Storm Runners: Chapters 7:56PM–01:28AM

by Roland Smith
Chase Masters and his father travel the country chasing the most destructive storms and trying to help those in need. Then, devastating Hurricane Emily slams the Gulf Coast of Florida, and Chase and two other middle schoolers have to survive the storm of the century.

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  1. resuscitate
    cause to regain consciousness
    “Are you sure he’s dead?” Rashawn asked. Chase nodded.
    No pulse. Dilated pupils. Instead of water, blood had come out of his mouth when Chase tried to resuscitate him, which meant he was probably dead before Chase cut the seat belt.
  2. berate
    censure severely or angrily
    Chase climbed up the bank, trying not to berate himself for failing to save the driver and forgetting the go bag. If he had the sat phone, and it worked, he’d be calling 9-1-1 right now and telling them where they were. Ninety percent of their problem would be over … maybe seventy-five percent. It would take a rescue team a while to get to them.
  3. cormorant
    large, dark-colored, long-necked seabird
    “What’s a cormorant?”
    “You don’t know much about animals, do you?” Rashawn said. “It’s a bird.”
  4. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
    Chase switched on his headlamp, expecting to see another breach in the road.
  5. poacher
    someone who hunts or fishes illegally
    “We must look like aliens to him.”
    “More like poachers,” Rashawn said. “Which makes it even stranger he didn’t bolt into the water as soon as he saw your light. They hunt them at night with spotlights. At his age and size I bet he has a bullet hole or two in him from poachers.”
  6. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
    “Everything we know about hurricanes is based on previous data. Emily is an anomaly. This afternoon she was moving faster than any other hurricane on record. No one could have predicted that she would actually pick up speed as the afternoon progressed..."
  7. fatality
    a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
    “There have been seventeen reported fatalities, and I want to emphasize that these are reported, not verified...."
  8. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
    He took the GPS from around his neck and slipped it over Nicole’s head. Before they could say anything he half walked, half crawled toward the behemoth, angling toward its tail, thinking it would be easier to step over the tail than the body or snout.
  9. play possum
    to pretend to be dead
    Rashawn smiled. “I’m not so sure what you two find so funny about alligator eating habits. Lying across the road playing possum is how that gator hunts.”
  10. compensate
    adjust for
    Chase was right about the crosswind. He noticed Rashawn angling to his side, and he hoped it would be enough to compensate for the drift when she was in the air.
  11. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
    “Is that why you don’t like news anchors?”
    “You mean Richard Krupp? I don’t like Richard because he’s an arrogant jerk. But he is the top-rated anchor in Saint Pete. The viewers adore him. And he hates me.”
  12. diverge
    extend in a different direction
    Cindy smiled, then recited:
    “I shall be telling this with a sigh
    Somewhere ages and ages hence:
    Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
    I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
  13. impassable
    incapable of being gone across or through
    If the roads are impassable ahead, how did you get here?
  14. churning
    (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
    He scanned the churning water for Nicole’s light and began to panic when he didn’t see it.
  15. stamina
    enduring strength and energy
    He hoped she had the stamina to make it back to shore against the wind.
Created on Fri Oct 03 20:45:29 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Dec 16 18:23:48 EST 2025)

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