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    Superman for All Season by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale and Bjarne Hansen, is a comic that is an example of the different stages of the Hero’s Journey. Superman for All Seasons is a story about a young man, named Clark Kent, who realizes his powers that end up saving the world. This story is also a coming of age story, because it shows how Clark grows up and saves the world through his many struggles. This comic, precisely follows the different stages in the Hero’s Journey and is an example of a “coming of

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    “Storm Country” by Paul Crenshaw is about his own childhood growing up in Arkansas which is in the heart of tornado alley (Crenshaw, 2004, pg. 203). He explains his encounters with tornadoes and the memories that this remarkable but destructive storm left. Paul Crenshaw explained his story about a tornado in a descriptive way which gave life and meaning with every sentence. After I was done reading I started to think about my own experiences with storm watching during the day and even at night. I

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    'Tis the season to be snowy! Despite the fact that snow can be excellent, it can beyond any doubt act as a burden in the event that it has heaped up on your walkway and carport. On the off chance that you have procured a snow administration organization to blow your snow and spare your back the strain of scooping, recall these key focuses to guaranteeing your snow blowing organization can successfully carry out their occupations. Prior to the Snow In the event that you have the advantage of planning

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    The blaring noise of the wind through the streets mixed with the severe weather alerts on our cellphones. Through my window, I could make out silhouettes of trees blowing uncontrollably through the rain. This was not something that I was expecting during the holiday season. On the night of December 26, 2015, our family went into a safe room inside of our house and braced ourselves for the tornado that was tearing through my hometown. The morning afterwards, everybody was getting text messages and

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    the weekend. Last year was no different, I found myself sitting in the front of the boat with sun kissed skin from the action-packed day of playing in the water. Sitting there now watching the light pink sky over the horizon slowly turn dark, as the storm is starts to roll in. I could feel the light mist coming off the lake as the boat gracefully glides over the water. Mark, my best friends husband and the driver of the boat, slowly cuts the engine causing us to come to a stop. Mark then says to

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    “It'll be so much fun.” He said. Turns out on that day, deep sea fishing wasn't all that much fun. It was a windy and cloudy day in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina when my family left for our deep sea fishing excursion. We left the condo so early in the morning it was pitch black outside, then we made our way to the port. During the drive the wind was howling like a pack of wolves all around us and my nervousness started to kick in. I already had hesitations, but now the weather gave me an even worse

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    The leading explorer spotted two mountains close together appearing as pillars. The leading explorer informed the others, about where they are heading and moved towards what seems like to be the eye of the storm. The explorers noticed the storm is beginning to stop, but the sky is darker as they enter a cave of sorts. The group noticed someone is missing, they looked back at the entrance of the cave and waited to rest for what seems to be an hour but was only ten minutes

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    Joplin, Missouri Tornado 2011 During the Joplin, Missouri Tornado many people did not take shelter because they thought it was a false alarm. So by many people not doing that it cause many more injuries. Tornadoes form from rotating air caused by a thunderstorm. Tornadoes usually have winds less the 160 mph but the Joplin, Missouri Tornado did not. The tornado included many details common to tornados, damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered

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    how people years before my time had traveled to discover the area of Foley and its surrounding areas. “Get a move on, we need to get to those trees before the storm hits or we’ll blown away”! As I glanced over my shoulder I saw a blanket of black clouds slowly hovering towards us with a small rotating cylinder towards the outside of the storm cell. I then increased my pace and urged my tired brother to get a move on making sure to not worry him further. With our pa just getting to the edge of the trees

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    Storm Warnings

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    are not necessities but simply strong desires. The stability of the pyramid is threatened when any of the bricks crack. In the poem "Storm Warnings" by Adrienne Rich, the brick of security is deteriorating. In a literal sense, the narrator is preparing herself and her home for a storm that could easily swipe her shelter, or in a figurative sense- her sanity. Storm warnings appear in different ways that appeal to our senses. Such as the blackening of the skies (vision), the forecast predictions (hearing)

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