Rain shadow

The town dreams are made of Sevier county is the ideal place to live. The town is surrounded with blue smoky mountains as well as majestic rivers and lakes that keeps millions of visitors coming back every year. The town is usually busy and bustling with visitors, but still manages to keep the old-fashioned values and charm that makes it such a wonderful place. This town is home to many caring and friendly people that even when faced with unimaginable tragedy, they overcome and take care…

Basin, illegal wildlife trade, illegal poaching, land degradation and air and water pollution. Water pollution in Brazil is caused by mining activities, wetland degradation, and severe oil spills. Acid rain is also a problem. It’s caused by the rise of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Acid rain is dangerous to plants, animals and humans. When the environment isn’t dying, it does a lot for the people. For example, trees provide wood and leaves to make shelter. Wood also can be used to fuel…

It is no doubt that people look forward to a spectacular vacation after a long period of dedicated work. One of my favorite things to do is travel. I love everything about it, from planning where to go to what sights I will see. Traveling should be fun and relaxing, as well as provide new learning opportunities. It's fun to emerge yourself in the culture of the area and feel how it is to live there. One quality that makes a great vacation is the weather. Sun, beaches, and warm weather are an…

Imagine yourself sitting by the window, waiting. Gazing outside with optimism and hope that he will come back. But he does not. Time ticks by slowly, and every second ages your heart rapidly. The bright sun hides as the gloomy clouds eat the sky. Everything is now silent except the beating raindrops on the window. As you stare out the rainy window, you notice water in your peripheral vision, and it is not from the outside. Your heart submerges and everything freezes. Only time sluggishly grudges…

the setting. Bradbury also uses a lot of imagery in those paragraphs. The passage starts, “It had been raining for seven years,” which vaguely introduces the setting(1). Bradbury the describes the thousand forests that “had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again” (1) this gives the reader an insight to the harsh environments that the characters are living in. Bradbury finally reveals that the characters live on Venus. The minor suspense keeps the reader…

It won't be too much longer before summer storm season arrives in Queensland. This brings rain, winds, and plenty of thunderstorm activity. While the summer rain is welcome after a dry winter, you are a little worried about how these storms will impact on your home. This is your first home, and since it is an older property, now is the perfect time to be thinking about summer storms and power surges. There are two ways you can protect the electrical appliances in your home from the power surges…

Short Story 1 The street took in an old man. A man with a beard like vines that crept down his face with no particular intention of it's whereabouts. This man had a tired face, full of wrinkles like cracks in buildings, they didn't belong but looked normal. Dark bushy eyebrows and short hair, he looked like a marine that was growing a beard and far to old for the service. Eyes gray like clouds covering a blue sky. The man walked in a fast pace as if he was a white rabbit with somewhere to be,…

out the front door and sees her, looking up at the sky and standing in the middle the road, with the rain pouring down over her. Her wet hair hugs her body like a long lost friend, the ice-cold crystal droplets clinging to her frosty skin and dampening her clothes, as she stares above. Its hard for him to tell why she ran out and it is even more difficult to discern between her tears and the rain on her face. "Melinda what are you doing?" He yells out to her as lightning lights up the sky.…

After a scorching hot summer, one would only hope for some cloudy weather and a bit of rain. But when you're visiting the wettest places on Earth, the sun really doesn't seem all that bad. Even places like Africa, known for its incredible heat, can become drenched in water during certain periods of the year.Hawaii certainly seems like a destination that is often associated with warm weather, but things can get pretty cold and wet here. The Maui islands are the second largest islands in all of…

I’ve always loved the sound of rain. Its soft patter against my window releases me from the stresses of college applications, if only for a moment. Then, as quickly as it came, the rain stops its descent upon my window and retreats; growing up in Central Florida, I have been well accustomed to erratic weather patterns such as the rain coming and going in a moment’s notice. Florida’s weather has taught me a valuable lesson over the years: life can be as unpredictable as the weather. As each…