The Possibility Of A Winter Storm In Klamath County

As we talked about with Dr. Kenge, there are 3 possible claims to why Galetown is having severe storms. The first claim is that the lake that was built near Galetown caused it to have more severe storms. The second claim is that warmer weather caused Galetown to have more severe storms. The third claim is that stronger winds caused Galetown to have more severe storms. In this case, claim 1, 2, and 3 are all responsible for the severe storms that have mysteriously occurred in Galetown.

1. Dangerous environmental change: global warming drastic severe storms that are changing the world that children live in such as droughts, and flooding.

In some cases, school was cancelled because of these storms. In the same year, slightly after noon on January 21st, a dust storm was reported that rose up to 10,000 feet in the air with winds that blew 60 miles per hour. According to Duncan, the local weather bureau called it “awe-inspiring” and “most spectacular”. An Associated Press reporter gave the Dust Bowl its name the day after Black Sunday, which was the worst dust storm reported (Ganzel). These storms were so devastating that people had to cover their faces with wet rags in fear they would get dust pneumonia, a deadly condition where dirt would clog up the lungs (Klein). They were also fearful of being caught outside of their house in the middle of a dust storm, because the storms rolled with thousands upon thousands of fine particles of dirt that would completely block out the sun, and no light could penetrate the blanket of darkness (Ganzel). The residents of the Great Plains couldn’t even escape the dust inside their own homes. The dust would somehow percolate through the tiniest of cracks, crevices, or gaps in the walls, windowsills, and door frames (Duncan 51). These deadly storms were also capable of producing so much static electricity between the ground and the airborne dust that even a simple handshake could initiate a spark so powerful it would knock them to the ground (Klein). The entire region of the Plains was affected, and eventually the entire country (Ganzel).

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Once the snow started many people became stranded where they were at. Many people were stuck at work, school, and even in their vehicles. The people stuck in vehicles were the major portion of the death toll. Roadways became unpassable and alternate means of travel had to be acquired. Many people used snowmobiles to travel during this time. Snowmobiles became a huge asset to help get food and rescue people during the storm.

The drought killed the remaining plants and crops leaving nothing behind to anchor the dirt to the ground. As winds began to rise they ripped away the topsoil, exposed from bad farming practices, from the Earth; and by 1934 more than 35 million acres of farmland became sterile and useless and another 125 acres of topsoil were being rapidly drained. Large dust storms called “Black Blizzards” would originate in the Dust Bowl states and make its way to the East Coast as far as New York City, Washington D.C., and covered ships in the Atlantic Ocean with dust. Some were as large as 2 miles high traveling more than 2000 miles such as the one that occurred on May 11, 1934. The worst of the Black Blizzards came on April 14, 1935 with wind speeds up to 100 miles per hour carrying over 3 million tons of topsoil with it (Blakemore). The storm turned the skies black frightening people across the Midwest and East Coast. One observer said, it was like “the Red Sea closing in on the Israel children… it got so dark that you couldn’t see your hand before your face, you couldn’t see anybody in the room”. The stormed ended up destroying fields and causing car accidents and several people were left blind or with pneumonia.

Timothy Egan called it the “Worst hard time”. Over 300 storms of dust hit the South Great Plains. The panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas were hit harder than all other places. This is what is called The Dust Bowl. These dust storms hit during the midst of the Great Depression causing an even harder time for America. Dust clouds traveled at speeds up to 60 - 65 mph at 30,000 feet tall. The 3 main causes of these storms were loss of short grass prairie, new farm machinery, and lack of rain.

On Saturday December 21st 2013 a powerful storm struck Southern Ontario, leaving the streets and sidewalks under a thick blanket of snow. Ice covered covered the ground in thick sheets near Lake Ontario and some parts in Quebec. In Fredricton they received freezing rain. This storm greatly affected many parts of Southern Canada and some parts of the United States. In this essay I will be focussing only on the areas in Canada that it affected. I will be discussing  the different types of precipitation that fell, the areas where the storm attacked and the dangers it caused to many lives, and the impact this storm had on transportation routes and the power grid. Finally, I will be comparing how the different types of tree vegetation were able

There are four stages that are characteristic of a crisis (Crandall , Parnell & Spillan, 2013). With weather, the preconditions are monitored closely by weather personnel. These personnel are trained to watch the weather systems that rotate in earth’s atmosphere. Certain jet streams can collide causing storms. The trigger event is the actual blizzard. Once the snow started to fall, it was real and people needed to take shelter. The crisis

To begin with, a strong and heavy storm was on its way to a small town of Mapleton, Iowa. The town had several practices before, which allowed everyone to be safe during that night. The wind rate was 136 to 165 mph during that time. The sky was turning colors, hail started to beat down, and the wind picked up.

The yearly average number of thunderstorm occurs in parts of Colorado and New Mexico are powerful and less noted Thunderstorms in the US even though there are up to 70 thunderstorms a year. Solar heating is one requirement for thunderstorm formation yes, but another extremely important requirement is warm moist air. The Gulf of Mexico supplies areas with moist tropical air masses. These air masses are almost always unstable, so are quickly able to form into cumulonimbus clouds as the surface these areas Eastern Colorado and Northeastern New Mexico of are pretty much made of mountainous terrain. With mountain slopes in these areas that face the sun absorb more solar radiation and become a lot warmer creating strong updrafts that form into cumulus

The summer months for Phoenix citizens are mostly dreadful because of the scorching hot weather that they face during this time. However, raging temperatures will not be their only concern. Dust Storms, or “Haboobs” , have been occurring more frequently and intensely during the driest part of the year for Phoenix. These storms do not appear all of the sudden. Citizens can see the massive wall of dust slowly reaching them and in a matter of minutes, they are in the eye of the dust storm. Strong winds are circling at over 60 miles per hour and at times, there is zero visibility (Highfield par.2).By this description alone, one can only imagine how dust storms affect citizens in the Phoenix area.

Experts once thought tornado winds exceeded 500 miles per hour. Research in recent years, however, has shown that winds rarely exceed 250 miles per hour and most tornadoes have winds of less 112 miles per hour. An average tornado will be 400 to 500 feet wide and travel four and five miles on the ground, lasting only a few minutes. A mile-wide tornado is extremely large, and tornadoes like these are very rare. Many tornadoes are small, less than 100 feet wide, and last only a few minutes. A few monster tornadoes are a mile wide or larger, and can last for an hour or more. Tornadoes are measured by the Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale. They range anywhere from a F-0, being the weakest to a F-5 being the strongest.

In Kansas City, April 2001 there was a hail storm that costed a total of $2 billion to fix the damage that was done to cars, roofs, buildings and crops. On the other hand there are different sizes of hail that can determine how much damage that can be done. Small hail is the size of a pea and can destroy a vegetable garden to shreds while large hail can either be the size of a tennis ball or bigger and can destroy rooftops, cars and windows. The reason why hail is dangerous is because they are clumps of ice that are formed by thunder clouds. Thunder clouds create hail by the strong up draft that carries the winds precipitation to the very top. Eventually the ice gets heavy enough and falls at sub-freezing temperatures and collects moisture

“Having irregularities like that in the terrain can help generate wind patterns and heating or cooling patterns that would boost the likelihood of thunderstorms.”