Writing Weathergirl

YAY!

2012-01-22T18:10:00.000-08:00

The DVDs finally came about a week ago. I'm also working on a book called Greensburg. I hope that this one is awesome. It was raining a minute ago over here at Pawnee and Seneca in Wichita, but I think that it has stopped. The storm developed just on the west side of Wichita on the edge, and when it got to the other side, over at the east side, it just died. Well, we can use the rain that it dropped! Oh, and drought conditions are kind of loosening up on us. BINGO!!!!

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!

2012-01-07T09:14:00.001-08:00

Look on this link and order a free DVD of weather!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo excited!!! All that I have to do is wait!!!!!! That's the hard part!!!

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/?n=wxdvd

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T14:53:00.000-08:00

"And you will find him in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes and laying in a manger, and a very bright and sunny Christmas!" Awwww....... no snow? Sorry to those of you who wanted to have a white Christmas. Maybe next year.

New Book

2011-12-02T19:20:00.001-08:00

This is a new book that I have written. Some of you out there have heard about it. I will put up a new chapter as often as I can. Things are alright at school. Mom is going to get me some more slacks to wear at school on days that are really cold. I’m wondering if I could wear my knee high basic black socks to school. Gonna run that by Mrs. Carey on Monday.

Agnes and the Tornado

2011-12-02T19:15:00.001-08:00

Chapter One

The Right Ingredients

A young girl about the age of ten was walking with her German Shepherd Willow. Her name was Agnes. She looked up at the sky.

“We might get some storms Willow,” she said, “it’s been pretty hot humid all day.” When she reached home, she looked back up at the sky. There were more clouds off to the West than before. And they were getting bigger. She went inside. Willow followed. Agnes walked into Dad’s study. Dad was a storm chaser Dad was sorting out pictures from their last storm chase. One picture showed how big the hail had been. Baseball sized hail. Another picture showed a bolt of lightning. The last one showed a tornado. That was the first tornado she had ever seen. It was amazing. She remembered Willow barking in fear. Next she remembered her Dad shouting, “ Look! A tornado!” The wind was rising and screaming.

“Agnes,” said Dad. Agnes turned her attention to Dad. “What’s up,” she said. “Look,” he pointed to the laptop. On the computer, a radar was on the screen. “Storms are forming off to the west,” he said, “Do you want to go on this one?”

Agnes nodded. “Can Willow come, too? Oh, please, let her come! She loved it so much.” Agnes gave her father a pleading look.

“Why not? She might like to get out, “said Dad with a smile. “We are leaving in fifteen minutes.” Agnes ran to her room and grabbed her storm chaser’s bag. She checked her bag to make sure she had everything in it. A pair of binoculars, a digital camera with a memory card, and some batteries, some trail mix, and raisins, a coil of rope, a first aid kit, and a flashlight. “Good,” thought Agnes, “Everything I need.”

“Agnes! Time to go!” yelled her dad from outside. Agnes threw on her backpack, said good-bye to her mom, grabbed the leash, called Willow, put the leash on Willow, and the two of them ran for Dad’s truck. Willow was put into the back and they were off! “Supercell, here we come!” said Dad.

Weather for Today

2011-11-26T09:31:00.000-08:00

This is just a guess. Cloudy, with no showers. Very windy and a bit cool. I finished up a book called: Warnings, The true story of how science tamed the Weather. It was by Mike Smith. Check it out! Very amazing. I'm not going to spoil too much, but the last chapter is really sad. Really sad.

Can’t Think of Anything to Write

2011-11-19T12:44:00.001-08:00

You heard that. I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING TO WRITE ABOUT! Nothing. Zilch. Nata.What about tornadoes? I’ll go with that. I’m trying to figure out why they form. Has to be something that deals with Low
Pressure. Like a pocket of Low Pressure in the storm. Something like that. Or what about a Tornado in a tube? The water, in which the twister forms in, is different from what is outside the bottle, the air. Still don’t get it. I’ll probably figure it out someday. It’s just one of those weather mysteries. I’m still thinking about it though. I can’t help it. Tornadoes are so mysterious. They pop out of a thunderstorm all of a sudden. They are both beautiful, and deadly at the same time. Could possibly have something to do with the wall cloud. Not all storms with wall clouds produce tornadoes. Could be with how strong the wall cloud is? I’m sitting upside down, thinking all of this up. Ohhhh….. cities produce more heat. Maybe when most storms enter a city, they start to weaken, making it nearly impossible for a tornado. Of course everyone knows that. There has to be something else. Wonder what it is. Oh well, if you have any ideas, even if they sound stupid to you, please leave a comment.

Ouch! That hurt!

2011-11-15T13:55:00.001-08:00

At P.E. today, we played Cross Fire. For those of you that don’t know what that is, I’ll tell you. Some kids stand behind a designed boundary, with a straight path going through the middle. Kids stand on either side of the boundary. The rest of the kids run through the middle; while trying to dodge the balls that are being thrown at them. When our group was going through, we decided to stay in a group. I landed in the middle. Enrique, while trying to dodge a ball, collided into me, causing me to slip and land hard on my kneecap. The next thing that I can remember that happened, was me trying to get up. That hurt too much. I fell back down. Miss Adams, seeing that I couldn’t get up, came over. She let me relax for a few minutes. Then, she helped me get up. I limped over to a chair. Miss Adams got Travis to run over, and grab an ice pack for me from the nurse’s office. I sat for a few minutes, resting. Now there is a major bruise on my knee cap. I’m still limping. ten minutes after this happened, Baylee got hurt. She was running, and then her arms and legs went flying all over the place. She landed on her head. Then, she started crying.. I limped over, and handed my ice pack over to her. It was then time to go change. Afterwards, Miss Adams had me run over, and get another ice pack. That wasn’t a small job for me in my condition. Baylee was so dizzy, that it she couldn’t walk. Autumn and Stephanie had to carry her into the locker room. Then, they had to take Baylee over to the nurse’s office. Baylee later came into Literature, just fine. So it looks like Baylee and me are both alright.

The Latest

2011-10-16T05:03:00.001-07:00

At school in Computer, we are making stories on PowerPoint 2010 on slides. My story is about a race horse, it is basically a picture book , that runs a race. We will make three different endings, and the reader chooses which ending they want. So far so good. At Eric Fisher Academy yesterday, I got a pixie cut. I serving during Mass yesterday, so Mom dropped me off at St. Anne’s, and went to get the other kids. When Lucia came in, I think I had my back to her, she thought that it wasn’t me, she thought it was someone else. That is it for right now.

What a Summer!

2011-09-28T18:48:00.000-07:00

100+ degree weather this summer? I'm not joking. A whole lot of people are glad that the heat is over and done with for this year. There is a major drought moving across Kansas. That would explain for the Arkansas River drying up a lot. Also, for the fact that we hardly see any rain. It has been so long, that I have almost forgotten the sound of rain outside. I'm working on a Science Fair Project for school. I 'm doing one on if I can predict the weather better than a meteorologist. Hopefully, yes. Forcast for tomorrow: Clear, sunny. Chilly in the morning. Warming up as the day goes on. You will not need a jacket after 9:00 a.m. , but it would not be a bad idea to bring one. Have fun!

Hurricane and two Tropical Storms

2011-07-21T06:55:00.000-07:00

Hurricane Dora has gotten to a category 4 hurricane, and is affecting the coast of Mexico in the Pacific. Tropical Storms Bret and Cindy are in the Atlantic and moving NE. Cindy is moving fast at a speed of 24 mph, and Bret is taking his time by moving at 8 mph. Bret is weakening and Cindy and Dora are strengthening. Bret and Cindy are not expected to hit the USA. Dora, I don't know.

Totus Tuus Camp!

2011-06-13T13:21:00.000-07:00

After working at my Great Grandpa for a long time, I'm able to go to Totus Tuus Camp this upcoming week! It will be a week long camp. The 5th and 6th graders only stay there for 3 days. 7th grade and up get to stay for ONE WHOLE WEEK! I'm so excited! For the past few years that I have been going, there has always been a storm that hits us, or a storm that passes near us. They have a storm shelter there. No worries!

Extra! Pictures from 6/9/2011! Enjoy!

2011-06-10T14:49:00.000-07:00

Now what in the world happened? Don't worry folks. I wasn't the crazy person out there taking pictures of these. My dad is the one that took these pictures. I'm so jealous. I wish I had more batteries for my camera so that way I could have taken some AWESOME pictures. Dad got off a 7:00 in the evening and he didn't know if he could make it home in time. He decided that the best thing to do was to go storm chasing. Without me. That way, if a tornado touched the ground, he could warn us and others. But this is what he found.

Wall clouds mean the possibility of a tornado. That is when the meteorologists start to freak

out. The sirens go blaring and you freak out. I was on the computer the whole evening, listening to the radio for the locations of the wall clouds. Then I typed the location into the map o the computer and found out where these troublemakers were. One was at MacAuther and West St. That is pretty darn close to where we live. You can bet I freaked out. I did. Next time Dad, you better be sure I'm in the car with you, because if I'm not, I'm going to turn into a tornado myself when you get home.

Whew!

2011-06-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

We made through. We had dinner at like 9:15 pm. Dad went out storm spotting and he saw not one, but two wall clouds and a funnel cloud. I was soooo jealous. I am still jealous though. My herb garden looks O.K. though. My woolly lambs ear looked like a hailstone tore a hole in one of the leaves though. The soil in the morning was still pretty wet so I will not need to water it today and maybe tomorrow. Let's hope that this was it. I seriously doubt it though. We started off with an early summer so we may get some more of that nasty stuff that happened yesterday. Any damage done otherwise? If so, please let me know. Trying to make a 2011 weather folder. THANKS!!!!

Tornado Warning

2011-06-09T18:43:00.000-07:00

WHAT? Yes, a tornado warning is in effect for the Wichita area. A wall cloud was spotted around 8 p.m to 8:15 p.m around the area of MacAuther and West St. This is not very far away from Southwest Wichita. There has been reports of hail, wind, and flooding along with some wall clouds around us. Take cover in a basement now! If you do not have a basement, go to the lowest floor of your home. Go to a bathroom or hallway with no windows. Crouch down onto the floor and cover your head. Be safe and lets hope we are alright in the end of this long evening. To tell you the truth, our family has been down in our basement for TWO WHOLE HOURS! No dinner not to mention.

Date: 6/9/11

Time: 8:55 p.m.

Thinking. Hmmmmmm.......

2011-06-02T13:33:00.000-07:00

Thinking about what I should do for the others to congratulate them on finishing up the school year. For Clara, I made her a Number Book. It has numbers 1 - 12. On the back, I wrote an award that goes like this: This book is presented as an award to Clara Sauer, for completing: Sticker Math book. Early Math series: Number Sense, Shapes, and Readiness.

I'm so proud of Clara for doing so much on Math. She has really done a lot and knows sooo much.

( well, for a preschooler anyway) I tested her out for a kindergarten phonics book for next year and she did quite well so, I think that she will be ready for that. I just wish I had it earlier and then I could have done it this year with her. Mom says that since she was born in November, she is to still be in preschool next year. For Addie next year, there is a book called Let's Color I would like to do with her. It says that it is for ages 2 and up so it might be alright for her. Clara is doing that book right now and it is excellent! And I mean EXCELLENT! I highly recommend it for all preschoolers.

For Anna, I think that I will make a little book with the names and dates of famous people she learned about in History. For Lucia, I think that I'll make her a book with the ten commandments in them for Religion. I hope this works.

Excited!

2011-05-30T15:04:00.000-07:00

We are almost done with the school year at our house. One more week after this and we are done and it's (for me) time to start preparing to get ready for going to school at St. Anne's. Not looking forward to it at all. Anyone have any tips for how to act normal?

Oh yeah, I went horse back riding last Sunday.My horse was an Arabian named King. When we jumped over logs, I put one hand in the air and held onto the reins and hoped that nothing bad would happen. It was pretty cool though. The worst that happened to me was that when I bumped my kneecap against a tree, I got a bruise and a cut that is sore. Oh well. At least I didn't break a bone.

Camping trip and a surprise!

2011-05-27T10:15:00.000-07:00

We went on a camping trip up in North Platte Nebraska and we stayed in a cabin with some friends of ours. It was fun except for the fishing part. NO FISH! There was another guy not far from us and he caught a huge catfish. He said he was estimating that the fish was abut 18 lbs. That is huge! And, it was a little bigger than my younger sister Adelaide! Oh well. Maybe next time we will catch something. Okay, let's go to the surprise.

We were at Nature Study Club this morning and Lucia found a monarch caterpillar! It is tinier than Katelyn, the previous caterpillar we raised. We had gotten Katelyn a week before she turned into a chrysilles. This one is going to be with us for several weeks. I'll keep you posted. This past Tuesday was my twelfth birthday and there was some pretty nasty weather going on that day. I had my severe weather log in my hand during everything that passed through. My Severe Weather Log holds notes I make about thunderstorms, how much lightning there was, If there was any hail how big that was and how much rain there was. Also, if there was a lot of wind, I put that in too. I also use that log for winter weather. How much snow there was, How cold was it, what was the wind-chill, and how much wind and snow there was. The caterpillar I'm estimating is about 1/8 of an in.

Thunder and Rumble and Tornado season is here!

2011-04-06T08:42:00.000-07:00

Tornado season is starting for us. This does not mean that this time of year is the only time of the year when tornadoes happen. They will also happen in the summer. I have been riding my bike a whole lot and I think that I got a sunburn. Ouch! It's not too bad though.

Still Cold?

2011-03-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

Yep. Here in Kansas it is still cold. But looking at the forecast for Thurs. to the weekend, it looks like it is going to warm up. Go to weather.gov and click right where we are in Ks. We are on the bottom center of Ks. This cloudy weather can put some of us into bad moods. Weather has an effect on our additudes. On sunny days you may feel cheerful and sunny. On cloudy, rainy, and stormy days, we feel all grumpy and moody. Keep a record of your moods and the weather. After a few weeks, look at your records and see the pattern that goes with the weather. Kids and adults, this is an awesome project to do. Wait till the summer those of you who are new in Kansas. The heat here will make you want to go swimming every day in the summer!

Revising my book

2011-03-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

Actually, they come down here to Wichita, then they get hit by another twister. Little bit of revising.Almost done with it.

Tornado Season is just ahead

2011-03-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

Tornado season for the area we live in is from April to May. Although please remember: Tornadoes will or can happen at any time, anywhere, or even when it is not twister season. This is very important to remember. Look at my post about Tornado safety please. And get the Tornado Emergency Box ready and have it in your basement, tornado shelter, or talk to a neighbor who has a basement about setting up a box and having it in their basement or shelter. Should be an exciting summer this year. Good Luck!

Lock-in along with snow. Crazy week.

2011-01-31T06:51:00.000-08:00

Saturday I went to the middle school lock in at St. Annes. I managed to stay up all night. Sunday I was exhausted and slept alot. Now, there is winter weather heading our way again. Great. 9-12 inches expected tomorrow and Wed. Lots of snow shoveling.

Winter weather

2011-01-09T15:20:00.000-08:00

Winter has finally made it to Wichita and the surronding area. However, some precations have to be taken. See the national weather service website for more details. You will notice a big big big area is covered with winter weather watches, advisories and warnings. Please look at the post with winter storm weather safety. Snow will be 3-5 inches deep by tomorrow. Be careful while driving to and from work.

Hunt for the Twister

2010-12-04T13:20:00.000-08:00

I am working on writing a book about a young girl named Agnes. Her Dad is a storm chaser and he takes her with him often on tornado hunts. One hot day in July, Agnes and her Dad go on the usual tornado hunts. This tornado hunt though would change Agnes' life. A violent tornado that they were chasing heads straight for their hometown, Dorrence. After a second tornado comes through in a different storm, Agnes and her parents drive down to Wichita to live with some relatives.

Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T18:49:00.000-08:00

Yup. Grandma made her delicious rolls again. I made cranberry bread. They have a dog named Dakota. Me and him are BFF's . We had a great time. I'm tired. Who's ready for Black Friday? Not me. That probably means too much shopping tomorrow. Great. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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Sick again?!

2010-10-17T12:12:00.000-07:00

Really? This time it was the stomach flu. Except, no throwing up. All day Wed. I was resting on the couch. With the mop bucket beside me. Did you notice that it is no longer getting up into the hundreds anymore? Pretty nice out. Sometimes at night it gets down into the forties. Hopefully no more twisters. Anyway, it isn't as likely that we would get one, but still. Hurricane season should be wrapping up here pretty soon. Hallowen is coming in a few weeks!

Butterfly on the way

2010-09-23T07:56:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, we found a monarch Caterpillar. It ate a lot of milkweed. Believe it or not, Katelyn (That is what we are calling the Caterpillar.) started to make here silk button. Last night, she turned around and hooked on. This morning she molted into a pupa. I will try to get some pictures.

Supercell

2010-09-22T08:44:00.000-07:00

Exactly one week ago, we spent the whole evening in the basement. Not fun. The part that was definitely not fun fun was Dad saying that there were three hooks on the rader.

A. The tornado could be over at Derby.

B. The tornado could be way east of us.

C. The tornado could be not far south of the South YMCA.

After Mom heard what Dad said, she said that we should stay in the basement. Dad agreed. But I was unusually excited.

" If we went upstairs we could probably see the twister from here!" I said. No one said anything.

Of course. I thought. I had a wild day. When we got home from choir earlier, I noticed the storm clouds. So after we got home and after listening to the weather radio, I grabbed a paper sack a put in it:

1. A bottle of water.

2. A box of Graham crackers.

3. A bright flashlight.

That was our tornado bag. I told Anna to grab the bag and take it with her downstairs when the tornado sirens went off. (I figured th at we would be spending Dinnertime downstairs. )

We were watching a movie when the sirens did go off. At first I thought was my imagination. When I heard it again, I was just about to get Mom and Dad when Mom walked in and acting very calm, she told us to go to the basement. Well, we survivied.

Hurricane Activity

2010-09-14T12:42:00.000-07:00

OK. I know I was interested in twisters and I still am but I'm kind of getting interested in hurricanes. Hurricane Igor I'm tracking on Google Earth. Today, Tropical Storm Julia, jumped up to a category one hurricane. Hurricane Igor is a category four and weakening! The bad thing is that Hurricane Julia is getting stronger! Hurricane Igor will make landfall sometime this week on Bermuda. Hopefully, Igor will miss the island or weaken alot!

A New School Year

2010-08-25T09:03:00.000-07:00

School for the Sauer kids will start on Sept. 6, 2010. Mom is going to let me keep up studying weather for science, but I'm going to do another science subject. I'm going to learn Electricity.

That should be intresting. I also think I'm going to be learning art and Elementry Diagramming

Work Text. For History, I'll be learning about Ancient Eygpt. Editor in Cheif is a Grammer workbook. Today, I had an appointment to get a Hepititas A shot. :( . Luck came on time. At least 30 min. ago, the doc called and said they ran out of shots and they won't have any for at least a week. YAY!! No shots expected for a week!!!

Hot, Muggy, Weather.

2010-08-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

Today is very hot. I wanted to read a book outside but, I had to set up my tepee. And, I put down some old towels that were worn on the edges so that my legs wouldn't get itchy. Did you know that when I wake up without looking at the forcast for the day, I know if its going to be hot or not? I have a riddle for any one to guess what I'm talking about.

I am hot and cold at the same time

I come Light, Medium, or Extra Spicy.

I am from Mexico.

Who am I?

Good Luck!!!!

A Fenderbender

2010-07-21T15:39:00.001-07:00

You will find it hard to believe, but when Mom was waiting to make a right hand turn onto Seneca, a durrango lightly bumped us on our back bumper.

I jerked forward a little bit because I was in the back of the van. Mom got out to look at the damage. Luckily, it was only a few scratches. It took at least 30 minutes before the police came. I think there were a lot of wreaks that day. We were in the middle of a thunderstorm, but after the thunderstorm, things started heating up. Mom and I were sweating like crazy. Thanks to G2G that they gave me the idea of carrying a hankerkhief. Mom was suprised on how hot it was after the storm."It’s like Lousiana out here!” said Mom. My Mom is from Lousiana, so she knows how hot it is; ecpecially in the middle of the summer. Every one is okay and the damage on the van isn’t very noticeable.

Hurricane Warning

2010-06-29T07:06:00.000-07:00

A Hurricane Warning is in affect for the southern parts of TX. Here is the following names of the cities that will get a Hurricane or Tropical Storm. Courpus Christi, Port Aransas, Rio Grande City,

Rockport and other surronding areas. Tropical Storm Alex will strengthen into a Hurricane. If you happen to know anyone in that area, they might end up coming up to your area. If you are planning to go on vacation down there this week or next week better stay at your house till this storm is gone.

May

2010-06-06T17:52:00.000-07:00

I think that May was partly cloudy for most of the month. I am leaving for camp tomorrow in the afternoon. I'm leaving with the Totus Tuus group. I'm going to Camp Wajato. I'll be back on Wed.

We have had a long day. Yawn. Ready for bed and looking forward to a day of a little bit of school work and leaving for camp at 2:oopm.

Sick of being sick

2010-05-13T16:54:00.000-07:00

True. I have a fever of about 101.2 degrees. Lucia,Clara Me,Anna, and Dad. Mom might get it. Oh well. I can't think that well but one thing. Last night, I was lying in bed when the power went out.

The lightning was so loud, Anna and I, went out into the living room and curled up on the recliner.

The power went out again for a few seconds. I ran to the top of the basement stairs and yelled for Dad. He said everything was alright, but I said that lightning might hit our house. Then he said that if lightning hit the house, we would all e toast weather upstairs or downstairs. This didn't calm me down a bit. But the storm was over, and I was asleep.

Wild day

2010-05-11T07:22:00.000-07:00

What a wild day! It all started after dad got home. He went downstairs to talk with mom. When he came back up, he wanted to talk to me. "I don't want you talking about the weather. I'm here, and I will take care of everything." He said. He went out into the garage and found our NOAA weather radio and turned it on. " It works Dad!" I said excitedly. Dad should not have had it on, for it started to go off. Dad went over to it. "A tornado warning has been issued for Kingman and SW Sedgwick county." it said. After listening to the radio a little more I realized that if it kept on going in the same direction, it would hit my friends home. Luckily, it didn't.

April

2010-04-30T10:03:00.000-07:00

I have been taking weather observations for science, and and I found out that we have had a very warm and sunny April. Wonder what May will bring? This morning I read about the Thompson Flood. Floods are hard to predict sometimes. The reason there were so many deaths was because people in the canyon didn't listen to the warnings. They thought that flood waters rose slowly. They were wrong. The water rose quicker than they thought. The flood waters slam cars against rocks. people that were in their cars had little chance of surviving. Those that survived, climbed up the side of the canyon to be rescued in the morning. Next time there is a flood warning, do what they say, and follow their instructions. You'll be glad you did in the end.

Yazoo Missisipi Tornado

2010-04-28T10:18:00.000-07:00

Saturday, April 24 th in the morning, a Tornadic supercell hits tallilulah port. A tornado develops and starts to head towards Yazoo city, thirteen counties away. Suprising, the tornado lasted all the way over to there, destroying about half of the town. The tornado got up to about 3\4 of a mile wide. 10 people so far are dead. So far people think the strongest the tornado got is about an EF4.

Easter

2010-04-06T07:48:00.000-07:00

What a busy Easter! We left the house just a little past 9:30am. Dad was dropping us off at the front of St. Anne's church so that he could find a parking spot, and so that we wouldn't have to walk a long way. All of a sudden I heard a big crash and brakes screeching. I turned around and saw two trucks had wrecked into each other. Both cars were making a turn. Luckily nobody was hurt. Just a little shaken.

Spring arrived!!!!

2010-04-03T13:59:00.000-07:00

Spring arrived at last! Warm weather means more summer storms. Read the post for lightining safety and tornado safety please! Spring and summer may have some fun and weather dangers.

Have a happy Easter!!!

Weather forcast Today and tomorrow

2010-03-09T11:19:00.000-08:00

Today

3/9/10

Cloudy

Temp 55.6 F

Humid. 100%

cool and breezy

30% of rain otherwise cool and breezy

Tomorrow

3/10/10

Chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be strong.

Cloudy or rainy.

Global warming and acid rain

2010-02-26T09:16:00.000-08:00

Global warming could affect earth. We could have more cloudy days. So you see Global warming can be bad or good. That can also mean more storms, I don't mean little storms, I mean severe storms. We could probably get tornado warnings more often too. Could happen to have more tornado watches too. We can get lots of heat advisories too.Winters would probably mean not as much snow or very wet almost melted snow. Acid rain is a very highly polluted rain. It comes from factories waste and exhauste from cars. This harmful rain can kill plants and animals. We here in KS don't have as high as a chance but we can still get acid rain.

Snow here and in the north-east part of the USA

2010-02-07T18:15:00.000-08:00

Things are not going so in the North-Eastern part of the USA. They have reported up to about 2' of snow. The snow here is going to hit North-Eastern part of the state. We should get 4'' - 9'' of snow. Stay Warm.

What a day

2010-02-05T14:36:00.000-08:00

We went to art class and it was
terrific. We drew a dog in a flower pot, but we didn't finish so at our next art class we will finish the dog. We also had a valentines party. Lots of sweets there. There were cupcakes and cookies.
Yummy Yum!

Foggy Mornings and Evenings

2010-01-19T16:53:00.000-08:00

Fogs are basically low lying clouds. Some fogs are thick, Others aren't as thick. Some fogs are so thick that you can't even drive in them. If you here that a fog advisory has been issued, don't be fooled. Listen to the percautions and do it. Drive Safe.

Pictures

2010-01-11T17:52:00.000-08:00

I'm going to a Flicker meeting this weekend with Dad. Hope that at least 2 pictures on my camera turn out pretty good. I had taken a picture with Dad acting like he was about to box the computer! LOL!!! Another picture of Anna and Clara and Adeliade. Lucia wouldn't even let me take even one picture. :-C

Weather of 2009

2009-12-17T17:53:00.000-08:00

The weather of 2009 was very wet in spring and early summer with 2 tornado warning and 1 gustnado.(See The Disaster,) 2 hail storms. The late summer was very very hot with tons of heat advisorys. Got up to 105 that summer. Early fall had a few Thunderstorms and highs got up to 60 degrees F. Late fall had Some freezing rain and a little bit of snow.

Over the river and through the woods to......

2009-12-16T14:05:00.000-08:00

Grandmother's house we go! Yup, I'm tellin the truth. We are going over the river and through the woods. The Arkansas River is the river we are going to cross and through herman hill park is has lots of trees so I would call that a wood. Our Great-Grandma is coming to wichita next week from LA, Shrevport. SOOOoooo exited!!!!

Forcast for the week

2009-11-24T17:23:00.000-08:00

The forcast for the week is going to be very nice. Last year around this time it was pretty cold but this year it is going to be warmer than usual. Wed. Sunny. Temp. in the 60's. Thur. Sunny. Temp. in the 60's. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

The Disaster

2009-11-19T18:23:00.000-08:00

OK, this is a true story. If you don't believe me ask my sisters and parents. Well I better start with the story.

The Disaster

It was about 5:00pm in the afternoon and me and mom were driving home from an appointment. Mom asked me to get a hold of dad with her cell. It took 5 minutes for me to get a hold of him. When I got home I sat down and read a book. I looked up and the wind outside was slowly gathering speed. I went over to window and looked out. The wind was really going. '' Are we going to get a thunderstorm?'' I asked Dad.

'' Maybe.'' was the only answer I got. I looked back and the wind was howling!!! I heard footsteps running down the hallway. ''There's a Tornado on Glenn!!! Get down in the Basement!!!!'' screamed Mom. The howling was much louder now mixed in with the screaming of my sisters. I turned back and looked out again and I saw dust and debrie flying!!! One second and I was gone into the basement. When I got downstairs, I asked Mom I million questions. Each one was answered ''No.'' or '' I didn't wait to see what it was.'' Then Dad called us up and when I got upstairs I looked out the window and saw a lot of damage. But we were safe and our house was still standing.

The End

Winter weather

2009-11-15T19:17:00.000-08:00

It looks like winter might have come to wichita at last!!! We have a 80% chance of snow tonight, tomorrow, and tomorrow night. We might get up to 3 to 4 inches of snow and then it will be sunny again!!! Also be careful if you are going to centrel Ks this week because they are having a lot of snow this week. Be sure to look at my blog post about what to do if you are caught in a snowstorm.

Tornado sirens

2009-10-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

OK, you might or might not get this. Tornado sirens are used for our safety. So people have to test them once a week. Tornado sirens are tested only on sunny days. If it is cloudy, better check on the TV or computer.

Jack Frost's visit

2009-10-24T08:17:00.000-07:00

Jack Frost came a little early this year. When I woke up this morning, I looked out the window.

The ground was covered in white. Most of our garden survived. The only thing that didn't make it

was our tomatoes. Our velpeppers made it. Our herbs made it. Our tomatoes didn't.

The Motercycle Parade

2009-10-17T12:54:00.000-07:00

This was very neat. Those of you who might have been from 63rd and Broadway up Glenn to Meridian and Pawnee to K42 might have seen the parade If you were there at 2:45pm you would be lucky. If you haven't you can look it up onto the news. There was a news guy out at Meridian and Pawnee.

Shadow Experement

2009-10-16T10:37:00.000-07:00

For science we learned about shadows. How do shadows work? Well, here's how. When light can't go through some thing solid than the part where it can't reach makes a shadow.

Sunny Again!!!!

2009-10-16T07:26:00.000-07:00

It's Sunny again!!! For a while it was pretty cloud here in Wichita. It was getting pretty cold till yesterday. I had to wear my coat because it was so cold. I haven't been blogging for a while because of school and Hallowen. Now hopefully it will be Sunny for a while.

Cloudy cold day.

2009-10-11T15:44:00.000-07:00

Today is very cloudy here in Wichita. I hope that tomorrow. I do know a good reason why it is cloudy. Clouds act like a blanket at night. It was cold enough to make me put on a coat though.

There is a website called www.wxdude.com. It is an awsome website. You can learn a lot.

Stormy morning

2009-10-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

What a morning!!! I have no clue why I was scared of just a lighting bolt. I woke up and saw a bolt of lighting. Not a good way to start the day. It scared me so bad that I was up and checking on my siblings. Then there was a bad boom!!! CRASH!!!! BOOOOOMMMM!!!!! went the thunder. Of course, it woke everybody up. Then there was a kid jam into mom's bedroom. Then I went out into the living room to get a few books which made them calm down. then I did a shadow show.

Flash Flood watch

2009-10-07T18:21:00.000-07:00

There has been a Flash Flood watch East of Wichita and south of Wichita. If you are planning to go there this weekend, don't drive into water covered roads. That would be bad. Tons of people have gotten there cars washed away. Even a few inches matter. Turn around, don't drown.

Winter Storm Safety

2009-10-06T18:07:00.000-07:00

This is really important!! Snow Storms can happen suddenly. You need to start getting ready in the early fall. Here are some things you should carry in your trunk during snow season. (early spring,

late fall, winter.)

1. First aid kit.

2. Cell phone and coins for pay phone.

3. Heavy blankets and emergency blankets.

4. Paper towels.

5. Windshield scraper.

6. Pocket knife

7. Snow brush

8. Pail of sand or kitty litter

9. Small shovel

10. Long Lasting snacks.

11. Flashlight.

12. Booster cables.

13. Tow chain.

14. Bright colored cloth.

15. pole if you have no antenna.

Now you know what to carry in your car. Now you need to know how to use the tools.

If your car gets stuck:

1.Tie a bright cloth to the antenna and raise it high so rescuers can find you.

2. If your car has no antenna, use a pole or fishing rod.

3. As you sit keep your blood moving.

4.Run the car engine for 10 minutes every hour, keep windows opened a little bit to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. You may be stranded for a long time.

5. Leave ceiling light on at night so you can be seen.

What to do if you are at home:

1. Stay inside.

2. Have a supply of food.

3. Find your battery operated radio and some spare batteries.

4.Save and clean 2 - liter soda bottles or 1 large water container for each family member.

If you MUST go out in a snowstorm wear:

1. Wear mittens. they are warmer than gloves.

2. Wear several layers of heavy garments and a wind breaker.

3.Wear a hood that covers your mouth.

4. Wear a hat and earmuffs.

5. If you MUST go out, fasten a lifeline to you and the house.

This is from the Owlie skywarns

weather book.

Nature Walk

2009-10-06T11:09:00.000-07:00

Our Nature Walk was tons of fun!!! It was short but it was fun!!! We went to Pawnee prairie park. You would get off of Kellogg and make a turn onto Tyler Road. You would go a little ways until you come to a big white globe. That is the National Weather Service. (NWS). Then drive a little further until you come to Pawnee Prairie Park. If you are coming from Southwest Boulevard then you make a turn onto Tyler Road. You won't be coming by the NWS, but you should see the globe.

The park is over by Mid-Contenent Airport. If you have any horses they will love it! There are lots of horse trails out there. There is lots of wild life out there. Such as Deer and Spiders and all kinds of things.

The Fall

2009-10-02T09:11:00.000-07:00

I wrote this poem just last night.

The Fall

O hear the wind running through the trees.

The leaves on the trees turn different colors.

The squirrels hurry up and finish gathering nuts

The birds hardly ever twitter.

The bees, wasps, and flies are gone.

Geese honk their Good-byes.

The Farmers harvest their crops.

Hallowen and thanksgiving roll around.

When you see or hear these signs it means that fall is here.

Holy Thursday

2009-09-21T08:52:00.000-07:00

I need some help here to know what this tornado like thing was. My Mom said it was a big wall of dust and trash coming down the street. It couldn't have been a dust devil because:

1. It was during a thunderstorm.

2. It caused 1 tree to get uprooted, private fences blown down.

If some one could tell me what this may have been, I will be very happy.

I could not not here anything be cause of all the screaming. My Mom said it sounded like a train which gave me a clue that it was not a tornado because a tornado sounds like a 1,000 trains. That is all the information I can give right now.

The Zipper

2009-09-20T14:21:00.000-07:00

The State Fair is really really fun!!! All but 1 thing. The Zipper. If you have ever been on the zipper before, you know what it is. The rest of you don't. It is a very freaky ride. Please do not find out what it is. You will not like it. You are in this cage like thing and you have to hold on tight And when you start going fast,HOLD ON TIGHT AND DO NOT LET GO!!!! And close your eyes.

Went to the Fair with Grandma and Grandpa

2009-09-20T11:52:00.000-07:00

What is a Writing WeatherGirl going to do at the fair? I will tell you more later but this was great fun!

Hurricanes in Kansas?

2009-09-18T12:25:00.000-07:00

Actually, this is true. Well half of it is. The hurricane part is actually false. Why? Because a real hurricane has never gotten all the way up here before. What is left of the hurricane once it gets up to here in Kansas is just a lot of rain and wind. It can still cause flooding maybe but we aren't for sure. Depending how strong it is once it gets up to here.

Mini - Pizza

2009-09-17T16:23:00.000-07:00

This is an easy recipe for Mini - pizzas. Here's how:

1. 2 English Muffins for each person. Cut in half.

2. Spaggeti Sauce.

3. Cheese & toppings.

Set oven to 350 degrees. Set a cookie sheet on the counter. Then cut the EnglishMuffins in-half.

Put some Spaggetti Sauce onto the English Muffins. Then put the shredded cheese on. If you want some toppings, put some on. Bake for 10 minutes.

Camp trip

2009-09-15T12:12:00.000-07:00

Camping was fun! We went to mushroom rocks and we also went fishing. Mushroom rocks is a really neat place to go hiking, but it is not a very big hiking trail. It is only 5 acres big. There are lots of rocks to climb on. We went to a childrens fishing pond. I didn't catch anything, but that's OK.

Anna and Lucia each caught 1 fish. Anyway, it was fun. Our friends the Krondoks had fun too.

Also on saterday it rained and rained all of friday night and all of saterday morning. In Anna,Lucia, and Sophia ( Our friend.) and my tent got really close to being flooded out. We also had S'mores.

I can only eat 2 S'mores before I get sick. That is all I can think of to say.

camping

2009-09-09T09:40:00.000-07:00

We are going to go camping tomorrow! We are going to kanopolis lake. The krandoks are coming with us. Thanks Dad for earning up the money for use to go camping!

Tornado safety tips

2009-09-09T09:06:00.000-07:00

Tornadoes are dangerous. They can cause millions of dollers in damage. You need to be prepared for tornadoes. They can come unexpectedly. You need a tornado precaution box in your storm shelter. If you do not have a basement or storm shelter, keep your tornado precaution box in easy reach so that you can quickly grab it and evacuate if you have to go to a nieghbors house. Here is a list of things you need for your tornado precaution box:

1. Batteries for flashlight and radio.
2. 2 flashlights.
3. A radio.
4. Non- perishable food.(granola bars. trail mix.)
5. Things for people who are old and babies.

Now we will start with our SAFETY TIPS.

1. A tornado watch means that conditions are right, start getting prepared!
2. A tornado warning means that a tornado or rotation has been sighted. Move into shelter now!
3. If no shelter is open you may crouch in a ditch if it is not raining. If there is no ditch, lay down
beside a strong or sturdy building.
4. If you do not have a basement or storm shelter, go to the center of the house on the lowest floor. The room can not have any windows. Make sure everyone is in the center of the room.

Now that you know some of the tornado safety, do them when a tornado is on the way!

Storm Safety Tips

2009-09-08T10:26:00.000-07:00

Weather can be fun. The way to have the fun stay is by safety. Here are some tips to stay safe during a thunderstorm,and to have the fun stay.

1. Go inside during a thunderstorm. A house is probably the safest place to be.( See. that isn't to bad.)

2. Don't use any electronic thing, unless it is an emergency.

3. Please do not take a bath or shower during a thunderstorm. This includes pools. ( I would not like to be fried!)

4. If you can not get to shelter on time follow these rules:
Do not ride your bike during a thunderstorm. Try hard not to get under tall trees. If you feel the hair on your back stand up, squat down on the ground with your hands on top of your head.

These rules will help you to stay safe. Good Luck.