THE RAIN CAME Theme: The theme is about sacrifice someone for the better of others. In this story, the chief is a perfect example of what a leader must go through in order to save his people. Although he loves his only daughter, he is willing to sacrifice her for the rains to come and save his people from drought. His people come first, even before his precious family. This is a great quality that a leader must have in order to truly serve. Characters: Oganda: The main character of the story
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an example of a single feature affecting a climate. A mountain's windward slope faces into the wind, creating a constant uplift of air which produces large amounts of rain and snow. The mountain's leeward (sheltered) side is protected, so less precipitation occurs. Temperatures on the mountain are affected by sunshine or lack of it, with the warmest temperatures occurring on the sunny side. Elevation also drops temperatures as the altitude rises. Topography is the relief of an area. If an area is
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Who knew it would come to this? From a simple drizzle to a water world the next. Clearly people underestimated this Southwest Monsoon also known as "Habagat" as they witness their cities, their houses, submerged in the muddy water. Relentless rains made the residents scurry to higher ground and evacuation centers as they water slowly crept to try and swallow them. Fleets of grey airplanes dropped their water bombs from the sky. 300 mm under 6 hours resulted to "This is worse than Ondoy." Marikina
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As of August 14, 82 percent of the state of California was in extreme drought. As California entered its fourth year of record-breaking drought, it was met with extremely parched landscapes. CBS News reports reveal that, “According to an aerial survey conducted by the U.S. Forest Service in April, about 12 million trees have died in California forestlands in the past year because of extreme drought.” Dead trees along with plant life in severe condition are seen throughout the Los Padres National
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There are numerous of environmental problems, in this country, but the major problem going on in California is the need of water. Water is the main resource to many things so there can be life. If water doesn’t flow in California, many residents are going to be migrating to a different state. The three ways I believe it should be handled is by, conserving it in resident’s houses, closing water parks, and the responsibilities of the teachers to educate their students. Closing several places where
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What Causes a Meteor Shower Meteor showers are caused by dust released from comets traveling through the solar system. The dust spreads out along the comet's orbit and forms an elliptical trail of debris that passes around the sun and crosses the orbits of the planets. Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through this trail of debris during its yearly orbit around the sun. They glow because the fiction with the air molecules heat up and create incandescence. History Radio astronomy
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Toronto was a dry city and never seemed to have a waterfall in a long time. They were in special need of water because water is essential for living and they can't live without it. Everyone in the city was dying of thirst and more importantly couldn't grow there crops which meant that they don't have food to eat either. At this point they knew that they needed a rainfall or else they would have a tough time surviving. So everyone sat down together and thought of what they can do to get water or a
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Thesis: Climate change threatens regional vulnerability in indigenous areas, the primary vulnerabilities include a decline in traditional food supplies and a change in water resource supply, 1st Body Paragraph: Climate change threatens indigenous people to acquire traditional food which He provided the economy, medicine, and culture for the indigenous people. a) Rising temperatures and hotter, drier summers are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of large wildfires, Wildfires threaten
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While we continue to enjoy a fairly mild winter and ease our way into spring with warmer temperatures; this was not the case almost 60 years ago. On March 14, 1957, a five-state blizzard shut down most of Minnesota. Stearns County was the center of a storm that brought 8 to 10 inches of snow and 60 miles an hour winds. The St. Cloud Times reported that many veteran observers believed it to be the worst storm since the infamous Armistice Day Blizzard of November 11, 1940. Around the state five people
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BANG! I here bullets racing past my ear. My best friend just died next to me and I was told to keep moving. I wish I could have helped him but I was told by my commanding officer to keep moving and keep fighting. This might have been how alfred Aldrich felt while fighting in Gettysburg. Alfred was a good soldier because he survived the Bloodiest war in history 23,000 people died in that battle and he walked out of it alive. These next few paragraphs will provide you with useful information about
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