sucking the air into it. A funnel clouds has electrical charges. The positive charges particles are located on the top of the cloud, whereas the negative charges particles are in the bottom of the cloud. About half of the mesocyclone have formed into a tornado wondering how long does it last on the…
The Devastating Dust Bowl Would you sell your farm if the only weather were dust? Would you stay and try to farm, with no water? The Dust Bowl is a natural disaster that only happened once. There were only a few unlucky enough to witness it. The Dust Bowl started with a drought, but the effects were much worse, so make sure to bring a handkerchief! To begin with, The Dust Bowl started in 1931 and ended in 1939.1 A combination of things caused it, the most frequently known one being…
So if you are looking for something a little different on the Nintendo DS you will certainly find that with Tornado, but unfortunately you will also get a game with some lackluster gameplay and a story mode that makes as much sense as the characters do. Why oh why do the decide to make the characters talk but use silly noises instead of words, I mean it is like the sims who don 't speak English but in this game it is way more annoying than that, anyway read on for more info. Buying This Game…
keychain flashlight in my freezing hand and scurried down the pitch-black corridor to a dusty window. The scene outside horrified me. The maple trees were swaying back and forth violently, huge piles of multicolored leaves swirled around in miniature tornados, and the fierce wind howled like a wolf under a full moon. Interrupting my thoughts, a loud crash came from somewhere outside . Curious by the peculiar noise, I glanced out another window at my backyard. What I saw horrified me; my…
“There is a fire in your backyard”. Those seven words woke up my house like a tornado. Fire. Backyard. Within five minutes, Mama and Papa woke both Atharva and I and we were all standing together staring out at the master bedroom window facing the newly bought house wrapped in a blanket of engulfing flames. Three cops and blinking lights and sirens and screaming and the sound of water and open doors of neighbors and and… it was all too much for 2 AM in the morning. The house on 55 Anne Street…
It was warm, humid and cloudy on the day of our Jack Johnson concert. Despite the warmth, it was a perfect day to be outside and sitting on the lawn at the DTE Music Center to enjoy some relaxing tunes. Jack Johnson is classified as a folk and acoustic rock musician, however I compare him between a calmer version of John Mayer and Jason Mraz combined. He plays an acoustic electric guitar, but his guitar playing skills are nowhere near as good as his writing skills. He plays basic guitar chords,…
in the air, Instability, and lift. Supercells need all of those different factors and wind shears to start forming. The weather that is associated with supercells is mostly serve, With large hail and lots of rain falls; this is also where severe tornados come from. Supercells are not short lengthed storms, they can last for hours on end. There isn't just one supercell, there are 3 different types. A classic supercell, A low precipitation supercell and a high precipitation supercell. Supercells…
similarities and differences of tornadoes and hurricanes and see what we can find. To begin with, tornadoes are funnel like storms and one of the worlds most deadliest windstorms. These strong storms are most common on the Great Plains, known as Tornado Alley. 1,300 tornadoes strike the U.S each year. Hurricanes on the other hand, are tropical storms that also have very high wind speeds. They are most common near the coast of Africa and costal states such as Florida and Georgia.Although, only…
Many people do not know about the dangers of hailstorms, which is very unsafe. Not knowing this can result in many severe injuries or death! That is why knowing about these types of storms and letting others know about them could be life saving. If you told someone what to do when a hailstorm comes, and a hailstorm does come, the people that do know, will be safe. Hailstorms can be extremely dangerous, and it is important to understand how to be safe when one occurs because they severely affect…
Differences Between Natural and Manmade Hazards Hazards exist everywhere and all the time. Hazards come in many forms and sizes and affects people in different ways. The two categories of hazards are natural and manmade. Natural hazards occur everywhere but based on the geographic location, single or multiple hazards can occur at once. Natural hazards branches into three categories and they are atmospheric, hydrologic, and geologic. Manmade hazards or also known as technological hazards…