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A Winter Storm - Term Papers

A Winter Storm


Winters can be cold and harsh in North Dakota. Many people brave the cold in order to support their families. This is one man's journey through the elements in order to do just that.
The temperature has dropped below zero; I can feel the storm coming. The sky is a steel gray with the clouds hanging so low; one feels as if one could touch them.
Old Man Winter is here once again, his icy breath covering the landscape with a frosty white coating. The heavy accumulation of ice and snow has made the bare trees look like grotesque skeletons, reaching their bony fingers to the sky. Icicles, resembling stalactites, hang from the roofs of nearby buildings. They will melt when the storm is ...

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up a little higher and hunch my shoulders against the wind. Snowflakes begin to fall from the leaden sky, silently, making the air shimmer with their beauty. I try to hurry but the deep snowdrifts beneath my feet and the relentless wind slow my progress.

As I trudge onward the snow begins to fall heavier. It is getting harder to see as the wind whips the snow into a whirling mass of white, stinging as it makes contact with bare skin. I feel the ice crystals freezing onto my eyelashes making it difficult to keep my eyes open. The woolen scarf wound around my cap and face helps somewhat. I'm almost there. I hear the cows bawling, wanting out of the bitter cold and into the warm, dry barn. At last, I see the outline of the barn appear out of the fog of snowflakes.

Finally, I sigh, as I reach the door of the barn, only to find an enormous snowdrift preventing me from opening it. I plunge my gloved hand into the snowdrift to the left of the door. My frozen fingers connect ...

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Added: 3/20/2004 02:18:09 PM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 513
Pages: 2

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