Wendy Peters is delighted to learn her new classmates in the town of Circleville, Texas, are as interested in the weather as she is, and when she learns the school does not have a safety plan for tornadoes, Wendy and her friends set out to remedy the problem--just in time.
questions and answers about tornadoes and hurricanes
Berger, Melvin
2000
Provides answers to a variety of questions about tornadoes and hurricanes, including "Where do most tornadoes strike," and "How long do hurricanes last?".
Discusses how tornadoes are formed, how they kill and destroy, and how to predict and prepare for them. Also describes some famous tornadoes, including the ones that struck Vernon and Wichita Falls, Texas, in April, 1979.
Discusses types of wind, how their force is measured, the characteristics of hurricanes and tornadoes, some devastating storms, weather proverbs, and safety precautions to take during hurricanes and tornadoes.
Provides information about tornadoes, explaining how they form, what happens inside a tornado, how they travel, when and where they occur, and other aspects of the destructive storms; looks at how tornadoes are tracked and forecast; and includes accounts of some of history's worst tornadoes.
Ruby Jane thinks that her sister Velma Jean is the bravest person in her family, but when a tornado comes, Ruby Jane shows that she is very brave herself.
As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
