Santa Ana winds

On March 30, 2013, a Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter crashed during a search and rescue mission (SAR) (NTSB 911AA Eurocopter, 2014). Earlier that day an individual wrecked on a snowmobile near Talkeetna, and called the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS). The dispatcher who received the call tried to set up a local land rescue. However, no local troopers were on duty, and no locals with SAR experience were willing to take the mission due to the deteriorating weather conditions. Once the…

Rain. Gloomy, cold, gray, dark. Snow. Glistening, white, light, fluffy. Reading each of these adjectives that describe both of the weathers make us feel either depressed or joyful. Who knew just reading a couple of adjectives could change how we feel? Well literature sure did! The use of weather in literature is found to either set the tone of a book, describe a character, or foreshadow an event that could occur. One author in particular who took enormous advantage of weather was Ernest…

it completely flooded it and broke all of the levees, when Katrina hit Mississippi it decimated the coast with its strong winds. The coast still feels the effects of Katrina, it left behind tons of empty streets and destroyed lives. The two hurricanes are very different but still very…

In “The Storm” Kate Chopin introduces Calixta, her family, and her soon to be lover, Sir Alcee Laballiere. Calixta does not notice the upcoming storm at first, along with Sir Alcee as he rides on his horse towards her gallery, but they both approach her quietly and eventually catch her off guard. Throughout the short story, the tempest escalates in severity, while the “storm” of love and untouched emotions inside the house escalates in intimacy. By using the physical weather change as a metaphor…

a result of Hurricane Otto because “All that rain combined with Central America 's higher terrain could cause deadly flooding and mudslides” (Morgan, 2016). This can cause major damage to these Middle America countries. Flooding can be worse than winds because water damage can lead to mold and sometimes never leave an area. (Flood Basics, 2016). These Middle America countries have to deal with resulting issues from floods every…

Lars and the Real Girl. (The Lake Scene) One prodigious technique that I have established in this limited scene is Pathetic Fallacy, in another definition, a Weather Metaphor. A clear example of this technique shown was when Gus has quoted “Is there a storm coming?”, and Karen has replied “the weather said no.” This showed me that there is a few overcast color’s involved in this scene, such as Grays and Blacks. Gray is a cool, neutral color but is also a moody color associated with being dull,…

Dawn. The cunning sun is creeping its way through the eerie clouds. Still warming up, it lets the cold sunrays fall onto the damp shore. Picking up the brown sand the swift breeze attacks you. You shelter yourself and let the microscopic granules pass by, and pursue the next destination – the tropical forest right behind you. As if they are vigorously uprooted seaweed, tree branches hopelessly lean in to get closer to the blue lagoon of the wild sea. Holding your breath, your heart is beating in…

“There is a fire in your backyard”. Those seven words woke up my house like a tornado. Fire. Backyard. Within five minutes, Mama and Papa woke both Atharva and I and we were all standing together staring out at the master bedroom window facing the newly bought house wrapped in a blanket of engulfing flames. Three cops and blinking lights and sirens and screaming and the sound of water and open doors of neighbors and and… it was all too much for 2 AM in the morning. The house on 55 Anne Street…

Approximately 10 years after the disaster that was Katrina, people still mourn the existence of their serene lives before the storm. Katrina’s powers left millions homeless and close to a thousand dead. Though most of houses were rebuilt and business is back to normal, the cities and towns affected by this tragedy will never be the same. In late August 2005, a tropical storm, soon to be known as one of the biggest hurricanes in American history, formed over the Bahamas.…

While in the Trading Post Thomas said, “I heard it on the wind. I heard it from the birds. I felt it in the sunlight. Also, your mother was just here crying” (182). This quote appears as if it is just cute humor of the men’s shared heritage. However, it is also an indication that Thomas received a prophetic story. Here Alexie uses specific sentence structures and wording to provide a certain mystical image of how the wind, birds, and sunlight told Thomas of Victor’s father’s death. The statement…