Facts About The Weather
Some facts about the weather…
Lightning kills more people than hurricanes and tornadoes.
Right now there are 2,000 lightning storms going on around in the world.
Five seconds between lightning and the sound of thunder means the lightning is about one mile away.
Tornadoes have occurred in all 50 states.
Codell, Kansas was struck three times by tornadoes–in 1916,1917, and 1918–each time on May 20.
A hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in 1969, had winds that reached 234 miles per hour.
On April 3,4; 1974, 148 tornadoes moved across 13 states killing more than 300 people.
A hurricane may be 300 miles across.
Hurricanes may cause water to rise as high as 25 feet above normal.
The lowest temperature in the United States was– -79 degrees F, on Jan. 23, 1971 in northern Alaska.
A Feb. storm in 1959 dumped 189 inches of snow on Mt. Shasta in Cal.
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martinpm, posted this comment on Oct 29th, 2009
great information.
Lady Sunshine, posted this comment on Nov 2nd, 2009
Interesting facts!
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Judy Sheldon, posted this comment on Oct 29th, 2009
Very interesting.
I survived three tornadoes which struck our town on Palm Sunday when I was a child. One after another came through as we hid in the basement. No one lost their lives but many lost material things. My father lost his business. It picked it up and placed it in the middle of the street. It also took part of our roof. The insurance companies did not pay for damages, calling them “acts of God”.