ScoutingMarch-April 2002



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Date With Disaster
MATCH THE NATURAL DISASTER WITH THE DATE IT OCCURRED.
1. CAMILLE, THE STRONGEST ATLANTIC HURRICANE IN HISTORY, HAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 155 KNOTS FOR 18 HOURS.

2. 4.5 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER WEIGHING 20 MILLION TONS FLOODED JOHNSTOWN, PA., ON THIS DAY.

3. THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE ON THIS DATE DESTROYED MORE THAN 28,000 HOMES.

4. 180,000 PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF LANDSLIDES IN KANSUE, CHINA, ON THIS DAY.

Nature's Numbers
MATCH THE MEASUREMENT NUMBER IN THE LEFT COLUMN WITH THE NATURAL PHENOMENON IN THE RIGHT COLUMN.
1. BLIZZARD, WHEN WINDS ARE THIS MANY MILES AN HOUR AND TEMPERATURE IS AS LOW AS 10 DEGREES.

2. TORNADO OF VIOLENT STRENGTH CAUSING DEVASTATING DAMAGE.

3. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, OFTEN WITH HAIL AND LIGHTNING, WITH WINDS OF THIS MANY MILES PER HOUR.

4. RICHTER SCALE-RATED EARTHQUAKE PRODUCING TOTAL DESTRUCTION TO NEARBY COMMUNITIES.

5. HIGHTES-CATEGORY HURRICANE, WITH TIDES MORE THAN 18 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

Crossing Mother Nature
FROM THE CLUES PROVIDED, IDENTIFY A DOZEN WORDS CONNECTED IN SOME WAY WITH THE FORCES OF NATURE.
1. ACRONYM FOR GOVERNMENT DISASTER AGENCY
2. STEADY, SEASONAL WIND IN SOTHEAST ASIA AND ON THE SUBCONTINENT
3. SURFACE BLIZZARD CONDITION WITH NO SHADOWS AND NO VISIBLE HORIZON
4. EARTHQUAKE MEASURING SCALE
5. HELEN HUNT MOVIE ABOUT STORM CHASERS
6. CYCLONE (FROM THE CREAK KUKLON, MEANING CIRLE) IS ANOTHER TERM FOR IT
7. INDEX COMBINING TEMERPATURE AND WIND SPEED, USED MOSTLY IN WINTER
8. MELTED ROCK THAT FLOWS FROM VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
9. SAN ANDREAS IS ONE
10. JAPANESE WORD FOR VERY LARGE OCEAN WAVE
11. ANDREW WAS ONE
12. EXTREMELY STRONG WIND

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