More Hurricanes coming!!!

What is this a map of?
It's the hurricane map of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Are there more hurricanes coming? Yes, take a look!

It this today's map?

Yes, it is.

When will the hurricanes stop?
Not until the last of November.


Have a nice day!

Florida Stufff #2

A

What's he doing?

He's kayaking. What's kayaking?

It's using a kayak to move across the water.

What's that in his hands?

That's called a paddle.

What kind of kayak is that?

That one is made for oceans.

Are there different types of kayaks?

Yes, there are several types of kayak. 

Is he kayaking in the ocean?

Yes, we can kayak almost anywhere.

Have you ever tried kayaking?

B

What's this?
It's a map.
It's a map of what?
This is a hurricane map.
What's a hurricane?
A hurricane is like a typhoon.
What does this map show?
It show the paths of the hurricane.
Which is the hurricane?
Igor is the hurricane.
What's #12?
That's a tropical storm.
How's it different from a hurricane?
Storms differ by wind speed.
A hurricane has stronger wind speeds than a tropical storm.

C

What are those?

Those are sea horses.

Is it a real horse?

No, it's not. Do you know what it is?

No, I don't, please tell me.

It's really a fish.

Is it native to Florida?

Yes, it is.

What do they eat?

They eat small crustaceans.

Do you like crustaceans? Yes, I do.

Where are sea horses found?

They are found throughout the world.

How many species of sea horse are there?

There are over 40 species of sea horse.

Have a nice day!!!

Sunday Morning Flowers

Hi! Here are this weeks' flowers.
The flower above is last weeks' winner.
Please take a look at the flowers below.
Choose your favorite one.
                

Let me know which you like.

Have a nice day!!!

Which do you like?

Which is your favorite picture?                               A

B

C

D

These are Chupacabra babies.

Have a nice day!!!

Colorado Fires

What's that called?

It's called a wildfire.

Where's Colorado?

It's a western state.

Hundreds of residents had to evacuate from their homes.

At least 165 homes have burned.

How was this picture taken?

It was taken by airplane.

High winds are helping the fire.

Cost of the fire could reach 2 billion dollars.

More than 500 firefighters are working.

I hope the fire is put out soon.
What's Colorado famous for?
See the Otter for the answer.


Have a nice day.

FWC

What's FWC mean?

It means Fish & Wildlife Commission.

What is it? It's a police force.

A police force? What for?

The FWC enforces and monitors animals

and animal laws in the state of Florida.

It's an animal police force!

This is an airboat. It's used to travel the swamps of Florida.

It's better than walking.

There are over 1,800 officers.

Also, there are 73 field offices.

Here's a picture of a police boat.

Do you have your fishing licence?

The FWC was formed in 1999.

FWC also has helicopters.

They can watch from the sky.

The FWC has a lot of equipment.

Yes, they have guns too.

FWC is an armed police force.

The FWC is headquartered in Tallahassee.

Do you remember Tallahassee?

Besides enforce the law, what else do they do?

This officer has caught a Burmese python.

This snake is not native to Florida.

It's a dangerous animal. It can even kill alligators.

This animal is invasive. It will be destroyed.

What are those? Those are turtle eggs.

The FWC helped move the eggs because of the oil spill.

The FWC has many responsibilities

and duties in the state of Florida.

Have a nice day!

Tallahassee is the state capitol of Florida.

Florida Stuff

A

What's he doing? Do you know what it's called?

This is s.c.u.b.a. diving. The man is swimming under the water.

What does s.c.u.b.a. mean? It means...

S self            

C contained  

U underwater

B breathing   

A apparatus 

The scuba tank was invented by Jacques Cousteau.

He was from France. Jacques Cousteau was

 also a very famous oceanographer. He had a big boat

and he traveled all over the world studying the oceans.

B

What kind of a fish is this? It's a lion fish.

It's beautiful, I like it.

But it's a dangerous invasive species.

What do you mean 'invasive'? Whys it dangerous?

Invasive means invader!

This fish is not native to Florida.

                     It causes problems by eating the other fish.
                     The dorsal fin of this fish has venom.
                     It can strike with the dorsal spine very quickly.
                     Never, ever touch this fish.

                   

                                                                               C

What are those? Those are the inner planets. Can you name them?

In order? Please name each planet and say something about it.

Mercury is the closest to the sun so it's always very hot.

There is no water there and it's a small planet

It's impossible to live there.

 Mercury is a long way away.

Venus is the 2nd planet in the solar system.

It's also very hot. I don't want to go to Venus.

However, the Japanese spacecraft 'Ikaros' is going to Venus.

Ikaros is a prototype 'solar sail' spacecraft.

Earth is the 3rd planet. Earth is the water planet.

This is where I live. I like it here. 

70% of the Earth is covered with water.

Mars is the last of the inner planets. 

It's color is red. Mars had water before. Recently,

scientists found water on Mars. We can't breathe on Mars.

I want to visit Mars. But, I can't stay there. 

D

  

                   What kind of bird is that?
                   That's not a bird. It's a dinosaur.
                   That's a dinosaur? No way! What kind of a dinosaur?
                   That's velociraptor. It's remains have been found
                   by paleontologists  in Florida.
                   I thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers.
                  Yes, they did have feathers. New research shows this.