Storm

A blizzard is a heavy and intense storm in which visibility conditions are very low due to very fast winds blowing the snow throughout the air. Contrary to popular belief, blizzards can occur without snowfall but are sometimes accompanied by it. Blizzards can be very deadly and cause mass destruction making many people stranded without the necessary materials and conditions to survive. Whiteout visibility conditions in some blizzards can also completely disorient people’s depth perception and…

If you hear a tornado warning, seek shelter immediately. The storm is known to come at any given moment. During a tornado, you must seek shelter as soon as possible. A storm shelter is the best choice, if you have one. If you have a basement, go there and get under something sturdy to shelter you from falling debris. the best thing to do is to stay low to or below the…

Did you know that the average speed of a tornado is 30 miles per hour? Well, the Tri-State Tornado traveled 70 miles per hour. The average distance of a tornado is 100 miles. It killed 695 people, and injured 2027 people. It was the most deadly tornado ever to occur, so many people remember it. The Tri-State Tornado occurred in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. (Tornadoes devastate Tupelo and Gainesville) Firstly, a tornado is a spinning vortex of wind, which can carry anything up to about 75…

Incredible growth and development was cultivated from a monumental storm event during the summer of 2013. The first 11 days of July 2013 recorded 20 inches of rain. During the following two days, July 12 and 13, an additional eight inches of rain fell but in a very short period of time. This amount of rain within such a short period of time resulted in a flood of unprecedented proportions for the South Carolina Botanical Garden. The devastation that occurred to the plants, animals, and…

the day it hit us. Reality hit us. And this was only a glimpse from my peephole. Five feet away. Not enough time. Me and my little sister Dorothy outside playing with our rag dolls. That was when I first took notice of the approaching dust storm, make a run for it. “Paappa!”, I scream at the top of my lungs,the dust burning my throat. My father was at the frame of the door. Desperately trying to tell me something that I couldn’t hear. His face scrunched in horror. I grabbed his rough…

addition, this type of aircraft has had a huge impact on the saving of lives, while the LIDAR does not do anything of the sort. During Hurricane Carla, forecasters predicted that "Hurricane Carla would land less thatn 100 miles west of Galveston...the storm inflicted winds of 120 miles per hour..." (Caldwell, 6). This mere prediction of the data brought by weather satellites saved many citizens of the Gulf Coast. However, the LIDAR provides information that researchers could not…

that the weather was getting bad out when she brought her coffee up. “A storms a brewing for sure,” said Mary. Allie did not mind the rain, but if the wind was blowing very hard, she would not be able to sit outside; it would blow the rain onto the balcony and soak her. Today was the day she was supposed to go to her grandmother’s and distract her while Eli copied down the text written on the…

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…

flashes, lightning bolts touching the tip of the highest wave and disappearing back into the sky. My toes were tingling with fear, I wanted to disappear under the pillows and blankets. However, I began to feel more excited. There was a force within the storm that was fueling my curiosity of weather. The ground seemed to be rumbling as a whirlwind of clouds was starting to dance on the grass. My father slowly picked me up and closed the curtains, his voice was soft with a little ounce of fear,…

and white as this." Here, Shakespeare uses the word 'daughters' to emphasise that Lear is despondent and disconsolate about how his daughters have just treated him. Shakespeare presents King Lear as such a moving character when he is outside in the storm vociferating to God about how he shouldn't be treated differently to how God himself is treated. Evidence…