In Kate Chopin’s "The Storm"‚ the protagonist Calixta and her ex-boyfriend Alcée find themselves alone in a house during a storm. During this time‚ their desires surface and they commit adultery. Chopin uses symbolism in order to show their feelings throughout the story. These symbols include the town Assumption and the color white. However‚ the central symbol is the storm that takes place through the entirety of the story. The storm best shows Calixta’s and Alcée’s passion that Kate Chopin builds
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency best known as FEMA‚ was one of the main supporters to help. This agency helps with organizing and giving out tasks to do to help and‚ bringing out rescue teams to help. They also give assistance to tornado victims‚ some of those include rental assistance for those who have homes that have been destroyed. They also give out grants for certain home repairs that are not covered by insurance. Also‚ they give grants for medical‚ dental‚ funeral services‚ and transportation
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The Hurricane of 1938 was a very powerful storm. There were many deaths and a lot of destruction.There were some conditions that made the storm bad like conditions‚ human error and large waves. The way the Hurricane hit the Eastern U.S was a surprise to all. The storm started somewhere off the coast of Africa as a tropical storm. It started small but grew as it moved across the West Atlantic Ocean at 20 mph. Soon the winds reaches 74 mph.The tropical storm had become a hurricane. The storm kept growing
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Tornado forecasting can date back to 1948 where the first forecast was made by Capt. Robert C. Miller and Maj. Ernest J. Fawbush (Coleman‚ 567). This forecast was significant because of the Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes. Over a 5-day period in March of 1948‚ two tornadoes hit the base directly. They were the most destructive tornadoes to hit Oklahoma at that time. These two officers were able to pick up on the meteorological patterns and generate a forecast using a prognostic chart and weather
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Weather in the eye of the hurricane is usually very calm. Hurricanes form when winds hit very warm waters that reach at least 79 degrees Fahrenheit. Air starts to circulate which helps add more air and force‚ Another thing that helps the hurricane build up is condensation. Hurricanes are a large spinning mass of rotating winds‚ the winds reach more than 75 miles per hour. The tropical storms are usually in ocean areas called basins. These basins include the Atlantic Ocean‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and the
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In today’s society hunger is a big issue and has increased in history. While people are starving we are too busy worrying about what we are doing this weekend and what should we wear to school tomorrow. This is a huge issue in our world and it needs to be pushed to be more important. I have done many community services and activities that have made an impact on hunger in my community. Out of all of the activities that I have done ‚ Hurricane Matthew Relief was the most impacting towards my life and
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The so called Tri-State tornado’s path was 219 miles long before the twister ran out of energy and dissipated. The Tri-State tornado devastated 164 square miles of towns farms and neighborhoods leaving nothing but rubble and lost memories. The estimated speeds of over 300 mph and has broke the United States record for the fasted tornado in the U.S.A. The Tri-State tornado started at 1 p.m. and there were over 2‚000 injuries. The hospitals in the area are full with the injured and dead. We had an
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Ahead of the hurricane’s landfall‚ a station south of Apalachicola reported wind gusts of 79 mph (127 km/h) at an elevation of 115 ft (35 m).[54] At sea level‚ sustained winds reached 52 mph (84 km/h) at Keaton Beach‚ with gusts 67 mph (108 km/h).[55] While moving ashore‚ Hermine produced a 5.8 ft (1.8 m) storm surge at Cedar Key.[56] Heavy rainfall occurred across western Florida‚ reaching 22.36 in (568 mm) over 72 hours at the Lake Tarpon Canal in Pinellas County.[57] The outer rainbands of Hermine
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In late August of 2017‚ Hurricane Harvey made its landfall on the coast of texas; becoming the first major landfall in the United States since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Scientists working and studying Hurricane Harvey expected this tropical storm but only transmitted data showing it much weaker than it actually intended on being. Numerous aspects towards why Harvey became so strong are questioned due to its level of destruction. Over the course of the days Harvey became stronger as it advanced its
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Hurricanes can cause a lot of damage. My hurricane is Hurricane Andrew of 1992. Hurricanes can pop up at any time. They can cause massive amounts of damage. A hurricane starts as mass amounts of wind. What happens is the pressure drops. There is sometimes a storm and usually a mass amount of clouds. The weather would be cloudy and rainy during the storm. The hurricane that this paper is about Andrew of 1992 in Florida. Trees were toppled and agricultural damage was done. Andrew reached hurricane
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