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Weather Story Submission Guidelines

Tell Your Story to the World

By Rachelle Oblack, About.com

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Thousands of people across the world suffer through severe weather storms. From evacuation, deciding to stay, or clean-up, your story of survival is important. Weather science is more than terms and definitions - It is a human perspective which makes this power of nature so incredible.

Directions

  • Copy the body of this article into the body of an email. The body is located directly after the ********* symbols.
  • Answer each questions honestly and briefly. Use extra space as needed.
  • If your story is selected, I will contact you by phone or email for extended details on the information.
  • Include your name, telephone number, and email at the end of your email.
  • Send the information to me by clicking my email address.
Please Note: No story will ever be published without your express permission. Names and specific details can be withheld at your request upon publication.



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Your name:



Your email:



Your phone number: (optional at this point)



Today's date:



In what country do you live?



Date of the incident:



What kind of weather event was this?



Write a brief paragraph (or more) of what happened:







What was the hardest part of surviving this event?



Is there anything you would have done differntly?



Did you lose anything, and if so, what did you lose?



Any other details you would like to share?



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