Tonado 5/26

Many lives were taken due to a huge tornado on Sunday night in Joplin, Missouri.  This tornado wiped out St. John's Regional Medical Center and people, including patients had to be moved across the street because the hospital happened to catch on fire.  There has been recorded breaking tornados and deaths so far this year.  Everything standing up in the city was devastatingly flattened.  By Sunday night, Jay Nixon, Missouri's governor already activated the National Guard and declared a state emergency.

Reading about this stuff and seeing it on T.V. is one thing, but I couldn't imagine having an enormous tornado coming at me. Like, what would you do?  You couldn't do anything; except get low and hope it doesn't take your life, or anyone you love.  This year has been completely devastating, I honestly think the world will be wiped out by December 2012!  My thoughts and prayers are with the people that lost there lives, and there family and friends. Maybe living in Maine isn't such a bad thing, but I shouldn't speak too soon.

5/26 Acid Rain Article

1.) List a few of the gases which lead to acid rain.
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides
2.) What is the source of much of the acid rain producing gases in Pennsylvania?
high-sulfur coal burned in power plants, automobiles
3.) Briefly explain how acid rain forms.
sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are produced when fuels burn. it forms when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere combine with water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid