The Nature fury: The big storm in Brooks 9 days ago.


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  I love science, as you know if you come once in a while to read my posts. And I am eager to try to transmit this passion to my kids, and when they show some interest, I bomb them with more material. My oldest daughter became interested in weather events, so I brought her books from the library that are written for kids about weather phenomena. Also we check the weather news, even if they are local, we still enjoy checking them, even if sometimes they are catastrophic.


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The weather started to get ugly when I was setting up my tent. It got worse but I didn't have time to take pictures.

  We love how nature is manifesting and it triggers our curiosity. Here we had big storms between June and August. Of course we don't want to be in the middle of a bad storm and risk our lives or even our house or car. But the information that is behind that event is always very interesting. It is the same as my passion for biology, I love snakes, how they are, but of course I won't try to touch one and I would avoid for sure a close contact with this animal, especially rattlesnakes that are common in here.

  Around 3 weekends ago, we went camping in the Dinosaur Provincial Park, it is close to a small city called Patricia north of Brooks, here in Alberta. During that perio,d we were still having risks of bad storms all around the province. The check-in in the campgrounds was at 4 pm, we got there by 4:20 and the sky was getting dark. I checked the radar in the weather app and saw big dense clouds moving from the west. So I needed to set up my tent as soon as possible. I would say I was 90% luck since the tent was almost finished when it started to rain a lot. I was just finishing putting in the ground the last strings just to make the tent safer to wind which I feared it could get worse.

  In the end, I got soaked, but my family were safe and sound inside the tent. It just rained a lot with some lightinngs, nothing more. Despite of the mosquitos our weekend there was safe and sound. In the same week probably those who live in Alberta heard about the bad storm that happened in the same region. I watched a video from The Weather Network giving more data about it. Before that I only saw houses in Brooks and the surroundings damaged by huge golf sized hail. But the worst is that the region suffered from a Downburst. The damage was terrible for crops and especially for power lines in the region. I saw pictures of big power lines just in the ground.

  Downburst it is just a big amount of wind coming from the sky vertically a high speed. When it encounters the ground, it just spreads horizontally; in this case, they are classified as EF1 tornado winds. So they identified maximum winds up to 165 km/h. It is almost like a wind explosion in my head. In this website you can check more about this big meteorological event that occured here.


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  I feel very sorry for those who suffered with this nature rage, but still we get amazed by how nature can still surprise us and bring something so different. The knowledge behind that is amazing, despite of I would hate to be in the middle of this event. I couldn't even sleep well during the last hail storm that we had with pea-sized hail.


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  Eu adoro ciência, como você sabe se vier de vez em quando ler meus posts. E estou ansiosa para tentar transmitir essa paixão aos meus filhos, e quando eles demonstram algum interesse, eu os bombardeio com mais material. Minha filha mais velha se interessou por eventos climáticos, então eu trouxe para ela livros da biblioteca escritos para crianças sobre fenômenos climáticos. Também conferimos as notícias meteorológicas, mesmo que sejam locais, ainda gostamos de consultá-las, mesmo que às vezes sejam catastróficas.


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O tempo começou a ficar feio quando eu estava montando minha barraca. Piorou, mas não tive tempo de tirar fotos.

  Adoramos como a natureza se manifesta e isso desperta nossa curiosidade. Aqui, tivemos grandes tempestades entre junho e agosto. Claro que não queremos estar no meio de uma tempestade forte e arriscar nossas vidas, ou até mesmo nossa casa ou carro. Mas as informações por trás desse evento são sempre muito interessantes. É a mesma coisa que minha paixão por biologia: adoro cobras, como elas são, mas é claro que não vou tentar tocar em nenhuma e evitaria, com certeza, o contato próximo com esse animal, especialmente com cascavéis, que são comuns por aqui.

  Há cerca de 3 fins de semana, fomos acampar no Parque Provincial dos Dinossauros, perto de uma pequena cidade chamada Patricia, ao norte de Brooks, aqui em Alberta. Durante esse período, ainda corríamos riscos de tempestades fortes em toda a província. O check-in no acampamento foi às 16h, chegamos lá às 16h20 e o céu estava escurecendo. Verifiquei o radar no aplicativo de previsão do tempo e vi nuvens grandes e densas se movendo do oeste. Então, eu precisava montar minha barraca o mais rápido possível. Eu diria que tive 90% de sorte, já que a barraca estava quase pronta quando começou a chover muito. Eu estava terminando de colocar as últimas cordas no chão só para deixar a barraca mais segura para enrolar, o que eu temia que pudesse piorar.

  No final, fiquei encharcado, mas minha família estava sã e salva dentro da barraca. Choveu muito, com alguns raios, nada mais. Apesar dos mosquitos, nosso fim de semana lá foi são e salvo. Na mesma semana, provavelmente quem mora em Alberta ouviu falar da forte tempestade que aconteceu na mesma região. Assisti a um vídeo da The Weather Network com mais dados sobre o assunto. Antes disso, eu só tinha visto casas em Brooks e arredores danificadas por granizo enorme, do tamanho de um campo de golfe. Mas o pior é que a região sofreu com uma rajada de vento. Os danos foram terríveis para as plantações e, principalmente, para as linhas de energia da região. Vi fotos de grandes linhas de energia enterradas no chão.

  Downburst é simplesmente uma grande quantidade de vento vindo do céu verticalmente em alta velocidade. Ao atingir o solo, espalha-se horizontalmente; neste caso, são classificados como ventos de tornado EF1. Portanto, identificaram ventos máximos de até 165 km/h. É quase como uma explosão de vento na minha cabeça. Neste site você pode conferir mais sobre este grande evento meteorológico que ocorreu aqui.


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  Sinto muito por aqueles que sofreram com essa fúria da natureza, mas ainda assim ficamos impressionados com a forma como a natureza ainda pode nos surpreender e trazer algo tão diferente. O conhecimento por trás disso é incrível, apesar de eu odiar estar no meio desse evento. Eu nem consegui dormir direito durante a última tempestade de granizo que tivemos, com granizo do tamanho de uma ervilha.


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Nature is really good and know if it is because of it's natural nature

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Even if you planted the tent it was risky, if it started rain ice it could have broken it, or the wind blow it everywhere...

This summer it's been full of storms here, last yesterday, streets flooded again

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It could but luckly the storm wasnt one of those 🤪

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Glad your family stayed safe! Nature can be both fascinating and scary. Thanks for sharing your experience.

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Que bien, que intentes transmitirles esas ideas a tus hijos que se interesen por la ciencia y la naturaleza☺.
Debes de tener mucha precaución con el clima de esos tipos.

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I can totally relate to this, I usually get scared and also amazed by storms. It's incredible to educate about the science behind it. Your daughter is lucky to have a parent who supports the passion for discovery.

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