What I did this summer and how it connects to the world

These past few years have been filled with countless natural disaster that have taken place all over the world. Including the tsunami and earthquake that took place in Japan (click to see story) only a few months ago to the most recent flood that happened in Nigeria.(click to see story) Talking about what I did this summer seems pretty insignificant but there are connections everywhere in the world. At the beginning of the summer I traveled to Florida with some friends and the drought season was starting to begin. I never would have noticed how much this particular drought was effecting the state except for the local air boat tour businesses. They depend on the swamps in florida to run their alligator tours. While talking to the owner of the business after the ride he mentioned to me that the boats can usually travel much faster but because of the low levels of the water they aren't going to get as much business and these were the lowest levels he has seen in ten years. This is only one example of the types of issues that global warming is causing and will continue to cause. The other half of my summer I spent working with my dad counting parts for his business. It sounds very irrelevant but these parts that I was counting were actually semi-conductors (click here to see about semi- conductors in japan) that are made in large factories in Japan. Due to the major earth quake that just took place the conductors were no longer being produced for a period of time due to the state that Japan is in. My dad had bought these parts perviously and had me distribute them to companies all over the world that rely on these semi-conductors for their line of work. they many not have been life saving but to someone it mean their job. Many other events occurred over the summer as well all over the world that connect to everything we do in our daily lives and you never have to look farther then your next meal because chances are it will have any connections with the world as well.