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    Violent Storms A violent disturbance includes strong winds and usually rain, thunder, and/or lightning is called a storm. To be considered violent, storms need to led to a significant amount of damage to properties and lives. Classified as violent, storms have three categories: wind-based, water-based and other. In geography, it becomes important to know about these specific storms, how they move, where they are most common and potentially the damaged they can cause to the land and people who…

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    The thing about living in Wisconsin is that even the Weatherman can not predict the weather. It could be sunny and 75 one day and rainy and 50 the next. Winters can be extremely brutal because of this, which could be a good or bad thing. In my case in the winter of 2015, it was a bad thing. Every year my school took two days off in mid-February and had these things called Mini Courses. Mini Courses were a bunch of fun activities like candle making and food tasting that you could sign up for.…

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    CREEK as Dallas opens the barn door a gust of cool wind hits him “hmm that’s strange” said Dallas.It wasnt like this when I came in here just a couple hours ago. Dallas walks out carrying two pails of milk from the cows. As he struggles up the farmhouse porch steps carrying the two heavy pails. He hears something unusual he turns around and the windmill is going faster than ever CLINK CLINK CLINK. usually it goes slower than that Dallas thought. But then out of the corner of his eye he sees…

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    here on the plains. It is with us all year round, from Amarillo to Albuquerque. This invisible force of nature can do significant damage. The roofers here at Quail Country Roofing have seen the effects of it all over the place. After a high-wind storm blows through, power lines go down, trees fall over, walls collapse, and signs go tumbling. And wind can do terrible damage to your roof also. We have seen whole sections of roof shingles stripped off of a roof deck. Fortunately, the homeowners'…

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    of the one-hundred and forty miles per hour wind shook our house. All I could hear was the creaking and cracking of the walls and floorboards in our kitchen. “Grab anything you can!” my mom yells worriedly. The lights flickered on and off as the storm water slowly but steadily seeped into our small, single story home. I held the flashlight as my mom and dad quickly grabbed food and water out of the cabinet. “Eddy, keep the light on the cabinet!” Yells my dad. The murky water was up past our…

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    The power is dead. The lights flicker on and off once more until pitch black wins the fight for power, swirling around and engulfing us. “AVIVA! What’s happening!?!” I yell, my voice quavering. “Jaeden, I have a really bad feeling about this storm. Here. Take this locket,” Aviva yells above the mayhem. She chokes back a sob. She presses something small and warm into my hand. I quickly shove it into my jacket pocket and zip it tight. Me and Aviva tightly grasp each…

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    Reporting party (RP) stated that the administrator is not willing to address her concerns about her teacher Xenia treats her son Ayeden Lichti (DOB: 09/08/14). RP stated that the child has attended this daycare since January 2017. RP stated that it has been a continual problem with the child having dried poop on his bottom causing a severe rash. RP stated that the child’s “skin was coming off and bleeding.” RP stated that when she dropped the child (about 1 month ago) Ms. Xenia grabbed him and…

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    Kate Chopin's 'The Storm'

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    The Storm "The Storm" is a short fiction by Kate Chopin, and it is focused on how the setting-time, place, weather-of the story affects its theme. It takes place in the south region of the United States (Louisiana) and it is developed while a storm is passing by; being this, the theme or center of the story. The storm(climatic) symbolizes the lives of the characters - Calixta, Alcée, Bobinot, Bibi and Alcée's wife- their struggles within themselves and their families, their affairs, and…

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    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…

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    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…

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