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TORNADOESTORNADOESRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

What's Inside:
  • Tornadoes and Other Severe Storms
  • How a Tornado Forms
  • Life Cycle of a Tornado
  • Top Ten Twisters
  • Myths About Tornadoes
  • Chasing Tornadoes
  • Tornado Watch, Tornado Warning
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"They've been called winds of death and nature's most terrifying spectacles. They've been labeled random killers and the most violent creatures of the atmosphere. They've been described as a huge elephant trunk searching for food . . . a delicate dance of ghosts . . . a monstrous, writhing snake biting the ground . . . the snapping of a bull whip . . . a giant column surrounded by silvery ribbons .. . . "
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WEATHERWEATHER
"You may have heard the expression, 'Everyone talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it.' Well, we do talk about weather all the time, because this powerful force of nature affects everything we do. As sophisticated as the modern world is, we are still pretty much at the mercy of the weather. We cancel picnics when it rains and sometimes get a day off from school when it snows. . . "
CLIMATE CLIMATE
"If you are suffering through a hot, humid summer day, blame the weather. But, if year after year, most summer days where you live are hot and humid, blame the climate. Climate refers to the average weather conditions in a region over a long period of time. For example, near the equator, some hot, steamy tropical rain forests are drenched by about 160 inches of rain per year-every year. . . . "
HURRICANESHURRICANES
"Dark clouds fill the sky. It's the middle of the day, but it looks like night. The wind howls. Rain pelts the ground so hard that holes form in the mud. Tree branches bend and crack. Whole trees are uprooted and crash down. Store windows break. The roofs of buildings sail through the air. Electric wires send out sparks and dangle dangerously from broken utility poles. Signs fly across highways. . . . "
EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
"Anchorage, Alaska, March 27, 1964: Eight-year-old Anne Thomas was watching TV with her six-year-old brother, David, and their mother when they heard a strange rumbling from outside. The house trembled. The family ran out the door. The ground shook violently. There was an incredible roaring. The Thomases slid down into a chasm in the earth. Then there was silence, and stillness. "I felt like we we. . . "
EARTHEARTH
"Spread out a map of the world. What you see on its depends on the kind of map you have. Does it show cities and countries? Mountains and valleys? Maybe weather patterns? The variety of features is so great that one map just can't handle it all. Earth is part of a nine-planet solar system within the Milky Way galaxy. Its size and location aren't very impressive. We inhabit the third planet. . . "
EXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER
"Earth is warming up. The first six months of 2006 were the warmest in the United States since record-keeping began in 1895. In fact, the five hottest years of the last century have all occurred since 1998. Why does that matter? It means the planet's climate is changing."