandr his old adversary, the "poison spews so much so that at a later time in the air and at sea" (Prose Edda 51).

The fight against the wild, Thor Jrmungandr finally overwhelms and kills him with his hammer, but it is very poisoned in the process. Although Migard Serpent die before his old enemies, Thor only nine steps before succumbing to the poison and falls dead. The end of Ragnark same symbolizes the snake came to see as Ouroboros, the company created from the ruins of the old, dead world, burned by the fire demon SURT, create a new world, free from the evils of the old.

And where has the myth of the snake Migard from? The most important source we have for the serpent is the Migard Prose Edda, which is not until the thirteenth century. Until then, it is certain that in Norse mythology, but without specific references, but it is impossible to say how long it has been a part of it. E 'state, at least at first myth Snorri Sturluson wrote the Prose Edda, as the history of fishing and the catch of Thor Jrmungandr is Altuna Vikings (Altunastenen), an eleventh century pagan Vikings in Sweden. It makes sense that they existed long before this show, because nobody else is history. Where, then, came the idea of a huge snake in the first place? The large number of similar animals in other cultures such as Celtic and Jewish Curruid Leviathan, certainly can not be a coincidence? First of all, a giant snake is the kind of beings that simply in the spring, the fantasy, and it is unlikely that they would have many cultures as part of their folklore. However, the Nordic countries, people do not live in a bubble, separated from the rest of the world, and is much more likely that because of war and trade, were able to test their ideas with other cultures and other societies' myths own. It is fact that, for example, long before the Prose Edda, there is the Vikings invaded Britain and it would be certainly more Celtic myths. But this myth was created, it is impossible for us to say where or how it began, and that we can make the connections between cultures and the similarities in their myths and folklore. One thing is certain, and that is Jrmungandr which remains one of the most feared of all animals known folklore.