Raising Children to Weather the Storm
As we were getting ready to leave for school the other day, Princess opened the door and shouted, “Snow!” But, it hadn’t been snowing at all. It was actually frost that formed on the car overnight, which inspired us to do a frost science experiment. [bctt tweet=”Weather Wise: Quick and Easy Frost Science Experiment “]…
It’s hard to imagine almost 30 inches of snow in New York City. Blizzard 2016 broke lots of records, and I’m so happy that I got a chance to cover it. Forecasting the weather is what I do, so when I received the phone call to help out with snow coverage, I couldn’t say no. [bctt…
Kids are always asking questions about various weather phenomenon like “how does a volcano explode” and “how does God make it rain.” I’ve heard it all. This past summer Princess saw a rainbow for the first time. So you can imagine the question that followed – “how does a rainbow form?” she asked. It just…
Like many four-year-olds, my daughter asks a ton of questions. Just the other day she asked, “what’s a tornado?” I couldn’t exactly go into a long winded scientific explanation of how updrafts created from a thunderstorm can produce a rotating column of air that connects the earth’s surface with the cloud. So, I kept the answer very…
I remember being assigned a science project in elementary school. When the teacher asked what I had chosen, I told her I wanted to do mine on a volcano. I knew nothing about how to make a volcano or how to make it erupt. I wanted to construct a huge lava spewing mountain. Instead, I ended up…
My daughter has always been obsessed with snow. Before there was Frozen, all she wanted to do was go sledding and build a snowman. So, it didn’t come as a surprise when she asked me how to make fake snow, which ties into what I do for a living. My job as a weather anchor…
