This fundamental physiologic response forms the foundation of modern day stress medicine. The fight or flight response is our body's primitive, automatic, inborn response that prepares the body to fight or flee from perceived attack, harm or threat to our survival.
Monsoons affect other areas as well. For instance, the Asian-Australian monsoon blows from the Pacific Coast of Russia to Australia. The North American monsoon, which usually occurs midsummer, originates in both the Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico. Winds from these regions meet in central Mexico over the Madre Occidental Mountains, where the monsoon brings much needed moisture. Eventually the monsoon moves north into Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
The word monsoon comes from the Arabic mausim which means a season.. It was first used to describe the winds over the Arabian sea which blow from the northeast for six months and from the southwest for six months. Over the years, monsoon has been extended to include Europe, Africa and the western coasts of Chile and the United States.