Tornado

Little Big Town revealed they are either canceling or postponing all of their gigs through July 30th. Band member Jimi Westbrook will undergo surgery in order to have a polyp removed from his vocal cord. "With heavy hearts we want to let you guys know Jimi will have to undergo surgery next week to remove a polyp on his vocal cord. As a result, doctors have ordered him to rest his voice and completely recuperate before we continue touring," a statement from Little Big Town read. While a lot of…

My mother always told me, "Always be leader, never a follower", that is what I did. Growing up in school, teachers encouraged group work and I always took charge. That is where my leadership qualities began. Around age eight, I joined cheer because the sport requires leaders. Cheerleaders lead the crowd, lead the team, and overall, we lead the culture of spirit. I always took charge at every practice and every game and it paid off. Finally, senior year of high school, I was elected captain of…

Unfortunately, they were victims of a sequence of tornadoes. One would think that after the first strike the family would have packed up their home and moved somewhere else. Surprisingly with no hesitation, they rebuilt what was broken and stayed put. Tornado? What tornado? It was as if nothing had ever happened. Sanders concluded that since they had invested so much of their time in their homeplace, it was only a natural instinct to stubbornly stay put. By way of this illustration, readers can…

Capital improvements are improvements that add value to the property which will consequently increase its useful life (“Capital Improvement”, n.d). In order for an improvement to be classified as a capital improvement it must meet three requirements: increase the value of the property, become a part of the property in a way that detachment would destroy the property, and the intention of the improvement should be a permanent addition (“Capital Improvement”, n.d). Many districts across the…

Weather is a factor in the lives of all people residing in the world. Many studies have been conducted throughout the years to understand the influential nature of the weather and how its varying patterns have impacted the course of history. Huntington (1913) details a study of this concept in which the theory of pulsatory climatic change, first described by Professor A. T. Olmstead in 1912, is enacted to justify similarities between the climatic conditions of California and Asia as a result of…

People who are deaf are more vulnerable than people who aren’t deaf in a disaster. They are more vulnerable because they can’t hear, they might not know a disaster could be coming to their area and they might have trouble getting to safety or a tornado or disaster shelter. For example, according to Barbara White, Ph.D. Gallaudet University, the federal response to deaf people failed during Hurricane Katrina, especially for the deaf African Americans living in the Lower Ninth Ward. In addition, a…

when it comes to helping others. Sam Childer’s selflessness shows continuously throughout the film, however there are three main scenes that show exactly how much he is willing to sacrifice for the lives of others. One of the very first scenes is a tornado ripping…

Lyman Frank Baum wrote a novel in 1900 wanting to pleasure and entertain children; a modernize fairy tale. Little did he know his book would become a huge success becoming one of the first colored films. The book he wrote was called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with a series later to follow. Frank Baum grew up being home schooled for his schooling. When he was twelve years old he was enrolled into a strict military school. He later learned he had a dislike for harshness and the military, due to…

How would you feel if you crashed a plane in the Canadian wilderness, and you are all by yourself? That is what happened to Brian Robeson a thirteen year old in the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. After Brian crashed his plane he had to try to survive in the wilderness with only his hatchet. Conflict is the most important story element in the book Hatchet because it made Brian realize his abilities, it caused rising action in the story, and it taught Brian to never give up. Conflict teaches Brian…

It all started with me in the car heading to the Chicago airport. My stomach is quessy and feels like I have millions of butterflies in my stomach from excitement. The car ride felt like we were driving to Florida. Once we got to the airport, I got out of my car with my family. I look around and there are thousands of people. It felt like we were if the safari with a herd of wildebeest. Everyone running from there terminal to the baggage claim. We get to our termmial and over a big intercom I…