Yosemite fire

In e past couple of weeks there has been a very large forest fire that has inflamed a very popular national park. This national park is known as Yosemite nation park. Firefighters have been at work for a long time trying to contain the fire. As of now, 80% of the fire has been contained. Here are some interesting facts about the forest fire: over 4,300 firefighters are at work trying to clear the fire, 111 structures have been destroyed including 11 homes, and it ignited an illegal marijuana farm. The nearby fire department has not found a cause of the fire. The fire has burned 370 acres of land for the past 18 days. It's the fourth biggest forest fire in California history. We don't know when the fire is going to stop, but it looks like its coming to an end soon.

Syria

Hello once again, last week we talked about the events going on is Egypt. This week we will talk about something that has caught my intrest a lot more than Egypt. That would be the violence in Syria. I've seen so much news about because of all the predictions and attacks that might happen. As of now, president Obama has asked congress to give the go for the use of missiles against Syria. If this happens, we could be looking at another war possibly even another world war. We just don't know until someone makes a move. I feel it's best that we should leave Syria alone for now because we should let them work out their problems. Plus It could keep tensions down between the U.S., Russia, and China. I don't think war is the answer right now because we already have enough foreign and domestic problems. But that's just my opinion and the real power of the U.S. might have different ideas.

Lots of things have been going on around the world today. But one that really sticks out to me is the events going on in Egypt. On July 3rd, the military overthrew their president Mohamad Morsi. Now tyhe country is nearly self destructing because of all the violence of this. But what can this mean for the U.S.? It means that gas prices could continue to rise and cost us a fortune. The imports of gas and oil are driving up because of shipping insurance. The U.S. also relies on Egypt on several more issues such as counterterrorism, and Arab-Isreal peace. But we don't know the outcome of these issues because we don't know the outcome of the Egypt mess. The U.S. will have to wait to see what happens but for know all we hope for is that whatever happens benefits us.