Showing posts with label Storms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Storms. Show all posts

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Awesome Facts About Storms by Willie

The Book Bandits reading group read a book about storms. Here are two really interesting facts:

There are many of diffirent types of storms like dust storms, snow storms, sand storms, thunder storms and a normal storm.

If thunder is heard as soon as lightning flashes it means a storm is very very close.


Storms by Christina

On Wednesday 15th February the Book Bandits had to write six most interesting facts about storms and here are some of them.......


- Sandstorms can block the nose and the eyes, and make it very hard to see or breath.

- Storms happen when cold air and hot air mix and make the air spin.

- The weather changes when the temperature in the air changes.

- Cyclone is a very strong storm that starts over warm parts of the seas or oceans.

Interesting facts about Storms By Jennifer


In Room 11 the Book Bandits have been reading a book about Storms.Storms can strike at any time of the day.We learnt that there are different types of storms and how you stay safe.Here are some facts I learnt about storms:

-If Thunder is heard and you can see the flash of Lightning too,that means it is very close to you.
(Or they could even be lurking around the top of your house!Scary!)

-Cyclones get called their names in alphabetical order.The first Cyclone that ever hit was beginning with an A.It was called 'Adam.'

-Scientists can estimate weather a few days away.(4)

-Over 200 years ago Francis Beaufort made a Machine to predict the weather.

-A Funnel is in a Tornado.The Funnel is what sucks up anything in its way.Then drops them back down when its moving.

-In America,The United States gets hundreds of Tornados a year.Isn't that shocking?

-A Funnel of dust that spins round and round i that you find in places where it is completly dry.(aka Sahara desert or anywhere else in the World that is dry.

-Other Countries around the world have very strong shelters to keep safe.It can hold more than 100 people.

Thankyou for reading some interesting facts about Storms,I hope you liked it!
Please leave a comment about this.

By Jennifer

STORMS by Salote


On Wednesday we had to list down the most interesting facts about storms. I'm going to share my facts.

- Scientists use many different machines to find out when a
storm is going to happen

- They send back information about
wind and cloud.

-The weather changes when the temperature
in the air changes.