You can open either with a text editor such as notepad, though a .bat file may have to be right clicked and then choose the Edit option rather than Open (Open means execute the code in the bat file). You can 'Save As' in a text editor such as notepad, in either format, by specifying the extension explicitly. Tricky.
Climate change has the potential to increase the occurrence and severity of extreme weather events in Haiti, such as hurricanes. Although the effects of climate change on hurricanes and cyclones are uncertain, models generally find an increased severity of tropical storms in a warmer climate.
On this day in 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastates the Caribbean island nation of Haiti. The quake, which was the strongest to strike the region in more than 200 years, left over 200,000 people dead and some 895,000 Haitians homeless. The earthquake hit southern Haiti at 4:53 p.m. local time....