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    temperatures year round. The 3 different areas are completely different. For one the rain levels in Ambleside‚ England are extremely high all year round but in the periglacial area of Verkoyansk‚ Siberia has a very low proportion of rain and its majority falls in June‚ July and August. The mountain has by far the most rain fall in the year with 1851 mm where the glacial of Tromso‚ Norway has 994 mm of rain annually but the lowest by far is the periglacial of Siberia with only 156 mm. England’s

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    memories of home

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    favorite times I remember just sitting on my bed‚ innocent and wondering about nothing I would hear the rain fall from the sky and the cars moving through the rain where the tires would sift the water to either side of them. What an awesome feeling the rain can make. It is not a bad feeling. Its not a depressing feeling. It is a feeling of youth. And not caring about anything other than where the rain is coming from. Just sitting on my cold bed I have a weird feeling of warmth. As I have the comfort

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    that the land will always support them and in return the land is something that they can exist on only if it is looked after and cared for. In the very first chapter Paton writes “the grass is rich and matted‚ you cannot see the soil. It holds the rain and the mist‚ and they seep into the ground‚ feeding the streams in every kloof. It is well tended and not too many cattle feed upon it; not too many fires burn it‚ laying bare the soil. Stand unshod upon it‚ for the ground is holy‚ being even as

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    A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas - washes‚ rivers‚ dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a storm‚ hurricane‚ or tropical storm or melt water from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods can also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam‚ or a human structure such as a man-made dam‚ as occurred before the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Flash floods are distinguished from a regular flood by a timescale less

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    as Jane remains in this home so associated with winter she will continue to be hibernating and emotionally dead. In the fourth line the weather is described as quite bleak and desolate‚ “the cold winter winds had brought with it clouds so somberand rain so penetrating that further outdoor exercise was now out of the question.” (Line 4-6) Such a description evokes powerful imagery when associated as symbolic of Jane’s emotional state. The cold winter winds are the home in

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    Macbeth Research Water

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    saying‚ “When shall we meet again? In thunder‚ lightning or in rain?”(Shakespeare 1.1.1-2). This suggests pathetic fallacy is used through the weather and foreshadows a devastating event to occur in the play. However‚ rain is used completely different in Macbeth as it is used in Life of Pi. In Macbeth‚ rain is viewed to be gloomy and dark‚ also to be known as a sign that foreshadowed bad things were to come. Whereas in Life of Pi‚ rain was taken as joy because whenever it rained‚ it opened up an opportunity

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    The Thunderstorm

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    car with our favourite beach toys and helping daddy pack the cooler with our favourite drinks. We were ready to go to the beach. Unfortunately‚ as soon as we were about to get into our car‚ the heavens opened up and a sudden torrential down pour of rain burst through the skies. As we reluctantly moved back into the house‚ I thought to myself this passing shower was not going to ruin my day. Suddenly‚ there was a loud clasp of thunder and as I looked out the window‚ bright lightning streaks lit up

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    condition of the air and atmosphere within a particular area or place in a short-term basis. It is the daily measurement of the temperature‚ precipitation and other conditions such as cloudiness‚ thunderstorm and rain. For example‚ if the forecast reported on the television says that a heavy rain is expected to pour in Metro Manila; this is interpreted as the weather of the day in that area. 1 Philippines: Local Weather (Standards-Based Instructional Plan) Climate describes the average long-term weather

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    little warm‚ still little sunny weather around in the forecast today and a lot of dry weather as well. That is in England and Wales‚ however. The north in England‚ the weather is changing through the coming hours. The sky is clouding over‚ outbreaks of rain cooler today. But the south of it‚ it involves in the midlands‚ into Linkensheare‚ in the eastern counties of England a beautiful afternoon to come. Right along the eastern coast away it’s got to be cooler and refresher as the breeze starts to develop

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    Security Bureau Circular No. 3/2009 CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR NATURAL DISASTERS (INCLUDING THOSE ARISING FROM SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS) Emergency Support Unit Security Bureau Government Secretariat July 2009 File Ref. SEC 8/2/12 Part 30 Hong Kong Contingency Plan for Natural Disasters Contents Section Subject List of Annexes and Appendices List of Abbreviations 1 2 3 Introduction Alerting System and Co-ordination Tropical Cyclones - Warnings and Action to be Taken Rainstorm - Warnings

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