Clouds
are my favorite weather element. The
meteorologists have all sorts of long Latin names for the different kind of
clouds. I have four: puffy, wanta touch, see through, and stormy.
The
big white puffy clouds are great. Lay
back on a warm summer day and watch them roll by; there’s no better way to
spend an afternoon.
Low
clouds that look like you can reach out and touch them usually occur on cool
fall or early spring days. Sometimes
they come before a storm. They always
have a cool ripple design. It sometimes
looks like waves moving across the sky.
See
through clouds can sometimes be called Jacob’s Ladder. Seeing the rays come to earth through the
clouds always makes me think of God’s glory shining down to us.
Storm
clouds can also be very interesting to watch . . . from the safety of your
home. One day I got home from work and
decided to go for a walk. It was about
five in the afternoon a beautiful summer day.
My route was a circle. I started
traveling east. I could hear rumblings
behind me so I decided to cut the route short.
When I made the turn to go west back to my house I saw the storm rolling
toward me. My pace quickened. The sky started to turn a green color and the
clouds started to spin though no funnels formed.
I
got to the house just as the tornado sirens went off. I hunkered down in the lowest most interior
room I had for about ten minutes very long minutes.
The
tornados stayed away from my home that day.
That’s the closest I’ve ever been to a tornado. After watching news stories of the damage
they cause, I hope I never get any closer.
Pack
out what you pack in.
Sources:
Clouds
by Trudi Strain Trueit, Franklin Watts, a division of Scholastic, Inc. © 2002.
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