Week Two Assignment

Write a topic sentence for the article.
"Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike's arrival, the National Weather Service said Thursday night." -CNN

Those living on the Texas coastline may experience near death situations if they do not obey orders to leave before Hurrican Ike arrives.

What reading strategies are you doing to understand the hurricane article?
Some strategies I am doing to understand the article is printing out the article itself and highlighting/underlining the main ideas and makes me concentrate more on what the article is actually written about not getting caught up in other things.. After that, I read the whole article again so it makes sense. I also used the five w's (and one H =] ) to determine all the facts.

What details support the story?
Who: Neighborhoods. coastal communities, and every individual
What: Hurricane Ike
When: Thursday, September 3rd
Where: Texas and Louisiana
Why: The article is explaining that if people along the hurricanes path do not evacuate, you "better think again." Between 20-foot waves and 110 mph winds, those standing in Ike's way are not going to just "ride it out."
How: n/a

State and give your reflections on the article.
People that stayed in areas where Hurricane Ike was most likely were hit, definatally did not make the smartest choice in their lives. Given a warning prior to the storm, there is no reason why anyone should have been living in a Category 2 storm. Wanting to experience a part of history is not a good enough reason to possibly lose your life. Its the stubborn people in the world that gives us a reason to read articles like this.