become entangled in an unpleasant sounding mess. Rain shot down from the dark sky‚ like small volts of electricity‚ stinging my face with each droplet. My neighbors‚ decked in rain coats and rubber boots‚ forced my sister and I along the sidewalk. Tornado sirens were screaming in the distance for what had seemed like hours. I had known they were far off‚ but they felt so close; screeching as if for one last plea of attention or a warning to find safety. I shoved my palms over my ears‚ attempting to
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Ministry of Educational Zone Tornado INTRODUCTION The word tornado is an altered form of the Spanish word tronada‚ which means thunderstorm. This in turn was taken from the Latin tonare‚ meaning to thunder. It most likely reached its present form through a combination of the Spanish tronada and tornar. A tornado is also commonly referred to as a twister‚ and is also sometimes referred to by the old-fashioned colloquial term HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone o Cyclone cyclone. HYPERLINK
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Journal Article Write Up On May 22nd 2011 an EF-5 tornado struck Joplin Missouri‚ leaving houses destroyed and cars thrown through the air this was a devastating event. This devastating tornado was only on the ground for 38 minutes and had only traveled for roughly 22.1 miles. At the widest point‚ the tornado was around a ½ mile long with other distances measuring about a ¼ mile. When looking at the EF-5 devastation of the storm‚ the most destruction took part right through the middle of Joplin
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Tornados can happen anywhere at anytime so knowing about tornados will help keep everyone informed about what to do and what tornados are. Tornados are a violent form of weather‚ many violent tornadoes have occurred in the past‚ and warnings are a way to prevent these storms from injuring people. Tornadoes are the most violent form of weather. A tornado forms when different temperatures meet. When warm air and cold air meet‚ the cold air traps the warm air therefore the warm air can not move upward
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devastating and deadly natural disasters are the hurricane and the tornado which both cause heavy amounts of damage and are uncontrollable. There are many similarities in how hurricanes and tornadoes are formed. Although they are distinct disasters‚ hurricanes‚ and tornadoes pose similar threats to resources because of high winds which can destroy properties and affect the economy along with people’s lives. Both the hurricane‚ and the tornado are rated on a category scale. First‚ devastating‚ and deadly
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The state of Oklahoma is no stranger to the threat of tornados‚ being located inside the area known as the tornado alley of the United States. They call Moore‚ Oklahoma‚ “Tornado Ally in Tornado Alley”. It had been a number of days of severe weather in the area‚ which is not uncommon in Oklahoma during the month of May. People in Moore‚ as well as central Oklahoma‚ had been cautioned that there would probably be a very bad storm but no one expected how early the storm would form (Worrall‚ 2015).
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Hurricanes and tornados are very different‚ yet also alike. In this essay I’ll be comparing the two to find which is more dangerous. A mobile‚ destructive vortex of violently rotating winds-the tornado‚ or a tropical cyclone with violent winds-the hurricane. Hurricanes and tornados are both made up of strong rotating winds. That’s just one of the things they have common. Both usually occur with violent storms and lot of rain. They also both form in circular patterns. Hurricanes and tornados are both categorized
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Emily Davis. In this essay I will be telling you about tornados. Most tornadoes are form from thunderstorms. You need warm‚ moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool‚ dry air from Canada. When these two air masses meet‚ they create instability in the atmosphere. Then‚ when it reaches the ground it is called a tornado. It is not fully understood about how exactly tornadoes form‚ grow and die. Tornado researchers are still trying to solve the tornado puzzle‚ but for every piece that seems to fit they
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what to do to prepare your family for tornado weather. The two best things you can do are: Be informed. Listen to the local weather station‚ check Google for weather‚ or check the weather on your phone. Also‚ allowing severe weather alerts on your phone allows you to get tornado watch messages when the weather is turning and tornado warnings when a tornado has touched down in your area. Heed warnings and seek shelter underground immediately in case of a tornado warning. Be prepared. Keep on hand
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through and you ain’t got much longer til the rage rips off the roof ‚I’m a tornado and i’m coming after you.”-google images.One of the most powerful and dangerous natural disasters is a Tornado because they are some of the world’s most deadliest natural disasters. What happens in a tornado‚ high winds and a low pressure system start rotating very fast until they eventually touches the ground or a body of water. How can a tornado be dangerous? Once it touches the ground it will destroy everything in
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