Water spouts are another type of tornado. A water spout is a tornado that hoovers over land and is formed by strong pull of water forming the tornado’s funnel and high wind speeds around it. Water spouts can form in two different ways. During normal weather when water temperatures are high and the air is very humid is typically when water spouts can form at sea level. The second way a water spout can form is like a regular tornado‚ it will form from a cloud and descend down but will touch water’s
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Overview To all the residents in the village of Boomsdale‚ recently Dr. Bigbrain with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has detected small earthquakes coming from Mt. Thunder. For those of you that do not yet know‚ Mt. Thunder is an active stratovolcano and these earthquakes could be related to an impending volcanic eruption. There are three types of volcanos which include: shield volcanos‚ scoria cone volcanos‚ and stratovolcanoes. Unfortunately‚ stratovolcanoes are the most dangerous‚
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Bryce Sulin 1/30/11 Family Matters My favorite vacation was two summers back just before I entered high school. My family and I traveled to South Padre Island‚ Texas; located in the Gulf of Mexico; connected to Texas by only a long narrow bridge. I had high hopes for the vacation‚ but they took a plummet during the course of my vacation. Although much of my vacation was an utter disaster‚ I learned that with family you can make the best out of anything. My trip started out alright flying
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1. In June 2001 tropical storm Allison hit North Carolina and the Optima Air Filter Company. Many employees’ homes were devastated‚ and the firm found that it had to hire almost three completely new crews‚ one for each of its shifts. The problem was that the “old-timers” had known their jobs so well that no one had ever bothered to draw up job descriptions for them. When about 30 new employees began taking their places‚ there was general confusion about what they should do and how they should do
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September 9th Storm poems ( Re-draft ). Compare the ways in which Heaney and Hughes describe their storms. “Storm on the Island” starts in a very dramatic way by setting the scene of the poem on a lonely‚ deserted island. Firstly‚ Seamus Heaney describes the surroundings in a way‚ to make the readers assume that the storm is set on a very bare waste land with a handful of residents on it that preparing for a storm that turns out to be more severe than they expected. Seamus Heaney then
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The Henri Rose heaved‚ mighty waves crashing on the decks. The lantern fluttered and clicked. Sailors shouted to each other as they tightened the sails‚ checking the bindings. Some held to the sails while others tried to sit down in the inner decks of the ship. Clouds enveloped the sky. Hawkins spun the helm‚ turning the ship sideways. Thunder wrecked the mighty waves‚ emitting flashes of lightning‚ clear and crystal white‚ punching through the dark skies. Wave after wave rocked the ship‚ each larger
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes What are the difference and similarities of hurricanes and tornadoes? Hurricanes and tornadoes have many differences. Like‚ their form‚ wind speeds‚ damage‚ and warnings. but they also have a few similarities. Even though‚ hurricanes and tornadoes look very similar they both have their differences. Hurricanes and Tornadoes may look similar at first glance‚ but if you look deeper you may find a few differences. To begin with‚ Hurricanes and tornadoes form differently. For
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This passage is from Chapter 9: A View to a Death. The boys are at Jack’s feast for the celebration of their first successful hunt. After the large meal‚ Jack invites all of Ralph’s followers to join his tribe. Most of them accept‚ Ralph doesn’t. As it starts to rain‚ Jack orders his tribe to do their wild hunting chant and dance. The boys in their wild state mistaken Simon as the beast who creeps out of the forest‚ and is then slaughtered by the boys. In many ways‚ William Golding underlines and
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in a tornado or hurricane? They both cause a lot of damage‚ and they both have a lot of power a tornado can blow a house down‚ but a hurricane has very strong heavy winds and tornadoes have very strong winds. You do not want to be stuck in a tornado or hurricane because they have killed a lot of people over all of these years. Each year they do a lot of damage to they do more damage than people killed each year. First of
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The Perfect Storm The night slowly filling with mist as the thunder clouds came together. Every afternoon in summer‚ Jenny‚ Oscar‚ Charlotte and Ginny love to sit on the porch watching the sprinkle of rain falling from above. But this was not just a normal summer storm; it was the perfect storm that would shock all who lived in Alice Springs. The scraps of the tree branches hitting the tin roof as the wind swooped in. In the distance‚ the roll of clouds could be seen as they filled the sky above;
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