Wind

CHAPTER TWENTY The Big Splash Back We set sail at once. The wind was at our backs, and the lilac sea looked like glass. I stood at the ship’s rail and rolled gently back and forth with the rhythmic sway. “‘Tis a fine morning for a float,” a voice called from beside me, and I turned to see a tall, slender, elf with long bluish-white hair, pointed ears, and a red cap, standing a little way off, staring out at the water. “The name’s Tinlef.” He strolled around a pile of coiled rope. “I come from…

Maybe my parents just wanted to get rid of me for a week, but I created some of my best memories at Camp Edwards. The camp itself is a paradise for kids of almost any age. Across the seemingly endless campground, there are tons of exciting activities that campers can participate in, such as sailing and archery. Camp Edwards sits right beside a huge lake, making the entire camp feel separate from the rest of the world, a utopia of sorts. Across the vast water to the right sat a lonely island that…

leap down the 400 foot drop. Adrenaline surges through my veins. Soaked jungle trees completely surround me and pouring rain beats away at every inch of my body, like I am enclosed in the belly of a tsunami. The light Honduran air entraps me while the wind whispers and sings to me in a cold whistled tone. The zip line stretches across the gaping 400 foot drop and I cannot seem to locate the end of the line. I manage to latch my clip onto the zip line with my trembling fingers. My muddy, drenched…

Snow is white and it is very cold and it falls from the sky in very small pieces. Snow is rain but the cloud that it forms in is very high in the sky and it is very cold there and it makes flakes. A blizzard can be caused by these snowflakes and the wind speeds are very high for a blizzard. It needs to be around 20 MPH for it to be a blizzard.If you catch snow it will melt in your hand very fast. If you put it in a ball and compact it, it will be a good tool for you to use to…

their burrows; but cold enough that a cloak, or coat, was needed to move from place to place. The moon was a shining silver orb hanging overhead. The stars shone like pearls, blinking in and out of existence in the darkened sky above. The icy northern wind blew around aimlessly, like a drunken sailor stumbling from the tavern. The breeze ruffled the dark-green leaves of the ancient, gnarled trees, creating a sound similar to the soft pitter-patter of rain. It was quiet. A single…

This article examines warning times and its affect on death rates of tornadoes. Simmons and Sutter provide background research on the NEXRAD radar that has improved warnings by upgrading measurements on winds, rainfall and detecting tornadoes. Simmons and Sutter conclude that tornadoes from the past 75 years have been less deadly. Previous research also shows that lead times increased from 5.3 to 9.5 minutes after the invention of the WSR – 88D radar. Background research has indicates shown that…

If you live in a hurricane prone area, such as Southwest Florida, you must know the importance of protecting your house during storm and hurricane. When thinking about ways of protecting the property from hurricanes, most people think about hurricane doors. Many people forget the role played by windows in protecting their home from these natural calamities. Impact resistant doors and windows protect your residential and commercial property from storms and hurricanes. Also, known as storm…

Hurricane Patricia hit land on Oct. 23. It set records for being the strongest hurricane ever based on the barometric pressure (879 millibars), the speed it changed from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane (24 hours), and the faster sustainable winds (200 mph). Hurricane Patricia starting forming in the Pacific, but didn’t hit anybody’s radar until it started to form a tropical storm in the Gulf of Tehuantepec which is in the Pacific Ocean west of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The storm…

As I first started reading "Before The Storm" I initially thought this story was going to be cut and dry. It started with two intoxicated people meeting in a bar. I pictured what you could probably see at any of your local bars. The author then began making references to comparing the encounter to a storm. It was then I started to get a poetic and deeper meaning to the story I was reading. The title then seemed very appropriate to me. Comparing a storm to an intoxicated experience can be very…

Ready to be shocked? There was a boy named Allen Martin who lived in the ghetto of Odessa TX. Allen and his family were always having power outages because of the faulty electrical wiring in the small house they lived in. Because of his family being poor all the time they never had money to hire an electrician to fix the wiring. Allen was hitting the age of 17 already and he knew he could do something about this problem. He went every day to the public library and read up on all the problems…