Severe Weather
Type of severe weather that causes the most fatalities nationally every year.
What is extreme heat?
The very first and most important part of being prepared for severe weather.
(T/F) The jet stream moves from east to west.
False!
The largest (by diameter) tornado ever recorded.
What was the 2013 El Reno tornado?
This person once said: "早上好，中国！现在我有冰淇淋；我很喜欢冰淇淋。”
Who is John Cena?
The qualifications of a severe thunderstorm warning. (Name one!)
What is either winds of 58+ mph OR hail > 1" diameter?
WEAs stands for this:
Wireless Emergency Alerts
According to NOAA and the NWS, about how many thunderstorms happen globally every year?
What is 16 million? (there is some wiggle room for this)
These clouds can be found rarely in the mesosphere.
What are noctilucent clouds?
There are this many Pokémon.
What is/are 1025? (Any number above 1000, below 1250 works)
If your hair begins to stand on end while outside, you should do this.
RUN. Get away and to somewhere safe!! Or, drop to your knees and bend forward (do NOT lie flat on the ground).
In 2003, this country had the largest wildfire ever recorded.
What is Russia? (according to earth.org)
This word refers to a weird mineral(s) created by a normal severe weather phenomena (lightning) at a normal place (a place with sand).
What are fulgurites?
This US state has more counties than any other.
What is Texas?
The country in Europe has the most amount of tornadoes every year (according to the Royal Meteorological Society)
What is Russia?
(T/F): A corded phone is unsafe to use while a storm is going on.
True!
What town in Utah was almost entirely buried in 1983, due to what is considered the most costly landslide in U.S. history?
Thistle, Utah (according to many, and also a Weather Underground blog post from 2014)
The regions in Earth's orbit where is is easiest to see the aurorae.
What is during the equinoxes?
In the 1965 Frank Herbert novel "Dune", these individuals are also known as human computers.
What are "mentats"?
For a total of 2 and a half minutes, explain *in detail* why the USA receives the most tornadoes compared to anywhere else in the world. The team has 10-15 seconds to prepare.
What is "blah blah blah blah blah"?
Points to look for:
-strong mixing of warm air, cold air, hot dry air
-jet stream goes through (or above) US and allows storm to develop past just rain
-flat topography ensures no orographic lifting, allowing the air to do its thing
-better reporting infrastructure
-plenty of different directions to allow for storm rotation
In under 2 minutes, explain what the best places to go to during a tornado warning are for the following locations, and why:
-A 2 story home with a basement
-A 2 story home without a basement
-A 1 story home, cellar outside
-Outside, with a tree nearby
-Outside, with both an overpass and a ditch nearby
-Inside a car
-Inside a mobile home
what is listed below, why is depending on team
-basement
-inside room on 1st floor with no windows
-cellar
-ground
-ditch (NOT overpass)
-NOT in the car, unless there is *no* other better option
-ANYWHERE ELSE but the mobile home
...we will corroborate
For about 1 and a half minutes, explain why Antarctica, despite being covered in water, is considered a desert.
too cold to snow, but the little there is (and little that drops) accumulate(ed)(s) to keep the ice there for a long long long time
For the next 3 minutes, both groups will do a game of telephone with their respective group members (please tell Edward the original prompt so he can verify). The group with the closest phrase gets points.
PLEASE be appropriate
yeah we will see