Post by StarSwirl05 on Feb 3, 2009 17:34:19 GMT -5
A Visit from Mother Nature
Outside school…
“Wow the clouds are looking kind of dark, maybe it’ll rain,” said Clover.
“It’s not forecast to rain today,” said Sweetheart.
“It can’t be that bad, we don’t get bad weather here,” said Melody.
“Haven’t you forgotten the big snowstorm we had?” asked Ace.
“Oh yeah, sorry forgot that one,” said Melody.
“What about the tornado?” asked Bon-Bon.
“That too,” said Melody. Drops fall from the sky
“We’d better get inside,” said Bright Eyes. They race into the school Inside the school…
“Good morning class,” said Hackney. Well it may not be such a good morning since it’s raining out, however it shouldn’t last long so let’s begin our lesson. Lightning flashes and is followed by a crackle of thunder. What perfect timing, today’s lesson is on thunderstorms. These happen when there is a discharge of electricity in the air. They begin as all clouds do, however with moisture in the atmosphere. a bolt of lightning strikes the ground As you can see from the window, class, that stroke of lightning occurred because there is a negative charge in the clouds and positive charge at the ground and both charges try to connect and when they do, lightning occurs. However, lightning can form without touching the ground. It can touch other clouds or simply the air. It can even touch other buildings or telephone poles. During a thunderstorm, one should never be outside as you could very well be the tallest object around and lighting most often strikes the tallest objects. Sometimes they strike one object more than once. Lightning darts back and forth across the sky and is followed by the loud booming thunder Oh my, this is looking to be a very bad storm.
“Ms Hackney, do you think the power will go out?” asked Patch.
“I don’t know, Patch but I hope not,” said Hackney. Hail begins hitting the roof and the ground
“What’s that noise?” asked Lancer.
“What are those on the ground?” asked Bon-Bon. Ms. Hackney walks to the window
“I’m no weather expert but I would say these are hailstones,” said Hackney. I do know that these are chunks of ice that fall from the clouds due to water freezing together in layers. These layers continue to grow until the clouds cannot keep the hailstone in the air and drops it.
“They’re getting bigger,” said Lancer.
“I hope the roof can hold up,” said Teddy.
“Uh oh, I don’t like the looks of those clouds moving,” said Melody.
“I don’t think this is just a thunderstorm anymore, Ms. Hackney,” said Lancer.
“Oh I agree, Lancer,” said Hackney. I believe this is called a Supercell Thunderstorm.
“SUPERCELL?!” said everyone simultaneously.
“I’m afraid so,” said Hackney.
“What do they do?” asked Sweetheart.
“Pretty much everything you just saw is what they do but there is one more thing they can do,” said Hackney.
“What’s that?” asked Sweetheart.
“A tornado,” said Hackney. Now don’t be alarmed, it takes the exact ingredients in the exact placement for a tornado to form.
“Do you think this storm could produce a tornado, Ms. Hackney?” asked Lancer.
“I don’t know, Lancer, but it’s possible,” said Hackney. The winds pick up. They die down after several minutes
“The hail is stopping!” said Bon-Bon.
“It’s getting brighter out!” said Ace.
“Well this certainly has been an eventful day,” said Hackney. Not every day that mother nature pays a visit as part of our lesson.
“Whew, I thought for sure it was really truly going to produce a tornado,” said Sweetheart.
“Me too,” said Melody. The school clock chimes
“See you tomorrow class,” said Hackney. Enjoy the rest of your day! The ponies rush out of the school
“That was a pretty bad storm,” said Lancer.
“Yeah, good thing it ended before a tornado could form, then we’d really have been in trouble,” said Melody.
“I think it was mother nature saving us,” said Bright Eyes. After all, we deal with her daily.
Outside school…
“Wow the clouds are looking kind of dark, maybe it’ll rain,” said Clover.
“It’s not forecast to rain today,” said Sweetheart.
“It can’t be that bad, we don’t get bad weather here,” said Melody.
“Haven’t you forgotten the big snowstorm we had?” asked Ace.
“Oh yeah, sorry forgot that one,” said Melody.
“What about the tornado?” asked Bon-Bon.
“That too,” said Melody. Drops fall from the sky
“We’d better get inside,” said Bright Eyes. They race into the school Inside the school…
“Good morning class,” said Hackney. Well it may not be such a good morning since it’s raining out, however it shouldn’t last long so let’s begin our lesson. Lightning flashes and is followed by a crackle of thunder. What perfect timing, today’s lesson is on thunderstorms. These happen when there is a discharge of electricity in the air. They begin as all clouds do, however with moisture in the atmosphere. a bolt of lightning strikes the ground As you can see from the window, class, that stroke of lightning occurred because there is a negative charge in the clouds and positive charge at the ground and both charges try to connect and when they do, lightning occurs. However, lightning can form without touching the ground. It can touch other clouds or simply the air. It can even touch other buildings or telephone poles. During a thunderstorm, one should never be outside as you could very well be the tallest object around and lighting most often strikes the tallest objects. Sometimes they strike one object more than once. Lightning darts back and forth across the sky and is followed by the loud booming thunder Oh my, this is looking to be a very bad storm.
“Ms Hackney, do you think the power will go out?” asked Patch.
“I don’t know, Patch but I hope not,” said Hackney. Hail begins hitting the roof and the ground
“What’s that noise?” asked Lancer.
“What are those on the ground?” asked Bon-Bon. Ms. Hackney walks to the window
“I’m no weather expert but I would say these are hailstones,” said Hackney. I do know that these are chunks of ice that fall from the clouds due to water freezing together in layers. These layers continue to grow until the clouds cannot keep the hailstone in the air and drops it.
“They’re getting bigger,” said Lancer.
“I hope the roof can hold up,” said Teddy.
“Uh oh, I don’t like the looks of those clouds moving,” said Melody.
“I don’t think this is just a thunderstorm anymore, Ms. Hackney,” said Lancer.
“Oh I agree, Lancer,” said Hackney. I believe this is called a Supercell Thunderstorm.
“SUPERCELL?!” said everyone simultaneously.
“I’m afraid so,” said Hackney.
“What do they do?” asked Sweetheart.
“Pretty much everything you just saw is what they do but there is one more thing they can do,” said Hackney.
“What’s that?” asked Sweetheart.
“A tornado,” said Hackney. Now don’t be alarmed, it takes the exact ingredients in the exact placement for a tornado to form.
“Do you think this storm could produce a tornado, Ms. Hackney?” asked Lancer.
“I don’t know, Lancer, but it’s possible,” said Hackney. The winds pick up. They die down after several minutes
“The hail is stopping!” said Bon-Bon.
“It’s getting brighter out!” said Ace.
“Well this certainly has been an eventful day,” said Hackney. Not every day that mother nature pays a visit as part of our lesson.
“Whew, I thought for sure it was really truly going to produce a tornado,” said Sweetheart.
“Me too,” said Melody. The school clock chimes
“See you tomorrow class,” said Hackney. Enjoy the rest of your day! The ponies rush out of the school
“That was a pretty bad storm,” said Lancer.
“Yeah, good thing it ended before a tornado could form, then we’d really have been in trouble,” said Melody.
“I think it was mother nature saving us,” said Bright Eyes. After all, we deal with her daily.
It seems the weather in your story is terrible lately. I mean Tornado, Snow Storm, heat follows each other.