Tag Archives: Hail

“Can I catch some hail?”

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

The evening in early June that my daughter and I spent huddled in our basement waiting for the tornado warning to expire is definitely in the running to be one of the formative experiences of my daughter’s childhood. Over a … Continue reading →

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“Why do tornadoes turn the sky green?”

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

When I was a wee sprout, I heard from someone in Tornado Alley that you only have to worry that a tornado is coming if the sky turns green. I shared this little factoid with our daughter in one of … Continue reading →

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