Brilliant white puffs of fluffy clouds float effortlessly across the sky, captivating our senses and lifting our souls to a heavenly state. On the ground we lay, fascinated upon a blanket, and watch the stark purity move slowly across the…
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Africa is the second largest continent and has enough land area to have a huge variety of geographical, environmental, and climatic regions. It is not just a desert. It is not just savannah. It is not just tropical rain forest….
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The term “Tornado Valley” is in reality simply a nickname that has been given by the media to the area of the United States where the incidences of what the expert weather observers describe as significant tornados appears to be…
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Tornadoes start from super cell thunderstorms that have very special characteristics. They have a cyclonic, usually clockwise turning, updraft which results in the storm growing a vertically. According to the National Weather Service, there are two types of super cells,…
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A squall line is a development of a cold front. Cold fronts occur when a mass of cold air being drawn towards a low-pressure area becomes wedged below a mass of hot air, lifting the hot air. This most frequently…
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Imagine waking up and reading this in the paper. “The falls of Niagara can be compared to nothing but a mere mill dam this morning. In the memory of the oldest inhabitants, never was there so little water running over…
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Most of the world’s deserts are situated in between the latitudes of 15° and 35° on each side of our Earth’s equator respectively. These zones are characterized by substantial atmospheric pressure which is those areas where cool air falls and…
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Living in a hurricane state can be stressful. Hurricane season takes up the larger portion of a year and can be pretty active. The major hurricanes that have hit landfall have been catastrophic like Hugo (learn more on hurricane hugo’s…
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Home wind energy offers a lot of opportunities for those who have at least an acre of land and the money to harvest the power of the wind. In regions and locations that have enough wind to make the investment…
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As with all living and natural events, the life cycle of a hurricane cannot be classified in exact terms, certainly in respect of time. However, with regard to the stages of the life cycle that are applicable to hurricanes, these…
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