Prevailing Westerly Winds Oceans affect land areas near them, especially where winds blow over the water toward the land. These winds carry mild, maritime air. Parts of the west coast of the United States have marine west coast climates. So does much of Europe, where mountains do not block the maritime air mass.

The prevailing westerlies, blowing across the Pacific Ocean, carry moisture onto the west coast of the United States. These westerlies, like those blowing toward the western sides of Europe and southern South America, tend to come from the direction of the equator. There they were warmed more intensely by the sun, directly and indirectly, than if they had come straight from the west. Moving from the equator, they are deflected to the east by the Coriolis effect.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Describe your passion for sports (100 words or less). required

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?