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Monsoons

Dear Readers, In this magazine you will find out information about the weather in indiana and some other things that are interesting.You will find information about tornadoes,thunderstorms,monsoons,blizzards,flooding and weather about Indiana in general.If you find this interesting you will most likely love this magazine.

If you want to find out more about tornadoes go to page(fill in the blank).

If you want to find out more about thunderstorms go to page(fill in the blank) If you would like to learn more about monsoons go to page(fill in the blank) If you would like to learn more about blizzards go to page (fill in the blank) If you want to find out more about flooding go to page (fill in blank) If you would like to learn more about hurricanes go to page (fill in blank) Sincerely, The Editors

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Water Water and More Water

of, which is get his cell phone from upstairs and call his mother at her work.

Saul woke up and he runs breathless up the something smelled a little stairs as fast as he can and funky. He went downstairs speed dials his mother. to investigate but he “Hello this is Arby’s how couldn’t see anything may I serve you?” unless he turned on the “Umm can I speak to light. As he walked to the Becky, my mother?” where the light switch was, “Yes please hold on.” A he stepped in something minute goes by. wet. Eww! He fumbled “What is it Saul?” around, sloshing water “The basement is full of everywhere until his flailing water from the storms.” hands found the switch.

“I get off in 15 minutes and After the old, almost worn I’ll come straight home to FLOODING out bulb flickered on, he check out the damage. I Flooding is dangerous and realized he was another causes millions of dollars hope it doesn’t cost too of damage. victim of the inevitable, the much.” flooding which has affected “Ok mom. Seeya” Saul many of his neighbors. hangs up and goes and While flooding may not be gets his laptop. He googles as life threatening as some “Average damage costs of other natural disasters, it flooding.” Many links pop can cost you lots. up and he clicks on one of Especially if you have many them. It reads “An overall special belongings like estimated cost of damage pictures or if you have had is around $10,000 many flooding. Just like depending on the severity” Saul here, you may end up Saul almost falls out of his getting a foul smell seat in surprise. He begins somewhere. That foul smell to worry about it. is a sign of mold, and Breanne Gearlds nobody wants that.

Back to Saul. He had no clue what to do. He was standing in 3 feet of water and no one was home. he decides to do the only rational thing he can think

FLOODING

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TORNADO HITS HOME On a Sunday afternoon

the center of

right after church Enya Univeskel

the storm

encountered her first tornado.On the

and the two

Saturday before the big tornado was

different air

moderately warm and humid,then on

masses start

Sunday Enya was sitting at home alone when the sky turned a perturbing shade of gray.There was a metallic smell hanging in the warm

Tornadoes are very destructive.

dry air,she felt the wind sheer pulling against her arm hair.The rain pelted her skin painfully as she walked out on her old creaky porch. In the distance she saw a black wall of churning clouds. All of the sudden

colliding,like the tristate tornado

house.”After a few long minutes that

she felt a strong downdraft and

killed 245 people and injured at least

seemed like hours to Enya, the funnel

looked up.Enya didn’t notice the wind

2000. I also knew that the tristate

dissipated.“It was only 30 minutes

picking up but she did notice the

tornado occurred on the edge of

but it seemed like hours.I was so

ominous whole that had just formed

Tornado Alley in Missouri, Indiana,

scared,I just wanted to curl up in a

in the clouds as if god had just given

and Illinois, where I live.”When Enya

fetal position,rock back and forth,

the storm an ear piercing. If Enya

finally calmed down enough to think

and cry.When the storm finally was

wasn’t completely awestruck, she

she heard the sound of persistent

over,I ventured out and saw a horse

probably would have known to go

pestering hail pounding restlessly on

in my front yard.

inside to her basement or center of

her roof. She also heard a train, and

her house under a sturdy table. Enya

when she looked outside to see if a

donate a large sum of money to the

probably also would have known that

train had magically appeared in her

National Weather Service.She also

there are over 1000 tornadoes a year,

backyard, and the sky was gray

learned that another tornado leveled

which can destroy everything in its

green.“When I looked out my heart

the town of Manchester(all 6

path. At some point she regained her

sank.The pressure and temperature

residents survived).Enya wishes

common sense and went inside. She

were dropping and the funnel was

that no-one has to go through that

reports thinking of the tri-state

right in front of my house.The worst

experience ever. -Jamie Reed

tornado.“I remember facts flooding

part was, as I was peering through

into my head like ,tornadoes form

the storm window, I couldn’t see my

when cold air pushes up warm air to

neighbor and best friend’s

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After that Enya went on to

Thunderstorms Are So COOL! Have you ever been through

Thunderstorms are dangerous, violent, and can be very destructive.With very severe course you have, everyone thunderstorms the power is has.Can you think of the worst usually knocked out.This can one you have ever been through? and most commonly than not leads to hours of family fun, like It was terrifying wasn't it? Did playing cheesy board games that the rain droplets sting your skin you haven’t played in 3 years, with pelting hail or, if it was bad playing an unusual game of charades, or telling ghost stories enough, did it start to show with a flashlight illuminating signs of a tornado forming? your face in a horrifying way.

Here’s what usually happens is This may be what most people do, but Joseph Turtkel doesn’t the sky goes dark,the wait a second for the action.He temperature drops grabs his gear and keys to his dramatically.You hear the boom prehistoric junker. Turtkel believes that there is an even of thunder in the distance,and more efficient way of predicting see the flash of lightning and a thunderstorms(besides the tree about half a mile away go up obvious calm before the in flames.You’re scared because storm).He believes that if you can predict the storm, you can the rain seems to be coming help people get out before a flash from the left,not the sky. flood, which in extreme cases can be deadly.He doesn’t care that 75 to 100 people get struck and killed by lightning every year in the U.S.A..He loves to say that, “The storms energy fills me with energy.I won’t care when I get by lightning.”

Apparently behind his back, his co workers say that the storms energy a severe thunderstorm? Of

Jamie Reed Yesterday, 2:24 PM

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rattles his brain.This, is most likely true(you would know if you saw him in action).Turtkel loves the calm right before a thunderstorm, apparently it opens up his senses.While his team is cowering in fear,he is out in pouring down rain being pelted by sleet or hail and being bothered and buffeted by swift winds Once the storm is over he usually is going on about how AWESOME the most recent storm was.One of his co workers said that what I saw was nothing compared to when a funnel forms in the midsts of the storm.That is when he starts looking like a true mad scientist.He admits that he goes a little crazy sometimes,when certain storms are especially violent.

Turtkel says that he plans on staying a meteorologist until he finds an even more efficient way of predicting storms.After that he plans of finding something else to work on until he goes crazy over that subject.Apparently he doesn’t plan on retiring any time soon.

-Jamie Reed

Indiana Weather!

One summer afternoon my family and I were in Monon, Indiana. My mom and my cousin Nikki were in the house and my cousin Samantha and I were outside playing in the driveway.

At one moment the sun was shining and it was warm out, then just like that there was a cold wind that stung our skin and the sky got dark like it was about to start pouring down rain. Then out of nowhere a strike of lightning then rain, within five minutes Samantha’s driveway was flooding, not only with rain but also with hail. Thunderstorms are generated naturally from changes in atmospheric temperature. We ran inside and told the adults but by the time they got to the window another strike of lightning hit and in the field across the street a tornado was forming. A tornado forms when cold air and warm air combine in a set pattern: the cold air drops as the warm air rises. When the tornado started to move closer to the house the adults took Samantha and I to the kitchen and told us to sit under the table for a little bit. They ran to get blankets and pillows for us to take a nap while it was happening and while they were grabbing them they looked out the window and it was still moving closer to the house. It didn’t look very big but it could still harm us so we all sat under the table until Samantha and I woke up. After the tornado passed the temperature was about 49-58 degrees fahrenheit. The climate was humid with a chilly breeze.

That was the coldest day of the summer, normally it is hot/humid.

I haven’t seen a tornado since

then but in the spring it did flood again, the rain was very chilly, like it is every spring/fall.

*The different climates in the different seasons occur because Earth is changing its distance from the sun.The jetstream is a band of fast moving air found at high altitudes.

Continental Polar air masses have cold temperatures and little moisture. Maritime Tropical air masses have warm temperatures and are rich in moisture. An important characteristic of the Earth's atmosphere is its pressure as it often determines wind and weather patterns across the globe.

A low pressure system is an area where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of the area surrounding it. A high pressure system is an area where the atmospheric pressure is greater than that of the surrounding area.* “Warning:we have news of a flood on I65, if you are watching or listening to this forecast please evacuate the area!

We have shelters in the following areas:Lowell, DeMotte, and Shelby.

The shelters have all your essentials please bring only what you need! We can fit at least 120 families and 200 people in one shelter. Again in the following areas are shelters:Lowell, Demotte, and Shelby. We have yet to find what the source of the flood. We will keep you updated at the shelters, please everyone stay safe.” *2 hours later* “This just in, the source of the flood has been found! It seems to be the remains of a tsunami, but the flood has been going down.

Everyone may go home in just a little bit, we will announce when it’s safe.” *20 minutes later* “Okay everyone it’s safe everyone may go home now, I hope no one was injured. I hope everyone has a fantastic tomorrow, and thank you for listening to this weather forecast!”

*Lake-effect snow is produced in the winter when cold winds move across long expanses of warmer lake water. Lake-effect snow occurs in Chicago and Detroit because they are right by lake michigan. Tropical storms, seasonal flooding, coastal flooding, and tsunamis can all result in flooding in Indiana. The weather for everywhere in the world comes from the troposphere.* *The different climates in the different seasons occur because Earth is changing its distance from the sun.The jet stream is a band of fast moving air found at high altitudes.

Continental Polar air masses have cold temperatures and little moisture. Maritime Tropical air masses have warm temperatures and are rich in moisture. An important characteristic of the Earth's atmosphere is its pressure as it often determines wind and weather patterns across the globe.

A low pressure system is an area where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of the area surrounding it. A high pressure system is an area where the atmospheric pressure is greater than that of the surrounding area.

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Blizzard Imagine this, a cold, white blanket of snow gets thrown over your house. What do you do? Where do you go? Are you going to live? Will you be ok? You’re in the middle of a blizzard. The winds outside sound like a tornado. The rush of cold air makes you feel as if you’re in the arctic. Then you realize, you might not have a chance to live.

Today we have more information on the blizzard that is hitting Nebraska. We figured out that the cause of this blizzard is all the warm air we’ve been having. You see, blizzards are formed when cold air blows into a mass of warm air. All that warm weather was a bad thing! These fast winds we’ve been having are taking it’s toll. With speeds of up to 35 mph, there are many people who are without a place to stay tonight.

According to a young, single mother of three, the blizzard looked like “...a blanket covering her house.”

We have asked many people, young, old, dying, and safe, their opinion on the blizzard. They all describe the same thing, “..the sky was a gray, green and it got instantly cold.” Luckily, most of them ran inside. Some weren’t as fortunate. The young man I talked to who survived described the storm as “...it started as soft, fluffy snow but it quickly turned hard. I couldn’t see anything. I noticed that hail was starting to come down, I tried to go inside but my door was covered in snow and I knew it was too late.”

According to the forecast, this blizzard is far from over. We have got a days break from the snow but there is another chance for more severe snow tomorrow. The lake effect snow is taking a turn for the worst. We are predicting that tomorrow’s blizzard will last a full three hours. Please everybody, review your emergency blizzard procedures.

Emergency Procedures -Do not travel during winter weather unless absolutely necessary.

-Dress warm.

-Cover all skin. Any uncovered skin will get frostbitten.

-Stock emergency supplies (food, water, flashlights, etc.) in case the power goes out.

-Be careful with candle, fires, etc. The extreme winds can knock things over and start a large fire.

Lake Effect Snow: Heavily localized snowfall. Lakeeffect snow forms in the winter when cold air masses move over warmer lake waters.

-Sara Townsley

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Monsoons!!

Rain is a good thing, right? Luke Bryan sang it. He can’t being lying, right? But can there be such a thing as too much rain? Well imagine this, you’re a farmer and there is non-stop rain. You feel as if you could be going through a hurricane, but it’s not. It’s a monsoon. Soon enough, your plants won’t grow because they’re drowning. What will you do? You’re losing your well-earned money.

In Colorado, one of the five North American monsoon areas, there has been a terrible monsoon happening. One of the worst all season. Monsoon season is Late June, early July-September. We are experiencing the summer monsoon season. This is associated with heavy rainfall. The winter monsoon season is the dry season. This summer monsoon season is bringing an especially humid climate. Since we are in the Northern hemisphere, during the summer, the sun is tilted towards our area. Since our area is mostly land, the land absorbs the dry air and the moist air from down south comes to substitute the missing moist air. This event causes monsoons. The high temperatures and dew point of 55 assures us that we are in the middle of a monsoon. We have had over a third of the average rainfall of 37.2 inches and this is only the second day. This monsoon is affecting Arizona greatly. On the negative side, it’s causing power outages to many businesses across the location. But, on the bright side, this constant rainfall is reducing the wildfires.

To assure your safety from flooding, electrical damage, and even death, we have gotten some safety tips from the Monsoon Safety Awareness website (the link is below). We recommend; -Put Together a Disaster Supply Kit ◦ Three gallons of water in clean, closed containers for each person and pet ◦ First aid kit ◦ A stock of food that requires no cooking or refrigeration ◦ Portable and working battery-operated radio, flashlights, and extra batteries (Candles and oil lamps are fire hazards) ◦ Necessary medications ◦ Backup power source for life support or other medical equipment that requires electricity to function -Sara Townsley [8]

Rain, Rain, & More Rain