Prevailing winds

Insane The gentle wind, soft and settling. The flowers dancing with the breeze. Birds sang a soft melody that was serene and soothing. The area clear except for a young woman dancing to the gentle music in her head. Every bit the girl danced, her long, white dress flowed around her, her long brown hair moving with the wind. Everything was calm and still. Suddenly, the once beautiful and lively flowers started to shrivel up and turn black, dying. The warm, soothing breeze, turned ice cold.…

Being a lifelong sailor comes with perks. I have a sixth sense attuned to the sea and wind. It is a wonderful thing to be able to point out North, South, East, and West without the slightest aid. I can always sense where the ocean is when it is out of sight (and will usually be found staring in that direction when I am bored). I can identify and differentiate wind and current lines on the water with only a glance. When I mention that I am a sailor to my friends, their minds usually conjure…

forms of Mother Nature. The number one cause of destruction from a tornado are the wind speeds it can produce. The most volatile tornadoes can produce speeds up to 300 miles per hour. In a matter of three seconds or less a very violent tornado can completely demolish a well built house. The winds can pushes over or tear away parts of structures. The winds can carry debris which can cause even more destruction. The wind can make the debris into dangerous high speed projectiles. The destruction of…

The setting in “The Storm” creates the perfect situation for an again. The storm in the short story is also used as a symbol of the affair that is going to happen between Calixta, mother to four year old Bibi and husband Bibinot, and Alcee, husband to Clarisee. As the storm starts to form, climaxes and ends so does the affair between Calixta and Alcee. It all starts as husband Bibinot and son Bibi are in town at the local store when they notice the storm approaching, they decide they should not…

Simmons and Sutter examined the impact of the installation of Doppler radar on the quality of tornado warnings and occurrence of tornado casualties. The researchers provided information on what Doppler radars were used, such as the Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) and WSR-88D radars. The NEXRAD radar system has 159 radars in the United States (U.S.) and overseas, as well as 121 radars installed at National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast offices. The NEXRAD system is used to monitor and…

ago from the east and the remnants are still lingering throughout the air. Cold, and muggy, the air clings to the faces of bystanders. The paper white breath of people stay in the air for a split second and disappear after only a few milliseconds. Wind dashes throughout the town. Weaving in and out of alleyways, through the streets, and over the top of buildings. Smoke billows from chimneys. People huddle around barrels that contain burning wood and charcoal. People stand shoulder to shoulder,…

It was a warm sunny day in late December, I ran and leapt on. I immediately fell and landed straight on my back. The board went flying down the shore without me. I still couldn’t figure out how to ride on the board. Did I need to distribute my weight better? Last December, when my family was in the Ron Jon surf shop, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, we noticed a strange blue board. It was like a surfboard, only it was much smaller and was a bit broader. When I asked my Mom what it was, she explained…

and wary in their eyes. There was this unusual eery silence no one seemed to talk, the only thing you could hear was the crunching of the leaves underneath our worn-out feet and the chirping and howling of the creatures of the night that the autumn wind threw our way. I took a deep breath in , inhaling the bitter medicine from my inhaler, this was my fifth puff in the past hour and it wasn't really helping, my lungs were slowly tightening. Walking through the dark forest reminded me of the day I…

Famous female author, Joan Didion, wrote “The Santa Ana” to educate readers about the reactions of the LA population to the notorious winds in the area. She writes about how “The winds show us how close to the edge we are” (Didion 47). Every person has a different metaphorical wind that forces him or her to fall off of their own personal cliff, and mine is depression. Depression is a commonly misunderstood mental disorder. Some people even use it as a description or an emotion, for example, “Oh…

Through the Peephole I didn’t know what was coming until it actually hit me. Thick. Dark. Massive. Hurling straight towards me like a huge sea of black dust. Winds exceeding any scale. Plants being ripped up from the ground. Me in a thin blue dress with a dirty apron, hair in a messy bun. Trembling. In two feet was my drafty farm house with the thinnest walls in creation to protect me. Of course I was completely oblivious about what was going to happen. The Dust Bowl. It was here in full force…