TUESDAY, A RIL 28, 1959 Torn do Season to Last For ext Four Months By JOEL MYERS four months are known to the weatherman as season." The next the "tornado The torn. is more corn! the world, Pennsylvani do, which is the most intense storm in the world, on in the United States than anywhere else in by in order to administer aid does not escape ese small but de s, being hit by an or five each year. use hundreds of 'lions of dollars in United States ev- the wrath of vastating stor average of fou Tornado deaths and mil damage in thel ery year. The tamed, as a black c; •, which appears •ne-shaped cloud. roaring sound as an area. This •f a big, black, cloud and the 1 that accompanies ..r into the hearts I e in the vicinity causes a lou ft approache combination funnel-shape • deafening roa it, strikes fe of most peop of the storm. These storms usually have a forward speed of 30 or 35 miles en hour, although the winds with in the cone are estimated to ex ceed 300 miles per hour. Besides these whirling winds of high velo cities, strong updrafts of tremen dous speeds art. also present. Total destruction occurs in the path of the tornado, which us ually ranges from 200 to 1000 feet in width, This is due to the com bination of the high wind velo cities and reduced pressure with in the storm. As a tornado passes over a building it causes a pressure difference between the outside and the inside of the building causing the structure to ex plode. Much of a tornado's de struction results in this manner. While these severe storms have been responsible for considerable destruction and loss of life, occa sionally as many as 700 dying from one storm, they have been the cause of several amusing oc curret.ces. Take the instance of the small baby that was carried out of his crib while sleeping, lifted out of the open window of his bedroom and gently placed in a tree some 300 feet away. He was none the worse because of this flight, receiving not one scratch. Once, a tornado picked up an entire house and all its con tents except for ifs lone inhabi tant, who was left sitting un disturbed in a chair located where the living room had been. Another time, one of these storms picked up a tree from a Midwestern farm and, as it car ried it along in the air, it shaved all the branches from it. It then thrust this huge spear-shaped ob ject earthward at a great speed, causing it to penetrate a concrete bridge that was several feet thick. Another prank often played by the tornado is the driving of thin straws into steel girders, a feat that cannot be performed by any human. The conditi sults in torn: , occurs most f I Central any states, but ca' !ri that often re • development equently in the Southern Plain and often do section of the y state in the hit by at least during the last •me states have such storms in appear in an country. Ev e Union has bee' two tornados I forty years. been hit by 1 One year. It can be see in the nation I.; that no locality really safe from but devastating storms. The United Bureau recogni, tornado forecast set up the Seve Center in Kans. ther Bureau o States Weather ed the need for ing years ago and e Storm Warning s City. This Wea ice studies upper air and surfa e weather maps night and day in an attempt to discover cond lions that might give rise to tor adic demelopment. When such a cow:titian is noted a warni g is sent to that area. The thr Maned areas are notified imm -diately by all means of c•mmunication so they will prepare for the possi bility of a sto m. The Civil D tense network in that section is , lso advised of the Impending dan!er and it stands should it be ieededs Strong Wind, Rain Expected Today Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight will bring ome severe weather to Pennsyl- vania, possibly to the State Col lege area. They will be accompanied by heavy rain, strong gusty winds, with velocities in excess of 50 miles an hour and even some hail. Today will be warm and humid, with showers and thunderstorms developing, especially during the afternoon. Today's high tempera ture will be 70 degrees. Tonight will see a continuation of the showers and thunderstorms !with a chance of occasionally heavy rains. The low will be 55 degrees. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA IFC Applications Deadline Extended The deadline for submitting ap plications for chairmanships of Interfraternity Council commit tees has been extended until Saturday. Applications are available at the Hetzel Union desk and must be returned there. Any fraternity man is eligible to apply, but preference ',yin be given to those who have already served on the committee, accord ing to the IFC. Applications for positions on the committees will not be avail able until the fall. AIM Board to Meet Thursday AIM Board of Governors will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday instead of tomorrow this week. Firings to Talk About Albatross Dr. Hubert W. Frings, professor of zoology, will speak on ''Sounds, 'Sodiuth lons and Scaevola" at 4:15 p.m. today in 112 Buckhout Laboratory. To illustrate his lecture, Frings will use tape recordings of the "language" of birds. He will show films and slides of experiments which have been made on en couraging the albatross, known as the "goony bird," to accept new habitats at man's convenience. Frings holds academic degrees from the University, Oklahoma University and Minnesota Univer sity. He has taught in college de partments of biology, natural sci ence, physics and zoology. In 1945 Frings served as an in sect physiologist at the Army Chemical Center at the Edgewood Arsenal. His research interests have in cluded the chemical senses of in sects, the - effects of sounds on animals and the comparative physiology of taste. PAGE FIVE
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