Agnes and the Tornado

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

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

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!

  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

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!

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

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.