This intro is in the descriptive style, but it work as an interest-getting device for a serious topic. The rain pours down as if running from a faucet, lightening streaks across the dark restless sky, and thunder piunds the roof and walls of the house. All of a sudden, the wind kicks up. The house creaks and moans with every gust of wind. Windows are broken by pieces of shingle from a neighbor's roof or by loose objects picked up by the wind.
Power lines snap like thread.
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