Month: October 2013

Swackett Fun Fact:  Did you know?  Pagophobia is the fear of ice or frost.

Swackett Weather Fun Fact:  Hurricanes never form at the equator because they need the Coriolis Force, which is very weak at the equator, to spin.

Swackett Weather Fun Fact:  The temperature in the tropical rainforest is around 86 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and at night it drops to about 68 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit.

Swackett Fun Fact:  The light emitted from the sun travels at 186,000 miles per second and reaches the earth in 8.3 minutes.

Swackett Fun Fact:  The Earth’s plates move just a few inches a year—about as fast as a person’s fingernails grow.

Swackett Weather Fun Fact:   A hurricane can reach 40,000 to 50,000 feet up into the sky.

 

Swackett Fun Fact:   The average distance between stars is 20 million million miles.

Swackett Weather Fun Fact:   If you have a fear of snow, it is called chionophobia.

 

Swackett Fun Fact:   Christopher Columbus wrote the first known report of a hurricane in 1495.