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Some said of the Australian Outback that God never crossed west of the Great Dividing Range. God, of course, had a choice. Not so Durham, exiled to fly-blown Hughenden. The Sub-Inspector and Mrs Durham arrived to a barren landscape dusted in parched hues of thirsty brown, the clay soil of the basaltic plain cracked for want of rain. Mobs of cattle lay slumped amid tufts of dead grass. Occasional gum trees offered scant shade. Dogs panted. Crows flew lazy circles. Dust storms stifled breath.…

1. I whole-heartedly agree with Orr’s assessment. Comparing climate change to the mistakes made by Napoleon was an interesting way to bring light on the situation at hand. The comparison made the problem of climate change easier to understand, allowing the urgency of the problem to present itself to the reader. Nobody wants to be compared to Napoleon. The idea of climate change has been around for quite a while now. However, the fear that climate change might destroy Earth and, inevitably,…

1. Describe what changes between January, April, July, and October. In January, a continuous, circular jet stream goes from Africa to the west coast of North America until it splits up into two S shaped streams (one over Africa and one over the ocean between Asia and North America). A distinct ridge and trough develops over North America. Depending on the day of the month, there is a trough, continuous jet stream, or broken up jet stream over the ocean between North America and Africa. In April…

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…

The overall climate of the Appalchian region can greatly vary depending on which area is being focused on. In most areas, the climate is temperate and humid under 2000ft of elevation, and gets colder as the elevation increases. Also, the climate is temperate as the mountains are in very close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. Furthermore, fog is usually present year-round because cold waters from the Labrador Current collide with warm waters from the Gulf Stream. Moreover, the air pushes the…

In Ray Bradbury’s October Country, we see the theme of autumn’s weather play out in multiple stories. In his story The Lake he gives us a setting of the ending of summer and the beginning of autumn, “It was September. In the last days when things are getting sad for no reason. [sic] The beach was so long and lonely with only about six people on it. The kids quit bouncing the ball because somehow the wind made them sad, too whistling the way it did, and the kids sat down and felt autumn come…

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…

Earth’s Next Big Event: Welcoming or Devastating How would a parent feel if her baby was on fire due to the rising temperatures? A real event happening despite most people unawareness of it happens to be global warming. This phenomena portray catastrophic events for earth's future. Scientists conclude that from the many studies done on this topic, not many people take into account what their findings show. This shows that global warming really occurs and scientists have evidence to back it up…

Meteorologist/Geographer : Shancil Shepherd The average temperature in temperate deciduous forests is 50°F (10°C). Summers are mild, and average about 70°F (21°C), while winter temperatures are often well below freezing. The land has high levels of precipitation, humidity and contain a variety of deciduous trees. temperate deciduous forests are the second-rainiest biome. The average yearly…