Prevailing winds

comparisons as well as personifying ‘a cold November wind’ in an interesting way. The dictionary defines personification as “the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure” (Dictionary.com). In this particular instance, the wind is a blockade for Lutie, the main character, in her goals at the very beginning of the novel. On top of being a blockade for Lutie, the November winds are foreshadowing a lot of the…

caused in many ways. The definition of a hurricane is “a large tropical storm system with high powered circular winds.” Before a hurricane occurs many things must occur in order for it to grow in size. Hurricanes start to grow near the equator over warm water and then the wind starts to pick up in…

The corps were accustomed to controversy since the Congress designated them the mother agency for the nation's first weather service. -in 1881, police arrested Captain Henry W. Howgate, chief financial manager of the Signal Corps, for embezzling nearly a quarter million dollars. Many complaints came up about the Signal Corps, even from within it. Some veteran military officers, among them Major H. H. C. Dunwoody, opposed a push by General Hazan to conduct primary research into the causes and…

Isaac Monroe Cline was the American who thought he had the power to control the weather. Cline was the man in charge of the Texas Section of the new United States Weather Bureau in September of the year 1900. At this time, a hurricane ignored by Cline, swallowed the city of Galveston, Texas, leaving thousands dead. It can be argued that Cline was to blame for being so arrogant in not recognizing the inconsistent weather signs and acknowledging there was an unpreventable storm headed towards the…

“Crow Hill” The line from this poem of “When it is not wind it is rain” reminded me of every day in Florida. The weather here is so bipolar. One second it can be a sky full of direct sunshine and then the next second it is pouring down rain with a heavy overcast and booming thunder. Most of the time I am inside when this happens but a few times I have been caught outside. Once when this happened recently, my whole family and I were at Poe Springs for my seventeenth birthday on a Sunday in…

Group 8 American Media Dr. Foss 11 November 2014 Roswell July 8th 1947 On July 8th 1947 an unidentified flying object crashed at a ranch in Roswell, New Mexico. The owner of the ranch has remained officially unnamed, but witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot. Initially Mr. Wilmot decided not to let anyone know what he saw thinking that a sight like that was seen by someone else. He eventually told the officials at the RAAF (Roswell Army Air Field) of what he had seen. Eventually when word spread of…

Introduction Weather and nature are very unpredictable, you could be stuck up by a tornado or trapped in the hottest place in the U.S.A. In Death valley, Jenny, Donna, and Gina go site seeing and they get into some trouble. While in the evil swirling darkness, Bennett's birthday party is ruined by a tornado. Death Valley and the evil swirling darkness have many similarities and differences such as the Authors perspectives and the setting. One similarity between Death Valley and The Evil…

Fun Fact: Wilma Marita means, willful desire for Rebellion. The full bass music blared into her ears, the sounds heard from multiple feet away. Her eyes laid closed, and her boney finger tapped gently to the beat. She laid her short haired head to the cold desk, she winced as her warmed face touched the chilled light colored wood. Her bitter eyes snapped open, as a callous tap hit her shoulder. It took a few seconds to take in full view of the towering teacher, eyes boaring into hers, as if…

Porphyria’s mind raced as she laid in bed. The day ahead held exciting experiences and she was ready for her husband to wake up. Vincent was dreaming of the countryside, unaware of what the day meant to his wife. The countryside waited for him. Slowly, he began to get restless as he awoke. Porphyria could not pretend to be asleep any longer, so she got up from the bed. She was ready to begin the day. As Vincent laid in bed, she went into the next room. A smile played at Porphyria’s lips when…

storm but, he decides to still go home and go straight for the storm because his cooler for the fish broke. If his fish die, he won’t be able to cash the fish in and get the money he wants-needs. This storm had waves that reached ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour. They wanted to turn around but, it was too late because moments later, a huge wave sinks their boat. There were no survivors, only leftover…