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    was called the schoolchildren's blizzard. It was called this because thousands of school children died when an unexpected blizzard had struck while the children tried to get back from school in the blizzard. On winter thunder while the school children were trying to get home, they got stuck in the snow so they had to try to get back home without a bus. They decided to tie their sleeves together so none of them could get lost. According to omaha.com In the blizzard of 1888 A school teacher…

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    little over a month ago. Experts like John Ballard from the Motley Fool say that this increase in cash flow can be traced back to these new micro-transaction options in games. Activision Blizzard has been at the top of the gaming publishing market for a while. They acquired Blizzard Entertainment in 2013. Blizzard owned game titles like World of Warcraft and…

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    unpredictability. Although some weather events, such as hurricanes, are predictable and afford time to implement contingency plans, thus mitigating their effects, others, such as tornados as less predictable and can strike at a moment’s notice. The blizzards of 2015 exemplify the unpredictability of severe weather and the effects it can have on seaports. Between January and February 2015, two major snow storms, Juno and Marcus, and several…

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    The title of the book I read is Trapped by Michael Northrop. Their is a significance of this title and it is that these kids are trapped in a school for a few weeks and they are stuck there because of a blizzard. This was the worst blizzard ever recorded. The author wrote this novel because it kind of informs you how to survive when you are trapped in a school, and what you should do to survive. It would be very scary if you were stuck in a school with little resources to survive. The…

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    to make up snow days in breaks or vacations,education, E-Days save money. First, E-Days are a good idea because students won’t fall behind in classwork. Schools in Ohio have been creating blizzard bags. By using blizzard bags it allows districts to make up for three additional days of school, if necessary Blizzard Bags are to take home bags with paper assignments. Many schools have given school owned devices to take home. In many Minnesota schools they gave students…

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    May 10,1996 there were more climbers on the South side of Mount Everest than ever before. That same day a terrible blizzard hit Mount Everest. There were still climbers trying to summit. But, unfortunately 8 climbers got lost and died in the blizzard on Mount Everest. A few climbers summited, but not all made it back. The teams that were on Mount Everest the day of the blizzard were a Taiwanese team of 13. A South African team of 21. A nine-man assemble team of British. An American team on 6…

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    “Byron and Buphead each grabbed one of my arms and one of my legs and swung me between them going, ‘Wooo, blizzard warnings! Blizzard warnings! Wooo! Take cover!’ Buphead counted to three and on the third swing they let me go in the air. I landed headfirst in a snowbank.”(9). When Byron is with Buphead, he is usually a person who will disobey everything you say and will…

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    Michael Northrop's fiction novel Trapped is a 200 page book which describes the life being stuck at school in a snow storm. The narrator Scotty Weems takes place to what he saw in that day during the blizzared and while they got trapped in Tattawa High School. Starting off with the day they were in school, Scotty had a basketball game and his biggest fear was that game canceling. His friends Pete, and Jason were with him waiting for parwnt pick up, which they actualy get trapped inside the…

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    we could have prevented many people killed during the storm on Armistice Day. The loss of lives because of the blizzard that hit on Armistice Day back in 1940 could have been, in more ways than one, prevented based how advanced the technology was at the time. Having temperatures in the low 50’s in the middle of November was the last lucky chance for duck hunters…

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    The reason I chose this destination is that there are many theme parks and attractions in Orlando, Florida. One of the first theme parks I went to was Universal Orlando Studios. Within this theme parks in areas that would love to go now or in the future which is Harry Potter world and Volcano Bay, a waterpark at Universal Orlando Studios. At Harry Potter world, people can become magicians using a wand that creates the magic and many rides that themed by Harry Potter such as the express train. In…

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