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This week: Natural disasters Edited by: Arakun the twisted raccoon  
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Quote for the week: "Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both."
~ Anderson Cooper
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Nature can be both beautiful and vicious. The same natural forces that sustain life can also take it away when they are out of control. Fire heats our homes and cooks our food, but a wildfire can reduce everything in its path to ashes. We need rain to make our crops grow, but too much can mean a flood that will wash our homes away. A gentle breeze is a good thing, but a tornado or hurricane can destroy everything in its path.
When primitive people experienced a natural disaster such as a flood, volcanic eruption, or earthquake, they believed that their gods were angry for some reason. In modern times, we have a better understanding of the causes of natural disasters, but don't have much more control over them than ancient people making sacrifices to what they thought was an angry god or spirit.
A natural disaster can be a great setting for a horror story. The disaster itself can be the horror, or it can just be a backdrop for other frightening events.
Here are a few natural occurrences that might be used as a subject or backdrop for a horror story: earthquakes, tidal waves, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, blizzards, and ice storms. Many of them often occur together. Tidal waves often follow earthquakes, and fires can follow many types of natural disasters.
If a natural disaster is an important part of your story, do as much research as you can to make your story realistic. If it is a type of natural disaster you do not normally experience in your part of the world, try and talk to people who have been through it, or read accounts of their experiences.
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Horror/Scary: September 20, 2017 Issue [#8510]
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