The weather forecast will give you a few hours' warning and some idea of what is coming. With most weather events, even hurricanes, you know what to expect. Imagery from GOES-13 enabled weather forecasters to foresee the trouble that was about to hit Alabama. In 2011, Alabama was struck particularly hard, with tornadoes rated EF-5 (the most intense) on the Enhanced Fujita scale hitting Hacklesburg and Birmingham. However, tornadoes can occur in any state. A ten-state area of the Midwest has been named "Tornado Alley" in recognition of its attractiveness to tornadoes. record for the most tornadoes in any month. What makes a cloud create one of these powerful assaults to Earth's surface? How is it that a violent whirlwind can form in a cloud and then reach to the ground and make splinters and chaos of everything in its path? A bad year for Tornado Alley. When it touches, it goes even darker as its ferocious whirling winds pick up dust, debris, and-if the windspeeds are fast enough-cows, cars, roofs, mobile homes, trees, and anything else not well-anchored in the ground.Ī strong tornado can pick up massive objects like trucks and drop them many miles away. For a while it hangs suspended in the sky. Suddenly, a twisting column of gray drops from the bottom of the cloud. Heavy, dark clouds hang low, dumping buckets of rain and hail. Click here to download an 11x17 inch poster version of the "What Causes a Tornado?" video!
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A heartfelt, inspiring, and relevant memoir.”įrom bestselling author Reyna Grande-whose remarkable memoir, The Distance Between Us, has become required reading in schools across the country-comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. “Candid and emotionally complex, Grande’s book celebrates one woman’s tenacity in the face of hardship and heartbreak while offering hope to other immigrants as they “fight to remain” and make their voices heard in a changing America. “This uplifting story of fortitude and resilience looks deeply into the complexities of immigration and one woman’s struggle to adapt and thrive in America. 2022 California State University Channel Islands Common ReadĢ021 One Book Project Selection–CSU Bakersfield/ Kern County, CAĢ021-2022 San Juan College One Book/One Community Selection, NMĢ021 One Campus/One Book Club, Palo Verde College, CAĢ021 Entering Student Experience, University of Texas, El PasoĢ020-2021 Common Reading Selection Florida International UniversityĢ020-2021 Common Reading Selection Concordia University, TXĢ020 Las Positas College Campus Wide Read Selection, CA The 4-year-old liked being a big brother and couldn’t wait for all the fun things they’d do together.Īfter eight months, Danielle’s mother died. 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James Cameron, The New York Sunday Times It is a work of scholarship, of investigation, research and of significance.” Having been there most of the time in question and having assisted at most of the encounters, I can vouch for the accuracy of its general mood. “There is no single passage in this profoundly researched book that one could actually fault. The book was an international bestseller and achieved enormous acclaim in the United States, Italy, Spain, and France. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen-but the price of freedom was high, as a nation erupted into riots and bloodshed, partition and war.įreedom at Midnight is the true story of the events surrounding Indian independence, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last Viceroy of British India, and ending with the assassination and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi. Seventy years ago, at midnight on August 14, 1947, the Union Jack began its final journey down the flagstaff of Viceroy’s House, New Delhi. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms. In 1918, someone seriously wounded him, who returned home. People consider many of these classics.Īfter high school, Hemingway reported for a few months for the Kansas City Star before leaving for the Italian front to enlist. Survivors published posthumously three novels, four collections of short stories, and three nonfiction works. He published seven novels, six short story collections and two nonfiction works. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s. Terse literary style of Ernest Miller Hemingway, an American writer, ambulance driver of World War I, journalist, and expatriate in Paris during the 1920s, marks short stories and novels, such as The Sun Also Rises (1926) and The Old Man and the Sea (1952), which concern courageous, lonely characters, and he won the Nobel Prize of 1954 for literature.Įconomical and understated style of Hemingway strongly influenced 20th-century fiction, whereas his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Why do we refuse to have these conversations, asking our family and friends what they want done with their body when they die? Our avoidance is self-defeating. One of the chief questions in my work has always been why my own culture is so squeamish around death. In fact, in her introduction to the book she writes: And the differences can be quite striking.ĭoughty poignantly questions whether American funeral rites as they are practiced now actually serve the bereaved. Throughout the book, she compares these methods/ceremonies of caring for the dead to our own practices here in the United States. She weaves historical narratives among vivid descriptions of the various cultural practices she was able to witness firsthand. She wanted to show that there is no one, correct way to understand or deal with the deaths of our loved ones. Doughty, herself a funeral home owner, was inspired to witness how death is dealt with in other cultures. “ From Here To Eternity” by Caitlin Doughty is a fascinating look at funerary practices from around the world. |