BYUI GeoJournal

Week 7 - Mass Wasting, Streams & Flooding HURRICANE HARVEY  I moved to central Texas after Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast. Houston (which is 1 1/2 hrs away from where I am) was one of the cities that took a huge hit in rainfall that caused severe flooding. A few things I found, Hurricane Harvey is the first major hurricane (winds greater than 110 MPH) rainfall measured in feet inundated coastal Texas in millions. Hurricane Harvey originated from a westward-moving tropical wave that emerged from Africa over the eastern Atlantic ocean.  Highest wind speed:  134 MPH Date:  August 17, 2017 - September 2, 2017 Category:  Tropical Depression (NHC/CPHC), Category 4 Hurricane Damage: estimated $125 billion I work at the airport in College Station/Bryan for American Airlines and the two airports in Houston and another airport in Beaumont were severely impacted by Hurricane Harvey. We were almost called to travel down there to assist at the airports. As for the w...

 Week 05 - Science vs Religion W hen it comes to science and religion, I think the science aspect is aiming to prove and measure when events occurred and why it did. Science is looking for proof that things exist for a reason and that they search for a version of the "truth". Similarly science and religion both look for some form of truth. The difference between the two are searching for truth.  Religion is based on faith and hope, in the scriptures we know it mainly contains testaments of individuals who overcame struggle and hardships in order to be a witness of God. In the church we aim to know the truth in the spiritual side and using tested ways of prayer, fasting and going to the temple for answers.    Much like the life of Jesus Christ and the sacrifice he made for us. The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price are testaments or we can call it "journal entries". We know so many stories from the Creation, the Fall, the Atonemen...

 Week 5 - Metamorphic Constructions Materials SLATE GRANITE LIMESTONE All of these metamorphic rocks are used in my local area. Every single home has a variation of Slate, Granite, and Limestone. It is accessibly available and can be brought into our area from many sources. If we break Slate down it is a fine-grained, metamorphic rock composed of clay or volcanic ash, it also is a sedimentary rock. Its parent rock is Mudstone. It is widely used for roofing and flooring and it can take on many shades in darker grey colors.  Granite is a coarse-grained, igneous rock, composed mostly of quartz, alkali, feldspar, and plagioclase. It is used in buildings, bridges, paving, countertops, tile flooring, and stairs. It can take on multiple colors shading from light to dark colors and other features to determine its quality.  Limestone is a carbonate sedimentary rock, composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms like we rad previously. It is the parent rock to Marble....

  Week 4 - Sedimentary Rocks   I do not live in an area that has many rocks meaning like nature unless you call the university students here the 'animals' in this jungle. I live in a college town so the majority of what is around is man-made. I am at the gym on a daily basis and noticed we have cement all around us. It brought to mind about limestone. Texas does not have anything compared to Utah or Colorado that I grew up around. Being in Texas has taught me to learn more about my surroundings. I know that a lot of the processes we learned this week were about how sedimentary rocks are formed and transported. Nearby we have the Brazos River (brah-zoh).  I wanted to give you an idea of the river and present some information from what is around me besides a Starbucks or McDonald's. 😄 This river runs through the majority of Bryan-College Station area where I live. I have witnessed seeing a lot of limestone and a mixture of other types of rocks. I know that because of this ...