STORY 1: “The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross The story “The Lamp at Noon” takes place in a dried up‚ unfertile desert. Dust storms are causing health problems for the family. The setting is crucial to create the dark and sad atmosphere of the story because it was all about the fact that there is something wrong with the place that it dried out their farm which caused them to suffer. Which also creates a mood of being dull‚ lonely and monotonous. The couple‚ Ellen and Paul‚ has been arguing about
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mph. It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions. Hurricanes are generally smaller than storms in mid-latitudes‚ typically about 311 miles in diameter. At the ocean’s surface‚ the air spirals inward in a counterclockwise direction. This cyclonic circulation becomes weaker with height‚ eventually turning into clockwise outflow near the top of the storm. Hurricanes begin as tropical storms over the warm moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near the equator. As the moisture evaporates
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affected were Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Michigan‚ Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Wisconsin‚ and Ohio. There was as much as 2 feet of snow in many areas. The blizzard began on January 2‚ 1999 through January 4‚ 1999. Chicago was one of the biggest cities impacted by the storm measuring up to 22 inches of snow and rated the 2nd worst blizzard in Chicago by the National Weather Channel. Record temperatures hit a low of below 20 degrees Fahrenheit and up to 50 degrees in some places. This all resulted in airports and train
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INTRODUCTION A "Cyclonic Storm" or a "Cyclone" is an intense vortex or a whirl in the atmosphere with very strong winds circulating around it in anti-clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. The word "Cyclone" is derived from the Greek‚ word "Cyclos" meaning the coils of a snake. To Henri Peddington‚ the tropical storms in the Bay of Bengal and in the Arabian Sea appeared like the coiled serpents of the sea and he named these storms as "Cyclones"
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An essay on cyclone A cyclone is a very violent storm. It never comes alone. Heavy showers of rain‚ thunder and lightning are its companions. When a cyclone blows‚ it moves round and round in the form of small circles. It always changes its course when it blows. It does not move in the same direction like an ordinary storm. It occurs mostly in the warm parts of the world. India is in this region of the world. Hence cyclones often blow over her. In cold countries there is no cyclone. The signs of
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Directions “The storm is also a metaphor for the healing power of nature‚ paralleled by Gow’s use of light and the outdoors. The opening scene in the school hall has the fairies scurrying about in the “garish light”. After the storm “there is darkness” then the “light becomes warm and intense.” This indicates that a superficial life can be led but to truly understand oneself obstacles and hardships must be overcome but ultimately they lead to a greater understanding of self. Once the storm occurs‚ the
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City with record-breaking force on October of 2012‚ claiming many lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. According to National Geographic (2012)‚ the super storm killed over one hundred people in Haiti and the Caribbean and another one hundred people in the United States‚ 43 of those being New York City residents. The large storm surge flipped trees‚ swept away cars‚ and even destroyed many buildings and homes. The large amount of water in the city caused 8 million homes to lose power as well
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his father’s farm‚ Ann begs him to stay and keep her company yet he refuses to do so. “’It isn’t right to leave me here alone. Surely I’m as important as important as your father...[John] But there is nothing to be afraid of even if it does start to storm. You won’t need to go near the stable....I’ll be back at the latest by seven or
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neighborhood is meant to transport the visitor’s back in time to New York’s mid-19th century‚ to demonstrate what life in the commercial maritime trade like was like. This is now being threatened and may never be the same because of damage the recent storm Hurricane Sandy caused. In most parts of lower Manhattan‚ few signs remain of damaging flood waters and impacting winds from Sandy that nearly washed away this part of the city back in October. In some of the hard hit areas the power is back on
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and southeastern states. In the western United States‚ they occur with cold late fall or late winter storms‚ during a time when you least expect it to develop. They occasionally move inland becoming tornadoes that can cause a great deal of damage and many injuries. Most tornadoes evolve from energy. Tornadoes come from the energy released in a
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