Lake Elsinore Storm

TORNADO WARNING BANG CRASH!! the window fly's open, I run to my room in fear wondering when the storm will stop. My parents Steve and Venessa, my brother Harry and I were sitting in the family room, when a tornado warning came through on the UHF radio. This was my brother and I's first tornado so it was a big and scary thing for us. We had only heard of them through our parents and the news. All the windows started to shake and fly open and you could tell the wind was getting stronger and…

1.) The snowstorm focuses Sedaris's investigation into his familys past by revealing how his family actually operated. This snowstorm can be seen as a symbol in this reflection because the storm resembles a disaster in the family. Sedaris and his siblings snow vacation started off great because they barely ever got snow days and they were excited to have fun away from school. However, this week took a turn for the worse on the fifth day when their mother decided she had enough of them and…

winds of over 100 mph, hail, frozen rain, and it dropped to negative 10 degrees. The blizzard demolished peoples homes from frozen trees and high winds, power lines tore town from tons of frozen rain, hail destroyed cars and windows citywide. The storm destroyed city generators and left people without hope. The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services are the first ones to help a city in need. the most visible Salvation…

gets destroyed, and there are floods. Hurricanes are deadly because of their high wind speed. The average wind speed is from 5-55 miles per hour. The maximum wind speed is 120 miles per hour. According to the article “Hurricane” it says: “These storms are feared because their strong winds, threaten…

story of the collection dives into a description of beach storm. Titled, “Untouched land”, it opens with the “Wind howling as the sand bombarded my face.” This immediate picture places the reader on the edge, as the future storm looms. This story recounts a storm my family and I experienced which vacationing at the beach. Through the strong, bold start of this piece I took some risk as a writer. I opened with the first paragraph feeling the storms presence and the power surrounding it. Then, I…

the challenges the ones affected by the storm had to face. Both passages described the bravery and courage people needed to survive the blizzard. But both passages also described how many families were separated by the powerful storm. In both the poem, A Woman’s Voice, and the article, Blizzard! The very dangerous storm separated families, and required bravery to survive. In both the poem and the article the snowstorm was described as dangerous. The storm caused damage to many buildings in "A…

It all started out unexpectedly. The storm began to get worse, sounds of the storm roared the atmosphere, with rage. Everything felt like a blur. Fog spurred over the plains of the battlefield, it was as if the battlefield was abandoned, because of silence that brought cries to each to each dead soul. I could see the soldiers getting ready, praying for there last. Time was running, fast as an earthquake destroys land within seconds. It was coming to dawn, brave troops waiting to fight for…

My Reflection’s on “Let It Snow” Have you ever had an opinion about the story Let It Snow by David Sedaris? In the next couple of paragraph’s I will be analyzing the story and writing my reflections on some of the issues and ideas that arise in this story. The snowstorm makes a correlation to Sedaris's childhood by showing how hectic it was at times. Like a snowstorm, a family could be just as dysfunctional when the snowstorm hits like a fight it is hectic but once it has died down…

Vigorously, the ferocious prevailing wind hit my face like a train plowing through my body. Fear - Overwhelming Fear - swirling around me, the mist was disorientating. The repetitive gusts of wind rapidly obliterating everything that lies between the marsh and I. The frequent gusts torn and ripped my skin like a spine chilling; blood curdling; demonic creature taking a bite into it's next victim... Cautiously pushing the heavy gates open, the touch of iron bars - as cold as ice - seized up my…

my beloved. As I felt my blood pulsating throughout my body I clasped onto my innocent little girl to young to understand the events where were occurring around her. As I squeezed her fragile body against mine, protecting her from the treacherous storm which was unfolding before our eyes. I began running down the main street without a soul in sight, feeling the gush of wind pressing its forces against me, each step i touch felt like two more back. the harder i pushed through the gale as though…