Vocabulary: vulnerable, snug, volatile, poised, exodus, incentives, vacated, periphery, impulse, transcendent, fatalism, denial, humble, burg, spewing, incandescent, cataclysm, gallows, concurred Extension Activities: 1. Research and write a tour guide for sites of a particular type of natural disaster, such as volcanic eruptions, tsunamis or earthquakes.
The devastation brought by March's earthquake and tsunami in Japan is so enormous it's surreal to those who haven't lived through an end-of-the world type cataclysm -- and that means most of us.
The whole of Afghanistan is facing this kind of cataclysm.
I happened to visit the Jersey Shore before Irene did, drawn to a different kind of cataclysm.
But three and one-half years of cataclysm ruled by the Antichrist would precede entrance to this bliss.
Centres of Cataclysm does accommodate quite a bit of inert material.
And survivalists in America - many of whom use the term "prepper" - have been busy preparing for all manner of cataclysm.
Blizzard says that they've sold some 4.7 million copies of Cataclysm since its release one month ago.
Expect plenty of Cataclysm news, maybe even the announcement of a release date.
The disclosure of Prism resulted in a cataclysm in technology circles, with tech giants launching extensive PR campaigns to reassure their customers of data security and successfully pressing the Obama administration to allow them greater leeway to disclose the volume and type of data requests served to them by the government.
