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Heavy rain can cause deadly events
That information is great but it’s not talking about heavy rain like the two of them are experiencing outside. Then she finds a picture showing the heavy rain similar to what is happening in their town. “Yeti, I think I found a great article on heavy rain,” Kimmy says. “They are saying that it’s called torrential…
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The smell of rain
‘According to The Smithsonian, two Australian scientists coined the term petrichor to describe the distinct smell of rain. During a dry spell or a drought, many plants produce oils that signal the plant to stop growing. After a steady rain, these oils are released into the air. Plant oils can also mix with other chemicals…
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What is lightning?
“Here is an article about lightning,” says Kimmy. “I wonder if they mention anything about thunder. Hey Yeti did you ever hear what parents used to tell their children whenever there was the sound of thunder? My father also told us this. Whenever we would hear the sound of thunder that meant that God was bowling. How silly…
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What causes thunder?
‘Lightning causes thunder! Energy from a lightning channel heats the air briefly to around 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, much hotter than the surface of the sun. This causes the air to explode outward. The huge pressure in the initial outward shock wave decreases rapidly with increasing distance and within ten yards or so has…
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Time to head home
Now what? They both decide that it’s time to go home. They are both very surprised when they walk outside because the rain is coming down even heavier, if that was even possible. “Let’s get into my boat and I’ll take you home,” Kimmy says. Yeti gets in reluctantly because he fears that his weight might cause the boat to…
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The rain doesn’t let up
A few days pass and the rain hasn’t stopped. Now what? Kimmy is bored out of her mind. She can’t go outside because it’s downpouring. Everywhere it’s flooded. She decides to open her tablet to play some candy crush games. After playing the games for an hour or so, Kimmy decides that she has had enough of crushing…
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Yeti finds some interesting information on Google
At the other end of town Yeti is also very bored. He can’t go outside to help the players with their game levels with this heavy rain. The studio suggests that he can try to do something virtual. As luck would have it, he hasn’t gotten any text messages but if he does then he will have to give the virtual a try. He grabs…
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Kimmy calls Yeti to share what she found on Google
Kimmy decides to give Yeti a call to find out what he’s been up to. “Hi Yeti, how are you?” Kimmy says. “I can’t believe that it’s still downpouring. It feels like it will never stop! I was so bored that I went on my tablet and checked on Google to see if there is any way that we can make the rain stop. I found articles on…
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Yeti might have found a solution
Yeti looks out the window hoping that the rain may have stopped. No such luck. “I found an article that might be our solution!” says Yeti. “Hold on a second while I get my tablet because I think that this one article might have our solution! I want to read it to you.” ‘The Native Americans wore special costumes when…
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Breaking news in the Candy Kingdom
This is K.I.N.G. reporting to you from the studio. We just got word that there is a scarecrow contest in Candy Town today and quite a few characters have created their own scarecrow. @KimElston is on the scene. Take it away Kim! “I am here in Candy Town today and what a beautiful day it is,” says Kim. “There are quite a…
