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Evacuating from Hurricane Katrina – This is what we know

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published September 2, 2005

We left Mobile, Alabama, six days ago, home on our backs. We are currently in Atlanta, Georgia. For us, personally, Hurricane Katrina has not caused us to lose property or life, but it has caused us to lose income – a lot of income. Not just in wages unearned but also in expenses paid that […]

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Know Before You Go: Weather Information and Resources

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published August 26, 2005

Weather affects the nature photographer and travler by either offering dramatic weather situations and light to photograph in, or by hampering the excursion. Either way, you need to get out in the weather if outdoor and nature photography is your passion. We have some articles to help you with photographing weather and photographing “in the […]

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Writing Advice: Talking About the Weather

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published August 13, 2005

Describing the weather is a hard cold fact for any writer, no matter what genre they work in. No matter where you are, inside or out, you are affected by the weather, as are the people and places you write about. Finding the words to describe the temperature, weather, and impact of the two upon […]

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Journal: Falling Trees and Friends Part Three

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published July 28, 2005

Journal: Falling Trees and Friends Part Three Greensboro, NC July 6, 1998 The next morning, I awoke to a kitten in the truck and an angry old cat in the trailer. I put the kitten back in the trailer and let the old cat get angrier, and caught up with Linda, the healed Southern Baptist, […]

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Journal: Falling Trees and Friends – Part Two

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published July 25, 2005

Journal: Falling Trees and Friends Part Two Greensboro, NC July 5, 1998 We learned later that the storm that hit us brought with it something I’d never heard of. A “white wind”. The news described it as “not a tornado but a very unusual wind blast created when two extreme weather conditions came together with […]

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Have I Told You I Hate the Heat?

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published July 23, 2005

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1200 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA…THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND A PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER NINETIES COMBINED WITH A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT WILL […]

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Journal: Falling Trees and Friends – Part One

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published July 22, 2005

Journal: Falling Trees and Friends Part One Greensboro, NC July 1, 1998 We have survived our arrival in North Carolina and are slowly beginning to get entrenched here. Tomorrow my mother arrives for our first “from home” visitor to our new “temp” home. I’ve gotten to know some of the people around the campground, especially […]

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Hurricane Names for 2005

By Lorelle VanFossen | Published June 18, 2005

Well, we’ve been hit by the first Tropical Storm in the Altantic Ocean that, luckily, did not turn into a hurricane, but I thought you might like to know the storm names that will be issued this year. Since we are in the direct path of many of the potential tropical storms and hurricanes that […]

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