students as well. Teachers teach students how to respect and accept others for who they are not by their race or nationality. Having good teachers determines your education that you will need for the years to come. Passage I‚ by Ernesto Gallorzo and "Tornado Drill" by David Martin show how teachers positively influence the lives of students as revealed through the authors’ use of dialogue‚ theme‚ and figurative language. In Passage I‚ Ernesto uses dialogue to reveal the positive influence of teachers
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has been reduced to a watch for the disastrous tornado! You’re not sure if that is completely accurate information because you can hear the wind around you picking up‚ rapidly. You look out your window‚ just to see the tornado forming. The thunderstorm outside has touched the ground! The meteorologist sets out a warning. You speed to you basement and have no time to rush to get all of your belongings. CRASH! BOOM! CRACK! You are witnessing a tornado. Now‚ forget about that and think about tons of
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this technology? But Doppler radar and technology can only go so far. And you need the eyes and ears in the field to see if there really is a tornado on the ground‚ because radar will not tell you. Radar will tell you if there ’s rotation in the clouds and it will tell you how strong the rotation at that level‚ but it will not tell you if there ’s a tornado on the ground and that ’s what the storm chasers are for.” (Scott‚ S‚ 2013‚ para 4) The problem with relying on only the electronic technology
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GO125 Natural disasters eARTHQUAKE‚ TYPHOON‚ AND TORNADO Kenneth W. Lingenfelter Instructor Wael Hassian Park University Internet Campus A course paper presented to the School for Arts and Sciences and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Baccalaureate Natural Disasters Park University April 24‚ 2013 Earthquakes‚ typhoons‚ and tornadoes continue to devastate the United States and the entire plant through the activities
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The fastest speed of a tornado that was ever recorded was 302 mph. In your mind right now‚ you are probably imagining and thinking how fast that is. One of the largest hurricanes was hurricane Katrina‚ who in some parts or New Orleans‚ sunk up to 8 feet of land in water. Tornadoes and hurricanes are two of the most violent and destructive natural disasters that can happen. People and animals die‚ homes are destroyed‚ and the repair process takes much longer than the actual disaster. With all of this
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emotions‚ such as grumpiness‚ sadness‚ or fear. Tornado weather‚ especially in tornado alley‚ is a source of emotion. For many people living in tornado alley‚ tornado season offers a mix of fear and excitement. However‚ for most‚ when the tornado is actually present‚ fear tends to take over and the excitement is lost. The tornado that occured on May 20th‚ 2013 was a great example of how a tornado can turn from exhilirating to terrifying. This past tornado season‚ the weather was naturally stormy‚ but
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passed over the United States killing about 1‚833 people but in 1925‚ the Tri-State tornado which passed through Missouri‚ Indiana and Illinois killed 695 people. What a tragedy! You may not know this‚ but tornadoes cause more deaths per year. While hurricanes kill about 15 people per year‚ tornadoes kill 65 people per year. This is probably because you get a lot more warning when and where a hurricane hits but a tornado can happen without warning. This leaves people unprepared for tornadoes when you
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June 17‚ 2010‚ an EF4 tornado struck the town of Wadena‚ Minnesota. The damage was 1.1 miles wide along a 10-mile path (Weather Service‚ 20 June 2010). Wadena is located in the Central region of Minnesota and had a population of 4‚088. It has 15 churches‚ three schools and the Minnesota State Community and Technical College. The town’s financial capital is reliant upon agriculture‚ manufacturing‚
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nine-year-old daughter woke her up from her nap‚ telling her “dad wouldn’t come inside‚” according to FOX8. That was when Cecilia caught a glimpse of her husband mowing the lawn... with a tornado swirling behind him: "My beast mowing the lawn with a breeze in his hair." The family moved to Canada from South Africa where tornados are not common‚ so Cecilia took a photo‚ not to show her husband cutting the grass‚ but to capture the large funnel cloud. She told Times Colonist: "I literally took the picture
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the film‚ his life affects the setting‚ characters‚ and conflicts in the story. Kansas‚ where Dorothy lives‚ is the same as South Dakota‚ where L. Frank Baum’s adulthood took place. His childhood was the inspiration for Oz. Baum’s experience with a tornado made the cyclone in the movie. Little do readers know that his life sometimes is a mirror image to the land of Oz and Kansas. Baum moved to South Dakota‚ which is equal to Kansas in the book. For example‚ "When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked
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