Tornadoes

I just felt in my heart, with all the devastation going on throughout the midwestern U.S. with tornadoes, to do a post about my feelings and tornadoes. My prayers are going out to all the people who were affected by these natural disasters. They are trying to recover from extensive damage and loss of friends and family. The area in which this has been taken place in is called "Tornado Alley" between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains and a tornado can occur at any given time. Nobody deserves to witness any type of disasters, whether they are natural or man-made. Times are so hard these days as it is and to lose what you have is very hard to replace.


Image: NOAA

According to Wikipedia, "a tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud." They form from the clouds that cause thunderstorms turning to supercell storms from rotating air that causes the clouds to form a funnel shape that drops to the ground and moves at violent wind speeds. They mainly occur in spring and summer months. This is why so many tornado breakouts are occuring now. With climate change it can worsen and be more destructive in comings years. Tornadoes are very unpredictable and disasterous. I just hope they continue to work on ways to get a stronger prediction to save people's lives.


Image: NOAA

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Novel Review: The Long Winter

The Long Winter is a novel about a family's struggle to survive the historic winter blizzard of 1880 - 1881. The author of the book is Laura Ingalls Wilder. The book is fairly based on her childhood and experiences living in a pioneer family. This novel is a book from the Little House book series. The story was set in South Dakota on a praire. The main character is Laura who is very helpful to the family and one of the older siblings of four children. She tells of her journey through one of history's longest series of snow storms, especially how supplies and food began to run low. They were warned of a big snow storm coming but from October to May was not what they expected. This book is great for young teenagers and young adults. But any age will enjoy it. I will say no more, you need to read it for yourself.

Dominique "Weather" Wilson’s Top 10 Favorite Weather Related Song Lyrics

1. "As I, turn up the collar on my favorite winter coat, this wind is blowin' my mind" Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson

2. “In the thunderin' rain, you stare into my eyes” Anytime, Anyplace – Janet Jackson

3. “Man it's a hot one like seven inches from the midday sun I hear you whispering the words that melt everyone but you stay so cool.” Smooth – Santana feat. Rob Thomas

4. “Sometimes it's soft as a misty rain that gently touches my soul. It cools the fire that burns in me and I simply lose control” Rain – SWV

5. “My love, do you ever dream of candy coated raindrops? You're the same, my candy rain” Candy Rain – Soul For Real

6. “It's gonna rain It's gonna rain It's gonna rain down tears of heartaches and fears” Clouds – Chaka Khan

7. “When I wake up in the morning love and the sun light hurts my eyes” Lovely Day – Bill Withers

8. “Each time the wind blows I hear your voice so I call your name. Whispers at morning our love is dawning Heaven's glad you came” I Just Can’t Stop Loving you – Michael Jackson

9. “Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun? She's got herself a universe gone quickly For the call of thunder threatens everyone” Ray of Light – Madonna

10. “Well let the sun shine on your face and don’t let your life go to waste. Now is the time, got to make up your mind, let it shine on you, let it shine on you” Shine – Laura Izibor

Welcome to the S.E.N. Blog

The S.E.N. Blog is my new blog about my love for science, the environment, and nature. I will try to keep the readers and followers of my blog updated on things that go on in the natural world and around me. I will give my opinions on various articles I read about in the news and also keep in mind the natural state of my own hometown, Newark, NJ. I will have so much in store for all of my followers to enjoy. I will also review books and movies as well. I am a science buff and I am proud.