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How weather effects peoples lives and

activities.

Weather, is the day to day change in conditions including the changes in the atmosphere,these changes include temperature, levels of precipitation, wind speed, wind direction and thechange in air pressure. These measurements are usually taken and recorded at least once aday. Weather is the day-to-day changes in Earths atmospheric conditions.

Climate, is the average conditions for an area or country recorded over a long period of timelike 30 years or more, examining the data recorded it is possible to see patterns or trends these

become known as the climate.

Any place on earth does therefore have its own daily weather and its own longer term averageconditions or climate. By examining the records it is possible to identify trends etc which

become known as the seasons identified by the combination of the weather patterns. Particularweather hazards like Tornados or Hurricanes follow seasonal patterns. Known as climaticclassification the climate data from round the world is used to divide the globe into climatezones.

Climate and weather are both very powerful forces in the world, human activity is closelylinked to the yearly patterns of climate especially in countries or regions where the people relyon farming both for food and for a living. Problems begin to arise when people live in weatherextremes e.g. in areas of desert the rainfall is so varied during the year who will need to adaptto the climate.

Weather affects human activity on a day-to-day basis whether it is as simple as a few spots ofrain meaning people not having to water their gardens or whether it is a tornado rippingthrough a town causing huge amounts of damage the weather affects peoples day-to-day lives.

Human activity covers a variety of things,

-Farming

-Communication

-Settlement

-Holidays and recreation.

The weather conditions can effect the day-to-day lives of and have an impact on them.

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Farming is always affected by the weather no matter what sort of farming it is the weatherwill affect it crops without rainwater will perish and die as they would without enoughsunlight.

Peoples leisure activities are effected by the weather and mixing a little with health,

Sunbathers on beaches all over the world must be careful, an example is British people with

the varied weather we have we tent to at the first sign of sun peel off layers to get a tan asquickly as possible (on the understanding that if they dont the weather could be miserableagain the next day) As a result cases of skin cancer in the UK had doubled in less than a

decade. -indirect

Heavy snow has been a problem in the British isles and blizzards in a Scottish ski resort arewithout doubt affecting peoples live and their leisure time. The very varied weatherconditions in the Scottish mountains makes skiing holidays there riskier than in the Alps,another good example is employment many hundreds of jobs depend on the weather e.g. NOSNOW, NO SKIERS, NO JOBS. -indirect

In the USA in 1992 the first tropic storm of the year was spotted in the north Atlantic. Thestorm was tracked using Satellite and specially equipped aircraft By the Sunday it was off thecoast of California, warnings were broadcast on TV and Radio, Highways were soon jammedwith families trying to escape and those who were choosing to stay were advised to sit in themost enclosed room of their home, the strongest wind reached up to 164 MPH as strong as atornado. Wooden homes and trailer parks were ripped to pieces but most concrete and brickhomes survived. -direct

In this situation most communications had completely broken down overhead lines weredamaged. The National Guard had to be called out to help maintain order and to try to restoreessential services. The final cost was 58 deaths and a $25 Billion payout in damages. -indirect

Weather can cause a more long term suffering, Parts or S. Africa have suffered below averagerainfall for 14 years between 1982 and 1996 However because of well organised relief effortsthere was no starvation or famine, this is a huge contrast to the 1984 droughts in Africa in

places like the Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia. Which triggered mass famine. -indirect

Weather problems have caused there to be power shortages across the country as high windshave knocked down power lines and destroyed generators etc. direct

Examining the assertion, People are at the mercy of the weather I think must be agreed with

though most are unaware how much their lives revolve around the weather conditions thatday, for whatever reason whether it be, Fashion, Health, Profitable, They do respond to

weather conditions, Those who argue that they are able to control the weather are nave.Human societies clearly are unable to control the weather and climate,