Week 10: Extreme Weather
This weeks blog will be slightly different, Instead of talking on Chile's extreme weather, I will be talking about the U.S.'s extreme weather.
This weeks blog will be all about what extreme weather is and all of the kinds of extreme weather that we have in the United States. First, extreme weather is defined as a weather pattern that is severe and potentially dangerous which is not of the norm. An example of this is a blizzard. A regular snowstorm is somewhat normal depending on the area, but a blizzard is an extreme case of a snowstorm. The United States has no shortages of Extreme weather. Some examples of what the U.S. has are as follows: Hurricanes, typhoons, monsoons, tornados, heat waves, droughts, major flooding, lightning, hail, blizzards, and many more. The U.S. Experiences all of these across its expansive land. One example of this is where I am from, Colorado, Hail, flooding, lightning, heat waves, droughts, and blizzards have all happened during my time of living in the area. In fact, lightning storms, hail, and flooding happen all the time during the spring and early summer, and during the fall there is the odd tornado but they're never very large. In other parts of the country extreme fires have happened because of the combination of droughts and heatwaves, just last year was the most devastating fire season in U.S. history. The U.S. experiences a wide variety of these extreme weather systems because of the vastly different biomes that span its landmass. That is all for this weeks blog but next week I will be back talking about Chile. Thanks for reading.
My sources
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/extreme-weather-on-earth/
https://slideplayer.com/slide/5380332/
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2019/
This weeks blog will be slightly different, Instead of talking on Chile's extreme weather, I will be talking about the U.S.'s extreme weather.
This weeks blog will be all about what extreme weather is and all of the kinds of extreme weather that we have in the United States. First, extreme weather is defined as a weather pattern that is severe and potentially dangerous which is not of the norm. An example of this is a blizzard. A regular snowstorm is somewhat normal depending on the area, but a blizzard is an extreme case of a snowstorm. The United States has no shortages of Extreme weather. Some examples of what the U.S. has are as follows: Hurricanes, typhoons, monsoons, tornados, heat waves, droughts, major flooding, lightning, hail, blizzards, and many more. The U.S. Experiences all of these across its expansive land. One example of this is where I am from, Colorado, Hail, flooding, lightning, heat waves, droughts, and blizzards have all happened during my time of living in the area. In fact, lightning storms, hail, and flooding happen all the time during the spring and early summer, and during the fall there is the odd tornado but they're never very large. In other parts of the country extreme fires have happened because of the combination of droughts and heatwaves, just last year was the most devastating fire season in U.S. history. The U.S. experiences a wide variety of these extreme weather systems because of the vastly different biomes that span its landmass. That is all for this weeks blog but next week I will be back talking about Chile. Thanks for reading.
My sources
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/extreme-weather-on-earth/
https://slideplayer.com/slide/5380332/
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2019/
Hello Sam,
ReplyDeleteYour blog was very informational! The United States does have a multitude of climate zones and weather patterns, so it is easy to see how the country can also have many extreme weather patterns. As a native Californian, tornadoes have always fascinated and terrified me because of how they seem to appear out of thin air, but also because of how strong and destructive they can be. Thank you for sharing your experience with us, and great post!
Any mitigation efforts you think we have in place to deal with these hazards?
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