Funnel cloud

"It’s taken me nearly three hundred years, but I think I figured it out. Although three hundred years had gone by he only looked to be in his thirties. He came around in a swivel chair to the side of his desk, stretched his long arms into a large cardboard box, pulled out the exact skull Azazel gave me, and placed it on his lap. "Let me guess. She must be another one of your girlfriends." Tubal glanced at me. "No my fiancé." Azazel answered. Tubal tipped his head and smiled. "Ah, I see…

The movie Donnie Darko is about a teenager named Donnie Darko who has vision of a ghost named Frank, who is dressed as a giant rabbit. Frank tells Donnie that the world will end in exactly 28 days. While Donnie is with Frank at the golf course, a jet engine from an airplane crashes into his bedroom. Donnie feels that he owes Frank because he saved his life and that he should figure out why the world will end. Frank makes Donnie do things such as flood the school, steal his father's gun, and burn…

Anahis Figueroa Both My Home and My Happy Place It was a bright, sunny day in Chicago. The temperature was perfect. It wasn’t too hot but hot enough that it wasn’t overwhelming. I turned my attention to Lake Michigan. I looked at the water glistening and the waves moving forward in unison. And that's when I noticed that I was blanking out. As I continued drowning in my own thoughts, I stopped when I heard my sister’s voice say, “Come on we’re leaving.” As she was dragging me along I notice my…

through the United States over recent history. The EF5 tornado that occurred in Joplin, Missouri happens to be the most expensive tornado on record. Tornadoes occur during some severe thunderstorms; winds spiral horizontally, then turn vertically, a funnel cloud forms which ends up reaching the ground, which is the tornado. Some tornadoes can be minor while others can cause dozens of deaths and millions, if not billions, of dollars in damage. Winds can reach two-hundred miles per hour, which can…

cyclone in your life? Both hurricanes and tornadoes spawn in dark, spiraling clouds. No thunder can be heard, and all is calm, then… BAM! A cyclone touches down right in front of you. What do you do? Sometimes, tornadoes can even have more than one point! But no need to fear, tornadoes usually touch down in flat areas. According to meteorologist Spencer Adkins, they usually reach east of the Rocky Mountains. If you see a funnel cloud near you, you’d better start running, because winds like that…

The day was hot! It was the middle of July in Texas after all and the time was about 4:00pm almost the hottest part of the day, and although, it was in the mid-90s, the humidity made it feel like it was in the upper 100s. There was a nice breeze coming off of the bay which kind of made the weather bearable. However, the weather could not hold our excitement down or make us feel miserable because we were attending our very first baseball game. It was Americas past time and we could see why. You…

A few days ago on March 18th, 1925 at 1:00pm deadly tornado called ‘tri-state tornado’ touched down in southeast Missouri and moved northeast toward Illinois then ended in Indiana. There wasn’t much warning before the tornado happened. To prevent panic among the public, tornado forecasting was not practiced and even the word “tornado” is banned. The storm moved quickly to the northeast, speeding thorough Missouri the towns effected were Gibson, Pike and Posey in Indiana, Bollinger, Iron, Madison…

Hurricanes and tornadoes have very noticeable differences, but there are also some similar features when it comes to them both. Some of the characteristics are precipitation, the emotional and physical hardships that ensue when these weather phenomenon happen, and the financial hardship the nation go through because of hurricanes and tornadoes. There are different details that you don 't get from the weather station and the news. Also, showing the devastation that both cause, and how they are…

There was an atrocious sound of scraping metal followed by cloud of smoke. It wasn’t the welcoming scent of a Fourth of July grillburger smoke either. It was a noxious funnel of black smoke from underneath the hood of our 2003 Ford Taurus. “Get out of the car now. Leave everything in here. Get out. Get out.” As I was trying to bust open the side door under my mom’s command, I remember looking down on the floor, seeing my newly cracked PSP gaming console on the car mat, which flew out of my…

the float chamber. I rinse it, dry it, blowing a bead of gas off its lip. I set it in a box. Wipe my hands, forming the rag into the head of this man. He'd wear an ivory cross on the chain around his neck, have a scar on one cheek, the shape of a funnel. He'd follow me into the kitchen, into the living room, down the gorge behind my house. If he showed me sores on his hands, he'd tell me they are from engines, wrenches, and his fights for supremacy over women, blacks, Jews. He feels a siren's…