This time there was no murmur in the air, no warning of
approaching danger. Even the watchful press, that
knows so much before it ever happens, slumbered
quiet and deep, till the hissing wires shrieked the
terrifying word-Galveston.
Then we learned that, as at Port Royal, the sea had
overleaped its bounds and its victims by thousands
were in its grasp.
In all the land no one slept then. To us it was the clang
of the fire-bell, and the drop of the harness. The Red
Gross clans commenced to gather
Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross.
Why does the author most likely include this
description?
O to show the contrast between the peaceful silence
and the devastation
O to show that journalists know more about what
happens than anyone
O to show the quick response of firefighters and
rescue workers
O to show the power of nature in dangerous situations