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The Very Best Way to Travel Through Scandinavia As we come onto the summer months and are making our travel plans, a great option will be a visit to Scandinavia. It is an extremely large area, the largest region in Europe, but has only about 4% of Europe's total population. Most of those people are congregated in city centers scattered around the large coastal areas, which means that if you want to get the most out of the least amount of time taking the sea routes is probably your best option.…

magine you're one of the about 1,670,217 tourists who cruise to grand cayman each year, you already have a great cruise booked to an amazing island, however there is still one more thing you need. A great hotel to make your vacation memorable, but since Grand Cayman is brushed or hit by a tropical storm or hurricane about once every 1.68 years and on average, a direct hit from a hurricane once every 5.3 years. However since a lot of people are paranoid, they will think that if they come that…

need to be with Agnes in her last few days outweighs his insistence on prioritising my health. I head towards the stables to collect my able horse to guide me through the mountain pass that connects to the valley where the Jonsson family resides. The wind is harsh upon my frozen body that reeks of sickness, I feel myself becoming lightheaded with each step I take towards the old wooden stable that has been upheld for many generations within Breidabolstadur. Stumbling back and forth, I struggle…

It seems that you cannot watch television or turn on your computer without seeing floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires or terrorist attacks happening all across the world. These threats can take devastating tolls on communities. In everyday life you don’t think something like that can happen to you or your community. Just look at what happened in 1998, a category five hurricane devastated Central America. Within hours, minutes, and even seconds, everything a person has and knows…

The beauty of the country is rendered by the mix-up of the high and lowland areas, rivers and lakes, including offshore islands. The Dominican Republic displays beautiful mountain ranges covered with forests, Pico Duarte being the highest mountain in the Caribbean and plains such as the Coastal Plain of Santo Domingo. Despite not having been blessed with natural lakes, The Yaque del Norte represents the longest river in here, crossing the most fertile area, The Cibao Valley. Turtles are the…

When most people swish water around in a bucket, they might see a tornado-like shape formed by water. This happens more than only in a bucket of water, we actually have tornadoes that form over beaches or any wet area that will support them. These tornadoes are most likely non-super cell. So, is it true? Can tornadoes really form over water? Yes they can, and these tornadoes are referred to as water-spouts; a waterspout is just a weak tornado that forms over water. In some cases these…

Yesterday early Saturday morning a disaster struck, a tropical storm turned into a disaster. Starting from Texas coast, making landfall at 2:10am over Galveston Island, travelling north creating havoc destruction in its path. The storm struck the US as a 600-mile wide putting Hurricane Ike in category 2, causing floods, damage to cities and hitting areas still damaged by Hurricane Gustav and 2005’s Rita. Before moving to Hispaniola, Cayman Islands, Mississippi, Florida Keys, Cuba, Louisiana,…

that it was a low sound that came from the wind. He felt wind hit his shelter. He felt and heard the rain and thunder. He has heard this many times in the past 47 days but it has never been like this. His ribs were in a lot of pain. He began to get a fire started again. He compared the wind to the sound of the wind. The wind from the tornado tore at the fire and sprayed red coals and sparks. He was whipped against the front wall of the shelter. The wind took the whole…

“You better get in this house before the windigo gets you.” This is a phrase many of us grew up hearing from our mothers, when it was time to come in the house. In my mind, that was kind of like “the boogie man.” Neither of them were a real threat, I had no fear or horrifying images, it just meant it was time to come in the house. When I saw windigo psychosis as an option for this culture-bound syndrome term paper, I choose it for a couple reasons, first I remembered the phrase from above and…

Ashlyn#12 How to survive a hurricane Are you prepared for a hurricane? To survive a hurricane you will need to know these important facts. Hurricanes are one of the most dangerous storms and you might get caught with. To survive a hurricane your family will need a few containers to store food and water in. Each person will need a gallon of water everyday, Don’t forget pets! Use food that doesn’t need to be cold or warmed up, EX:Raw vegetables, salt, sugar,and bread. Also need an aid kit encase…