is not the pressure change. The air pressure will drop near a tornado. Many people near a tornado tell of their ears "popping" due to the pressure change.
hope this helps. I didn't really understand this.
A silk road because it was a trading route
The u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima
<span> Rift Valley was formed by violent
subterranean forces that tore apart the earth's crust. These forces
caused huge chunks of the crust to sink between parallel fault lines and
force up molten rock in volcanic eruptions.</span>
At the beginning of the book John is presented as a very mysterious figure who arrives in town on a motorcycle. Everyone in the book seems to be intrigued and curious about him. He has the ability to change his eye colors and his age, which gives him the facility to change names.
He has these 'mystical' powers due to his real identity being the "Nanabush", a historical creature from an Ojibwe legend told by the character Lilian, a woman who at the moment of dying refers to John as being "magic" on his first appearance.