This is a paper that I had to write for school. It's a "One Wish" paper. Hope you like it!

No More Tornadoes

By Mary Beth Sauer

            My wish is that there will be no more tornadoes. I want this wish to come true, because tornadoes are scary and violent. Many people die every single year due to tornadoes. Tornadoes can, and normally do, cause millions of dollars in damage. Maybe even billions of dollars in damage in significant cases! They can take away some of our loved ones and our friends.

            With every wish, there are positive effects. I will name a few. One good positive effect is that money wouldn’t have to be used to rebuild the hit area. This extra money could be used for other things. Another positive effect is that the death rate for natural disasters would go down.

            My sisters wouldn’t be so worried when there is a storm. We could use the space that our tornado kit is taking up for other things. We wouldn’t have a really big need for a weather radio. We wouldn’t have to start all over again if a tornado came and took everything we had. A whole lot of people would benefit from this wish.

             Surprisingly, there are quite a few negative effects. In a way, tornadoes bring peace. After a thunderstorm, everything is normally pretty calm. Before a storm, everything is restless. The birds can’t seem to quit moving. Tornadoes bring that peace, but it lasts a lot longer. I notice one time, when I was watching a clip with a tornado that had just touched down, all the birds just quit chirping. Dead silence, except for the wind.

            When a tornado hits a town or city, people can learn about who really cares about them. They realize what their blessings are. Authors, who write about weather, would lose something to write about. Tornadoes are probably God’s way of teaching us a lesson about what is important in life. We all think that our Wii is important; our X – Box is important. After a tornado, we learn that those things aren’t really necessary. What is necessary, is food, water, clothing, and shelter.

            Tornadoes are violent. There is a great loss of life to tornadoes. Even though they can be bad, tornadoes are good in some ways that you haven’t really heard of. It might be cool to have this wish come true. What do you prefer after hearing or reading this paper?