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Worst Tornado in US History
Most Destructive American Storms - Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925
by: Maureen K Fleury

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This article talks about the worst tornado in the world.

The worst Tornado in US History was The Great Ti-State Tornado of 1925. This tornado destroyed everything! Bark was stripped of trees, houses were picked up and swept away, along with cars! The ground was torn up and trees were on the ground! There was 652 deaths and 2000 were injured. At that time the total damage that was done was about 16.5 million which in todays economy would have been about 2 million dollars.



picture of the tornado destroying things

Clouds week of jan.4th

date jan.10


mammatus clouds
They are cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The mammatus has a nickname of the breast cloud.The name "mammatus" named after the word mamma(udder or breast) and the clouds shape looks like the shape of breast of a woman.


lenticular clouds
Lenticular clouds form around hills and mountains. These clouds look distinctive they look like giant flying saucers or lopsided stacks of pancakes


noctilucent cloud
Noctilucent clouds can form only under very restricted conditions. Noctilucent clouds are made of tiny crystals of water ice. Its higher than any other clouds in Earth's atmosphere. Clouds in the Earth's lower atmosphere form when water collects on particles but other clouds may form directly from water vapor.


roll cloud
A roll cloud is a low horizontal tube shaped and is a rare type of arcus cloud.

MY FAVORITE cloud is the noctilucent cloud because it looks really pretty in the sky.

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picture of thunder snow
Thunder snow is really heavy and dry making driving difficult and dangerous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow


picture of rime snow
Rime is when snow crystals encounter supercooled water droplets. It feels like ice pellets beacause The supercooled water turns into tiny ice balls on the surface of the crystal.


picture of firn snow
http://www.teachmefinance.com/Scientific_Terms/Firn_Snow.html
Firn is that type of snow ontop of glaciers. It has been there for years and uts granular,it has not yet turned to ice.


picture of watermelon snow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_snow
It is a pink snow that usually is on the top of mountains. These by the presence mainly of Chlamydomonas nivalis. Its a sort of green algea with a red tint. The snow even smells like watermelons.