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Tag Archives: weather
“Can it rain cats and dogs, Mommyo?”
The Four-Year-Old, on the afternoon of the third of three very rainy days: “Can it rain cats and dogs, Mommyo?” Mother, tired after fielding an unusually active bout of questioning and trying out a new strategy of tossing one of … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Stuff My Daughter Says
Tagged Cat, dog, fun with idioms, literalism, weather
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“Can I catch some hail?”
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
Posted in Can we do that sometime?, Experiments
Tagged Hail, Meteorology, tornadoes, weather
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“Why do tornadoes turn the sky green?”
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
Posted in Ask the iPhone, Science
Tagged Hail, sky, Thunderstorm, Tornado Alley, tornadoes, weather
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Science News Roundup: Stuff that caught my eye this week
Happy Friday! I’ve waited all week for this. Here are a few science-like tales to ease you into the weekend. Emperor Penguin Stranded in New Zealand: My daughter and I have been following news of this little bird, which swam … Continue reading
“Why does Texas have more tornadoes?”
Last week, as we were huddled in our basement waiting for the tornado warning for our small Massachusetts town to expire, my daughter was naturally full of questions about tornadoes. “Have you ever been in one?” Yes. “Did you survive?”
Michael Howell
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