Thunderbolts and Lightening!

For my fans from high school, you may be thinking this post will be about my mutton chops, but imma save that topic for later (for my other fans--my chops were named Thunderbolts and Lightening). Actually, by popular demand Imma post about meteorology. Around 3PM today there was a red alert for Thundersnow, which has piqued my interest in Xtreme weather.

Many scientists debate the defination of Xtreme weather, especially whether it should include whirlpools, rouge waves, that big red spot on Jupitor, and other natural disturbances which, while cool, are unrelated to Earth's atmosphere. I like to embrace all things, but for purposes of this post imma confine myself to events associated with the jetstream.

Though i've been known to crouch down like a hunchback and run like the dickens when i'm outside in a thunderstorm (when you're my height, it's only prudent), I actually love thunderstorms, on the condition that i'm protected from the lightening (FACT: IT IS THE LIGHTENING, NOT THE THUNDER, THAT IS DANGEROUS). One time @Sagar and I went driving around Lawrence during a crazy storm and sagar kept screaming "The wrath of nature!". It was kinda scary at the time but tight in hindsight. Also, it was a fun scary like when you see a gross bug in an aquarium. But my fans are here for learning, not yarn-spinning (we'll see how they like my upcoming post on arts and crafts lol). Thunderstorms are caused when nature has decided its been too boring and should spice things up--that's why many cultures call thunderstorms the oregano of the gods.

Some thunderstorms are extra spicy, and these we call tornados. Tornados are tight (except the mile wide ones lol), especially because they spurred the invention of basements. In most houses the basement is the coolest room (especially when there's a ping pong table), and for this we can thank tornados.

One of the most unlikely types of weather is THUNDERSNOW. This phenomenon occurs when a disturbance in the stratosphere causes snowflakes to hit each other really hard. FACT: EVERY SNOWFLAKE IS UNIQUE. The best part about Thundersnow is that it usually cancels work, e.g. this afternoon. Also, I associate it with sledding, like the time last winter when the Kimmler and I slid down that hill on a blow up pool toy. KAWABUNGA!

Hurricanes are also kinda interesting, especially Hurricane Andrew. Overall, i like weather and hope there're some cool storms this year, but that no one gets hurt and everyone is entertained.