231 Quotes About Storms

  • Author A.D. Aliwat
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    Sometimes it’s nice to assign something external with meaning that marks it as a big turning point. Something poetic, like a storm.

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  • Author Asha Bromfield
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    We watch as the rain pummels the land, tearing apart houses and sheds and wiping out what has been so perfectly crafted. Objects crash into one another, and there is an evolution to their madness as they shift and alter, displacing themselves to destroy each other. I watch in awe with a feeling that rings abundantly clear: We are standing in the midst of the destruction of paradise. And it is beautiful.

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  • Author Cynthia Barnett
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    Not infrequently in the wide skies over Yuma and other parts of the arid Southwest, residents watch sheets of rain begin to unfurl from auspicious purple storm clouds, backlit by the sun. But the rain stops halfway, hanging mid-horizon like a magician's trick. Known as rain streamers or by their scientific name VIRGA, the half-sheets evaporate into the dry air before the rain can reach the ground.

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