... The scars fade a little each year but I"m not sure they will ever fully disappear. When I look in the mirror, I am constantly reminded of my wonderful week at the beach that turned very wrong. In the Summer of 2001 I had an experience that I will never forget. I came face to face with one of mother nature's most dangerous storms ... , a tornado. On Saturday, July 25th, 2001, I took a week long a vacation to visit my best friend, Jessica, that had moved to Myrtle Beach, SC in eighth grade. I had just gotten my license in June so my parents did not want me to drive five hours away from home...

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... Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, winds were measured at 124 MPH late in the evening. Power outages, flooded streets, downed trees and flapping roofs were reported from south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to North Topsail Beach North Carolina as hurricane Fran batters the region. The entire city of Wilmington was without power and lights. In North Topsail ... Beach police department's offices and town hall offices in a doublewide trailer were swept away by the category three hurricanes. The overall death toll was 37 including 24 in North Carolina. Damages ... of the most destructiv...

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... it more potential for danger when Mother Nature presents herself. Every new severe storm that plows over the shoreline creates more damage to the beach's natural state and its man-made developments. Not only is the disaster of coastal development highly expensive for the community to recover from, ... than when compared to areas where dunes have been destroyed or removed (Hurricane Opal, 1995). Damage is usually higher to houses surrounded by flat beach fronts because the dunes act as a barrier against oncoming waves. The dunes absorb the shock of the waves and help protect against flood...

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... got washed on a sand bank. Jamie had a big wound on his leg and both were very weak and tired. They searched for their equipment and slept the night on the beach in the hope that the two Chipeweyans would find them because of the symbol, which Awasin had made. On the next morning they decided not to wait and to search ... ...

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... the stark beauty and terror of the natural world. Another instance of the storm occurs in the form of rain which is responsible for uniting Hatsue and Ishmael. "The South Beach trail, with its canopy of cedars, was as good a place as any in a rainstorm" (Guterson, 109). This quote proves that the storm, influences peoples lives in the most unexpected way ... ...

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