Dhanushkodi has the only land border between India and Sri Lanka which is one of the smallest in the world just 50 yards in length on a sand dune in Palk Strait. Before the 1964 cyclone‚ Dhanushkodi was a flourishing tourist and pilgrimage town. Since Ceylon now Sri Lanka is just 18 miles away‚ there were many weekly ferry services between Dhanushkodi and Thalaimannar of Ceylon‚ transporting travellers and goods across the sea. There were hotels‚ textile shops and dharmashalas catering to these pilgrims
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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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Star from Above Sabastian‚ Stevenson‚ and his dog‚ Buck‚ sat on their house’s back porch around a bonfire. Stevenson was watching Buck chase a lightning bug while Sabastian leaned back in his chair and gazed at the cosmos. His mind traveled back to a time before Stevenson found him in the village pub‚ to a time when he was adventurous and quick witted. He had flown through those same star constellations that he stared at now. As Sabastian let his mind wander‚ he didn’t care to notice a particularly
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Nicole Cabrera Eng. 104 Intro. Composition 02/10/13 Wonderful Thunderstorm I remember walking in my tiptoes through an endless hallway with tall white walls. I was little and I was scared. During this everlasting path I was illuminated by a striking white light that came from the sky. Finally I arrived to my mom’s room. I watched her sleep peacefully and doubted about waking her up. As I hesitated‚ my mom slightly opened her eyes and watched me observed her. She gave me a welcoming smile and
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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 are large and heavy engines which are run by heat. The tropics available in the North and South of Equator consist of warm waters during the late summer. The storms are not initialized near the equator because the rotation of the storms is caused by Coriolis Effect. The Coriolis Effect does not deflect the winds in required direction either in clock wise or anti-clock wise in the equator region. It is generally said that air at the equator region will not be held at low pressure and do
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Strange Clouds By: Amanda Oliver 02/03/13 Professor Sherry Queen Pad 17F Have you ever looked up into the sky and wondered why the clouds vary from shapes of dinosaurs‚ birds‚ a puff of cotton candy‚ or your neighbor’s face? Clouds take all kinds of different shapes‚ and as they roll across the sky they change. In meteorology‚ a cloud is a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body
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A major point in Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” is the representation of weather that is taking place throughout most of the story. This storm is the reason that Calixta’s husband and son cannot return home from the store and causes her to run into her former lover Alcée Laballire. A storm is typically something that can be frightening‚ builds in intensity‚ and invokes chaos momentarily in the outside world. As Bobint points out in the story‚ the storm created “sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister
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stion 1 of 9 10.0/ 10.0 Points The main ingredients to form thunderstorms are A.Lift. B.Moisture. C.Instability. D.All the above. Answer Key: D Question 2 of 9 10.0/ 10.0 Points The most likely time for an ordinary cell thunderstorm to form is A.just after sunrise. B.late afternoon. C.just before sunrise. D.around midnight. E.at noon. Answer Key: B Question 3 of 9 10.0/ 10.0 Points Which of the following regions would you expect to have the most tornadoes in the winter
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