Good morning. I am liz dahlem in for juliet huddy was off today. Ben i am ben simmoneau. It is october 2nd. A lot going on, a lot of whether news especially, were looking at hurricane joaquin, the track seems to be shifting east. Mike woods, new information comes down at 5 00. Ben it is basically here right now, still keeping it well out to see which is a good thing for us. The trend was not looking good but here is what we have with the current status, still category 4 storm, maximum sustained winds at 130 miles per hour, gusts of 161, that is a potent storm sitting and spinning, i can only imagine the damage being done in the central hamas because that has the not slowmoving storm, looks like they have to deal with it for a while longer but it shows signs of lifting to the north. Coastal flooding, we have those issues here and this has nothing to do with joaquin, this is a stall of frontal boundary is with slow pressure around the keeping northwest wind going, u. S. Coastal Flooding
Today, we will be talking about the wars in korea and get numb from an environmental history perspective. About how nature is impacted by and shaped warfare. These are two very important wars in american history. Not how nature is impact and shaped by war for me. Enough, but also because it was the first hot war in the cold war in which the United States really did go to war with communist enemies, in this case north korea and the Peoples Volunteer army in china. And because it really does impact our world today. Korea is one of our most important allies, one of our most important trading partners. Our involvement in korea was a very important moment in u. S. History. Of course vietnam is very important for its role in activism and in getting many of the younger people in the United States involved in politics, involved in protests and demonstrating that the United States government is very much influenced by its constituents and response to have it. But were going to focus on the envi
Is impacted by and shaped warfare. These are two very important wars in american history. Not only because korea is considered to be the forgotten war and so many of its veterans feel like it doesnt get talked about enough, but also because it was the first hot war in the cold war in which the United States really did go to war with communist enemies, in this case north korea and the Peoples Volunteer army in china. And because it really does impact our world today. Korea is one of our most important allies, one of our most important trading partners. Our involvement in korea was a very important moment in u. S. History. Of course vietnam is very important for its role in activism and in getting many of the younger people in the United States involved in politics, involved in protests and demonstrating that the United States government is very much influenced by its constituents and response to have it. But were going to focus on the environment of both of these places. And were going
So today were going to be talking about the wars in korea and vietnam from an environmental history perspective. Many of you are quite well aware of the military side of things, how the wars progressed. But i think its very important for us to think about how nature is impacted by and shaped warfare. These are two very important wars in american history. Not only because korea is considered to be the forgotten war and so many of its veterans feel like it doesnt get talked about enough, but also because it was the first hot war in the cold war in which the United States really did go to war with communist enemies, in this case north korea and the Peoples Volunteer army in china. And because it really does impact our world today. Korea is one of our most important allies, one of our most important trading partners. Our involvement in korea was a very important moment in u. S. History. Of course vietnam is very important for its role in activism and in getting many of the younger people i
Leader coming up. And we are learning more now about the colorado teenager who brought a handful of weapons to his high school last week, what authorities are saying his intentions were and his plan to hurt multiple people. Plus, new training procedures will take effect at sfo after the deadly asiana crash. How the new training will help First Responders deal with another emergency at the airport. Good morning and thanks so much for joining us. Im Justine Waldman. We will start at ate a. M. With 8 00 a. M. With a check of the forecast. Erica kato is also here today and a warmup on the way. We are certainly heading toward a warmup. We could see 70s in the bay area by tomorrow. Right now we are off to a cold start, santa rosa at the freezing mark, 31 degrees currently in concord but low 40s in San Francisco. So it is cold out there, with he do have some patchy fog for snowstorm sonoma county, napa, 2 2 1 2 miles visibility, less than 2 miles for those of you in novato. Areas of fog as fa