Vulnerability

To what extent are we still vulnerable to our environment? In what ways are we protected from it?


If there was a heat wave a hundred years ago, many people would have suffered and died. Today, there does not seem to be such a reason for so many people to experience heath problems and death due to the environmental factors. Nearly every city building has air conditioning and heat, and there are warming and cooling centers in poor areas, or areas that have a lot of elderly people. Unfortunately, people still continue to suffer from extremes in the environment. If technology is so modern, then why do people still have side effects or die from heat or cold?
One reason for this may be that the city was not prepared for crisis like that, and they did not have enough safeguards to respond in time to his emergency. Also, citizens did not seem to be looking out for one another. Younger people should check in on elderly neighbors and family members to make sure that they are safe and comfortable. Finally, people were playing in fire hydrants and turning on city water, instead of saving it for true emergencies. The selfishness of some people most likely led to the sickness and death of others. I believe just like the mayor said was that people die every day, maybe the heat wave added a little bit. Poeple get sick, they faint. Trust me, I have done that so many times that I know what it feels like to be dizzy and not knowing where you are when you walk up. I have expenised this a lot more than other people at Parker, most people go to camps that dont live simipily, most people at Parker have never been in a situation were its 104 with no air conditioning.
I know what it feels like to be really hot when a heat wave has gone through Maine. At Camp Fernwood, there is no electricity or air condition or anything like that. So when its hot, the campers just have little fans. While my friends are at home and they have a heat wave but going on there computers or Tv and inside a air condition house. I have expenised this a lot more than other people at Parker, most people go to camps that dont live simipily, most people at Parker have never been in a situation were its 104 with no air conditioning.  
One way that humans are really vulnerable to their enviorment is that humans depend on the enviornment that it provides us with the essential needs to survive in life.   Humans are rewally fragile because they are so vulnerable to the enviorment that they live in.