Post by StarSwirl05 on Feb 1, 2009 21:56:17 GMT -5
Teacher’s Pet
At school…
“Alright class today’s lesson is on natural disasters,” said Hackney. These are what I call the flip side of the nice weather we have. These disasters include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts. Sweetheart raises her hoof. Yes, Sweetheart?
“What are these disasters and what do they do?” asked Sweetheart.
“Tornadoes are spinning columns of air that form when two air masses, cold and warm collide,” said Hackney. Just to backfill you all, you experience air masses on a daily basis, some warm, some cold. When temperatures are warm, you get a warm air mass and when cold, a cold air mass. When these two air masses collide, the air becomes very unstable. The cold air begins to spiral sideways, kind of like this. She holds up a map and rolls it up. However, later, the air mass turns towards the ground and eventually a tornado is born. What makes tornadoes disasters is that they cause damage to buildings like what we’re in now. Everyone gasps. Now, now, don’t be frightened, this structure is built to withstand or hold up to tornadoes, or at least most of them. Some tornadoes are weaker, some are stronger. Now, for hurricanes, these are a completely different story. Unlike tornadoes they form over water and are basically spiraling cloud formations. They have a small hole in the center called the Eye. Believe it or not, this often fools people because when it passes over you, everything stops and people think it’s over but the reality is it’s only half over. Like tornadoes, these tend to cause major damage but in a slightly different way. They use what is called storm surge, which is when the ocean basically races forward and straight into buildings, pretty much destroying them. A drought is a long period, usually days, sometimes longer, without rain. Farmers don’t like this because it ruins their food supply. A flood is the exact opposite, too much rain! It can result from numerous ways, a thunderstorm sitting over an area for too long or days and days on end of rain. These often ruin houses, if they remain on their spot, or take them and perhaps just about anything, with them. Bright Eyes, I want you to be my teacher’s pet, so if anything happens and I have to leave, you can teach the class with my tapes. She collapses and everyone races over.
“Ms Hackney, Ms Hackney, are you okay?” asked Sweetheart. She doesn’t respond. I think she’s really truly dead!
“She couldn’t have died that quickly, Sweetheart,” said Bright Eyes. She probably just fainted.
“True but she didn’t respond and isn’t moving at all,” said Melody.
“We must get help or we’ll lose her,” said Bright Eyes.
“I’m on it!” said Ace. He darts off and comes back minutes later.
“So what happened?” asked Dan.
“She just collapsed,” said Clover.
“There were no signs beforehand,” said Patch.
“We’ll have to get her to the hospital, this could be fatal,” said Dan. The ponies help Dan get Ms Hackney on the stretcher and eventually into the ambulance. At the hospital…
“You all got her here in the nick of time,” said Dan. There appear s to be no logical explanation for what the cause is but it would appear that she temporarily stopped breathing.
“What…where…where am I?” asked Hackney waking up.
“You’re in the hospital,” said Dan. These brave ponies called me up and helped escort you here.
“Well, I…I….I don’t know what to say,” said Hackney.
“You don’t need to say anything, Ms. Hackney,” said Sweetheart.
“Yeah, just be thankful that we saved your life,” said Starlight.
“You’re absolutely right, Starlight,” said Hackney. You all were very brave to rescue me in my time of need.
“You can really thank Ace for actually calling 911,” said Patch.
“Aw it was nothing really,” said Ace. I just did what anyone would’ve done.
“I can’t thank you all enough for saving my life,” said Hackney. I will remember this day and will try my hardest to repay you all.
“You don’t have to, Ms Hackney,” said Sweetheart.
“Oh but I insist, Sweetheart,” said Hackney. You all have earned it well.
“Thanks, Ms. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes.
“So, anyone have any ideas on how I should repay you all?” asked Hackney.
“You’ve already repaid us, Ms. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes. You remained alive and that’s all that matters.
“Well, I guess I don’t need to do anything then,” said Hackney.
“Just go back to being our teacher,” said Lancer. Everyone cheers.
At school…
“Alright class today’s lesson is on natural disasters,” said Hackney. These are what I call the flip side of the nice weather we have. These disasters include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts. Sweetheart raises her hoof. Yes, Sweetheart?
“What are these disasters and what do they do?” asked Sweetheart.
“Tornadoes are spinning columns of air that form when two air masses, cold and warm collide,” said Hackney. Just to backfill you all, you experience air masses on a daily basis, some warm, some cold. When temperatures are warm, you get a warm air mass and when cold, a cold air mass. When these two air masses collide, the air becomes very unstable. The cold air begins to spiral sideways, kind of like this. She holds up a map and rolls it up. However, later, the air mass turns towards the ground and eventually a tornado is born. What makes tornadoes disasters is that they cause damage to buildings like what we’re in now. Everyone gasps. Now, now, don’t be frightened, this structure is built to withstand or hold up to tornadoes, or at least most of them. Some tornadoes are weaker, some are stronger. Now, for hurricanes, these are a completely different story. Unlike tornadoes they form over water and are basically spiraling cloud formations. They have a small hole in the center called the Eye. Believe it or not, this often fools people because when it passes over you, everything stops and people think it’s over but the reality is it’s only half over. Like tornadoes, these tend to cause major damage but in a slightly different way. They use what is called storm surge, which is when the ocean basically races forward and straight into buildings, pretty much destroying them. A drought is a long period, usually days, sometimes longer, without rain. Farmers don’t like this because it ruins their food supply. A flood is the exact opposite, too much rain! It can result from numerous ways, a thunderstorm sitting over an area for too long or days and days on end of rain. These often ruin houses, if they remain on their spot, or take them and perhaps just about anything, with them. Bright Eyes, I want you to be my teacher’s pet, so if anything happens and I have to leave, you can teach the class with my tapes. She collapses and everyone races over.
“Ms Hackney, Ms Hackney, are you okay?” asked Sweetheart. She doesn’t respond. I think she’s really truly dead!
“She couldn’t have died that quickly, Sweetheart,” said Bright Eyes. She probably just fainted.
“True but she didn’t respond and isn’t moving at all,” said Melody.
“We must get help or we’ll lose her,” said Bright Eyes.
“I’m on it!” said Ace. He darts off and comes back minutes later.
“So what happened?” asked Dan.
“She just collapsed,” said Clover.
“There were no signs beforehand,” said Patch.
“We’ll have to get her to the hospital, this could be fatal,” said Dan. The ponies help Dan get Ms Hackney on the stretcher and eventually into the ambulance. At the hospital…
“You all got her here in the nick of time,” said Dan. There appear s to be no logical explanation for what the cause is but it would appear that she temporarily stopped breathing.
“What…where…where am I?” asked Hackney waking up.
“You’re in the hospital,” said Dan. These brave ponies called me up and helped escort you here.
“Well, I…I….I don’t know what to say,” said Hackney.
“You don’t need to say anything, Ms. Hackney,” said Sweetheart.
“Yeah, just be thankful that we saved your life,” said Starlight.
“You’re absolutely right, Starlight,” said Hackney. You all were very brave to rescue me in my time of need.
“You can really thank Ace for actually calling 911,” said Patch.
“Aw it was nothing really,” said Ace. I just did what anyone would’ve done.
“I can’t thank you all enough for saving my life,” said Hackney. I will remember this day and will try my hardest to repay you all.
“You don’t have to, Ms Hackney,” said Sweetheart.
“Oh but I insist, Sweetheart,” said Hackney. You all have earned it well.
“Thanks, Ms. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes.
“So, anyone have any ideas on how I should repay you all?” asked Hackney.
“You’ve already repaid us, Ms. Hackney,” said Bright Eyes. You remained alive and that’s all that matters.
“Well, I guess I don’t need to do anything then,” said Hackney.
“Just go back to being our teacher,” said Lancer. Everyone cheers.
