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    and wary in their eyes. There was this unusual eery silence no one seemed to talk, the only thing you could hear was the crunching of the leaves underneath our worn-out feet and the chirping and howling of the creatures of the night that the autumn wind threw our way. I took a deep breath in , inhaling the bitter medicine from my inhaler, this was my fifth puff in the past hour and it wasn't really helping, my lungs were slowly tightening. Walking through the dark forest reminded me of the day I…

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    whole career. One day on the weekend the meteorologist notices a strange reading in his forecast. He picks up a strange cloud group coming towards his city. A Blizzard with high winds of over 100 mph, hail, frozen rain, and it dropped to negative 10 degrees. The blizzard demolished peoples homes from frozen trees and high winds, power lines tore town from tons of frozen rain, hail destroyed cars and windows citywide. The storm destroyed city generators and left people without hope. The Salvation…

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    VU21481 Nuanprang SAELUEA GEC00000BS Task 1 1. Tahiti 2. Give three reasons why it was difficult to look for the “Great Southern Land” (Australia) - The sea so dangerous - The wind always blows to direction. - Is long way to travel maybe not enough for food and drink. 3. Give four reasons why people wanted to find the “Great Southern Land”(Australia) 1)make a lot of money from trade 2)make a lot of money from gathering natural resources 3)England was very interested in setting up a naval base…

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    ago from the east and the remnants are still lingering throughout the air. Cold, and muggy, the air clings to the faces of bystanders. The paper white breath of people stay in the air for a split second and disappear after only a few milliseconds. Wind dashes throughout the town. Weaving in and out of alleyways, through the streets, and over the top of buildings. Smoke billows from chimneys. People huddle around barrels that contain burning wood and charcoal. People stand shoulder to shoulder,…

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    He ran at top speed. It was bounding behind him. The world shook as if an earthquake was having a spasm. The grass below his shoes crunched as the wind blew by his face. He was the only hope. If he gave up, then he would be surrendering the world to the devil. The field seemed to extend forth to the end of existence as he was chased. It would never stop. It never got tired. It had been an ambush. It looked like a small disturbance, something that he could easily take care of. One or two, too…

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    She could barely move and she knew better than to rush to the knife. The wolf leaped at her which caused her to fall onto her back. The hard ground knocked the wind from her lungs. She gasped for air as the wolf neared her. Her eyes locked with its. It was almost like the wolf was dancing with her motionless body but never did it try and bite at her. “What do you want?” She asked it. Then there was this sudden…

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    The chill of fall was brushing down my neck, causing me to shiver and look towards the window. Wind swept through the cracks and leaked into the barn in which I was staying, causing my nose to take in the beautiful smells. My body tensed up, ready to go out and play, but I couldn’t, not yet. Once it gets dark, I told myself, then I can. The muscles in my arms and legs loosened a bit, realizing that they would not be needed, but my heart still pumped madly in my chest. The beats that sounded as…

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    In the face of calamity, the cry for leadership rings more a screech. As the rain came pouring down over coastal Texas at the end of last month, mother nature surely produced the most ideal conditions for a leadership situation. Hurricane Harvey, the wettest tropical storm to hit the contiguous United States, inundated cities like Houston and Beaumont and put Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a rather sink or swim locus to lead through difficult circumstances (Alvarez). This essay will examine the…

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    The story, “The Storm,” is a lustful sequel to “The ‘Cadian Ball,” which were both written by Kate Chopin. The story takes place in Louisiana while a major storm is brewing. During this storm, Bibinôt and his young son, Bibi, are at a local market running some errands when they realize they are too far away from home to go out into the storm. To stay safe, they decided to stay at the market for a little while and buy some shrimp to allow the storm to pass through. Meanwhile, Bibinôt’s wife and…

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    Joplin Tornado Analysis

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    On May 22, 2011, Joplin, Missouri was hit by an EF5 tornado. A News-Leader article written by Thomas Gounley, “Five years after the devastating Joplin tornado, here's what the city looks like,” written five years after the disaster, explains the lasting effects of the tornado on the city. The article explains where the tornado touched down, how much damage it did, and what the lasting effects are on the community. The focus of the article is to give readers an inside-view of how specific…

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