masters of disaster.
Okay.
Can you imagine what it would be like to be in a hurricane?
Well, sure. Lita is here to tell
you a fable about her cakes.
Oh, what are you doing? You know what I
have in my hand. Right?
But these aren't the frogs. That would say hello. How you doing? Thes
frogs make a certain kind of noise. Cokie?
Cokie, can you say that, Cody? Very
good, Because I'm gonna need you to help me tell this story.
You see all the animals gathered asking. Have you
heard? Have you heard? Cookie?
Sounds much like a bird. Ah, but a bird is not,
says Grandpa Kiko sitting on a log. Cool.
What's the song of the Cokie Frogs
this time? It just doesn't sound right. Not like
the song. They usually sing at night.
How do you mean?
Sounds like coming of a hurricane.
Little Geico grandpa explains
the company off. Much were in Greek
rain. Yeah. When we celebrate
with joy and laughter, wait to see what
comes after. If we know in time we can prepare.
The nature's great storm won't be such a scared.
Cokie's will tell us which path it will take
which villages made flood trees
me break. It's always
different rearranging the land,
But we're still trying to learn. Still trying to
understand. You know, I've seen many, many,
and they're never the same. Those hurricanes
just can't tank. So if you ever hear
that sound body
missing very carefully because it just
might be a hurricane. You were great.
Thank you. No. Great. Thank you.
Yeah. Great. Wasn't that great bad about
E? Help me? Did you enjoy that table?
Yeah, that's good. So let's discover
what a hurricane is. Do you know? Yeah.
Okay. What do you think? A big storm.
Uh, a big storm with lots of win.
Good. Yes. Yes. You're both right. Ah, Hurricane is a big
storm with strong winds and usually lots of
rain. Hurricanes have winds that
blow around a place in the center where there's
no wind at all. That place is called the I.
The way that the hurricane clouds blow around the eye
is called a spiral. Now we can make a
spiral of hurricane clouds using cotton. Come on
over here.
Everybody take a cotton ball.
Good. Now I want you to stretch your cotton ball out
into skinny pieces of cotton. You can stretch it out and mash it
down. I'm gonna put glue on this paper.
You're gonna press the cotton on top of the spiral to show
what hurricane clouds look like.
We're making a spiral. This is the way
hurricane clouds go around the eye. Hurricane spirals
always go around the same direction. Yes, they do. They always go
counterclockwise. That's the opposite direction of the hands of a clock.
Put an eye in the middle. The harder the wind blows,
the bigger the hurricane is. You're right. He's gonna finish that off.
Good distance.
Good job. Cover up that glue on.
There we go. Perfect. Okay, good. Good job. What a
great you sit back down on. We'll learn about hurricanes.
Hurricane start out as storms over the ocean. They
need warm water to grow and gain strength if the winds get
stronger and the rain gets heavier than we call it a tropical
storm. If the storm keeps getting bigger until the
wind is blowing really, really hard, then weather
scientists call it. Ah, Hurricane. Do they have hurricanes
all over the world? Yes, they dio, but in some countries, like
Japan, they're called typhoons.
And on the east coast of our country, we say it's
hurricane season again. What do you mean by hurricane
season? That is a good question. What I mean by
that is that in the United States on the East Coast, which
is by the Atlantic Ocean, hurricanes can happen for six months out of the
year from June through November, which is why they call it a
hurricane season now on the west coast of our country, which is
by the Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes can happen at all different times, so they don't call
it a season. Now. If we were weather
watchers, what sort of weather would we watch for during hurricane
season? I'd watch for some rain.
I'd watch her lots of rain. And when good,
I'd watch for another month. When there aren't any.
Hurricane hurricanes can be very
dangerous storms. If a hurricane was coming our way, Do you know
what we do to prepare? No, no, Tell us. Let's
listen to this radio announcement. Hurricane is moving in our direction with
winds clocked at 100 MPH.
Everyone in your family should know your family disaster
plan. Let's find out.
Let's check our family disaster supply kit. Great idea.
I'll call on Carolina and make sure she knows we may be coming over if we have to leave
because of Hurricane, I'll lock the windows, close the shutters
and bring all the outdoor things inside so they don't get blown away.
I'll unplug the television and the computer I filled.
It's big bottle. With what? Here's our
battery powered radio, flashlight
and some extra batteries way. Also have our
first aid kit way Have
water. We have our food
tasty. Do we have a can
opener? Because some of these foods Aaron can't wait Did.
Here's the blanket
and some books, just in case we want to meet them.
Here's some extra tools I brought along with us.
I guess that's everything, Seth. Widespread flooding is
expected in our area. Please be ready to evacuate your homes
if necessary.
Okay, those are some good tips now, since the
hurricane causes lots of rain, hurricane can also cause
floods. But of course, you don't need a hurricane to have a flood
because a flood can happen any time that a lot of rain falls in a short
period during a storm like hurricane. Ah,
lot of rain falls very quickly in a few hours or a day in other
kinds of weather. Rain can fall over a few days or even a few
weeks. What happens is so much
rain comes down on rivers, streams, lakes and
canals that they can't hold it all. That's when flooding
happens. Now let's discover how flooding works
by looking at our little town in the sandbox.
What we did here was build this little town in the sand. We have
hills and valleys and a stream bed. Ashley,
will you turn on the water? Slowly.
Good. Gently. Now everybody gets a bottle. Pass that down. Good.
Now we are going to spray above the town very
gently so the rain comes down. Go ahead. Spray in the air.
Good. Well, higher to the rain comes down.
Hey, this isn't gonna fly. Squirt it hard.
Oil is getting very grand. Is getting soaked
because the water doesn't have anywhere to go.
Good. Now open up your nozzles on spray.
Even harder that we have a very hard rain storm. Like
hurry. Like the houses there following
what's happening. The river is getting bigger.
Okay, good. What have we learned about flooding? Let's turn those sprays
off. What have we learned about flooding? Once the soil gets too wet from the
rain, water has no place to go. So it floods.
Exactly. Can you turn that faucet off? Ashley? If there's a lot of
rain or rain falls for a long time, flooding can happen.
Flooding can be dangerous and it can happen any time. And any
place the water rises in the rivers and streams very
quickly. We call it flash flooding. Why do you
think we use the word flash to describe that kind of flooding? Because it goes fast,
huh? What else? Because it's
kind of like a flash of lightning. The flashes
Quick. It's very fast. Now, if you were
outside playing and you saw floodwaters coming
very fast do you know what you should do? No.
For over here and find out
if you see floodwaters, You stop where you are. Turn around and
climb the higher ground. So even if it looks safe to play
in floodwater, don't. Because the water may still be rising
fast. So to be safe, stop turn
around and climbed to higher ground. Good. Those
are some good tips Now, Today we learned about
hurricanes and how to prepare for them. And we learned about flooding. And what to do with a
flash flood happens. So what do you say
we make some mud pies now? Yeah, OK, Go for
it.
You know, that's what nto
nice. We're here to