Climate Connections

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Climate Connections

• Presented by the DCMS Storming Panthers

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Climate Vs. Weather

• The main difference between climate and weather
  is climate is long term, and weather is short
  term.
• Climate is the average of daily weather over a
  period of years. Jeff Lyons Chief Meteorologist
  of Channel 14 News
• Examples of weather thunderstorms, blizzards
• Examples of climate annual temperatures,
  seasonal weather, and tornadoes

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The Problem

• Tornado Alley
• We are on the edge of Tornado Alley. Being
  western Kentucky, we have a higher average number
  of tornadoes in our area than mostly anywhere in
  the world.

• Average 2-3 tornadoes a year
• Most tornadoes occur during April and June

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The Problem (Cont.)

• In a typical year, we'll have around 1,200
  tornadoes in the United States.  Most of these
  will occur in "Tornado Alley"...the central and
  southern plains through the Ohio River
  valley.-Jeff Lyons

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Tornado of 2000

• One of the disasters caused by a tornado was
  January 3, in 2000.This tornado was a F3. There
  was 70 million dollars worth of damage done and
  22 people injured. This tornado is one remembered
  by most of the people in Owensboro.

Tornadoes have affected Owensboro a couple of
times in the last few years.  The biggest was the
F3 that plowed right through town on January 3,
2000.  This is the twister that tore up Kentucky
Wesleyan, Wesleyan Park Plaza and some other
places along Frederica St. Jeff Lyons 
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The Solution

• Solution Tornado Shelters
• A small shelter made of fiberglass, stainless
  steel hardware that is partially in the ground
  that is used in emergencies to protect from
  tornadoes.

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Prices

• A 18 person tornado shelter costs 8,375.00
• A 10 person 5,485.00
• A 6 person 4,275.00
• A 4 person 3,675.00
• These particular tornado shelters are
  manufactured by Midwest Estate Treasures
• Prices thanks to

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Similar Climate

• Another country that has a climate similar to
  ours is
• Bulgaria
• Bulgaria has an
• estimated
• 2 minimum and
• 2 maximum
• tornadoes per
• year similar to
• Owensboro,
• Kentucky

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Resources

• www.tornadochaser.net
• http//shop.ebay.com
• http//www.essl.org
• Our science teacher, Mrs. Rogier
• 14 WFIE Jeff Lyons