The Weather Essay

I looked out the window to see the USPS mail van pulling up to my mailbox. I look back at my television playing Doctor Who. When a thought comes into my mind, what if that is the package I have been waiting for. I reach for the silver and black Comcast remote to pause the show. I pause it, put the remote back on my bed and got up. When I get to the door, I realize it was raining out so I ran to the mailbox, got the mail with my package and ran back inside. When I got back I opened the letter…

If I had only known that evening when I went to my brother’s basketball game. I didn’t know at that time what was going to happen. If someone could have just stopped me, I wouldn’t have gotten injured. * * * * It was another Saturday afternoon in Draper, Utah, it was snowing quite hard, it often snowed quite hard here. We had just gotten out of school for winter break the day before. Just an hour ago, I had won my basketball game, I was really happy because it had been our first win. I lay…

As a child, I always expressed joy when we passed the seemingly giant factory located on the edge of my hometown. It was always a happy experience to witness the factory that produced the clouds for the sky. My eyes were met with wonderment when I say the giant white, billowing clouds produced from the smokestacks of the towering, majestic factory. However, I was always met with concern when the clouds weren’t coming out, and I deeply hoped the clouds would resume soon. I always nagged my…

The autumn breeze was cool against his skin as Steve walked through the numerous gravestones at Arlington. The grave stones were a light grey that looked less grim in the bright sunshine than they would have had it been a grey and dreary day. That was good though, because Steve had been aiming for a day that was bright and as cloudless as possible. The day didn’t have to be gloomy just because he was here to visit the graves of several of his old friends. Old friends that had passed on and left…

The day started off early, with a crisp breeze touching my pure, uncovered skin. I detected a hint of warmth that wisped around and hugged me tightly as the sun twirled higher into the cloudless sky. I was meeting up with a couple of friends to explore the seaside. Meredith, Ashley and I were so thrilled to finally go on one last enormous adventure together. We were in the spring break of our senior year and were all heading straight to our colleges when summer started to settle into our new…

There was a soft warm breeze in the air that day. It was very comfortable. The sun was shining, school just got out, the trees were green, and I was hanging out with my friends. Connor Beckworth and Kyle Nordin are my two best friends. Connor had dark black hair, a tan face and heavily built in the legs, but his arms were scrawny and thin. He was about 5ft, and his upper body is toothpick thin. Even though he was short he could go 3 miles on a 6min pace. Kyle had more of overall…

. As you flip through your tv channels you come across a movie called Day After tomorrow which shows earth being destroyed by a huge storm and then frozen due the effects of Climate change, but could something like the storm portrayed in this movie really happen? An article called “Earth’s Dashboard is Flashing Red-Are People Listening” (Dimick,2015) discusses Climate change, the effects we have on it, and the Consequences that may result from it. “Earth’s Dashboard is Flashing Red-Are People…

Hurricanes are one of the most dangerous natural hazards to people and the environment. These storms can cause great damage in less than a week and can cause terrible financial difficulties after! A hurricane is just a huge rotating storm centered around an area of very low pressure with strong winds that can exceed 74 miles per hour. Hurricanes use simple air convection to turn wind into a destructive device. A hurricane is formed only over warm waters near the equator. Tropical cyclones are…

What if a hurricane was coming and you didn't know where to go or what to do? Hurricanes are tropical storms which cause a lot of damage around the world. Hurricanes are very strong, very destructive and kill many people each year. II. First of all, there are many facts to understand about hurricanes. A) Hurricanes develop in areas of unsettled air. when hurricane winds begin spinning around a central pocket of low pressure. The hurricanes eye Develops when the wind spins rapidly. hurricane…

Unit 7 Morgan, a peaceful explorer and newly employed young woman, was not expecting to have trouble at all that morning. In fact, it had been one of those mornings that seemed to point toward a fulfilling and bright day, and trouble seemed incongruous with the sun, birds, and cloudless sky. There was just nothing that Morgan could imagine that would ruin the promising start she was getting today. That day she had planned on hiking out in the mountains, seeking to have a quiet day to…