Comments on: Why the Myanmar cyclone was so deadly http://blogs.earthsky.org/dankulpinski/2008/05/09/why-the-myanmar-cyclone-was-so-deadly/ Exploring Science and the Environment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: structured settlement annuity http://blogs.earthsky.org/dankulpinski/2008/05/09/why-the-myanmar-cyclone-was-so-deadly/#comment-1240 structured settlement annuity Mon, 26 May 2008 11:43:57 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/dankulpinski/2008/05/09/why-the-myanmar-cyclone-was-so-deadly/#comment-1240 You have clearly brought it infront of our eyes how Myanmar cyclone was so deadly. You have clearly brought it infront of our eyes how Myanmar cyclone was so deadly.

]]> By: Deborah Byrd http://blogs.earthsky.org/dankulpinski/2008/05/09/why-the-myanmar-cyclone-was-so-deadly/#comment-1090 Deborah Byrd Tue, 13 May 2008 11:50:04 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/dankulpinski/2008/05/09/why-the-myanmar-cyclone-was-so-deadly/#comment-1090 Dan, this is an interesting post. Thanks for showing how intimately we humans are connected with nature ... Dan, this is an interesting post. Thanks for showing how intimately we humans are connected with nature …

]]> By: Dan Kulpinski http://blogs.earthsky.org/dankulpinski/2008/05/09/why-the-myanmar-cyclone-was-so-deadly/#comment-1089 Dan Kulpinski Tue, 13 May 2008 02:40:17 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/dankulpinski/2008/05/09/why-the-myanmar-cyclone-was-so-deadly/#comment-1089 Mangrove update: Just saw this article from About.com explaining how mangrove forests can act as buffers. Apparently during the Asian tsunami of 2004, a village in Sri Lanka that had a mangrove forest buffer only suffered 2 deaths, while one without a forest buffer had 6,000 deaths. Read it here: http://environment.about.com/b/2008/05/07/deadly-cyclone-made-worse-by-loss-of-mangrove-forests.htm -dan Mangrove update: Just saw this article from About.com explaining how mangrove forests can act as buffers. Apparently during the Asian tsunami of 2004, a village in Sri Lanka that had a mangrove forest buffer only suffered 2 deaths, while one without a forest buffer had 6,000 deaths. Read it here:
http://environment.about.com/b/2008/05/07/deadly-cyclone-made-worse-by-loss-of-mangrove-forests.htm

-dan

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