MSC JORDAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
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JORDAN FELLOWS LECTURES
April 17, 1989, 7:00PM, Memorial Student Center, Room 206
Gregory Coleman:
Douglas Foreman:
Elizabeth Verstegen:
Japan
Belgium, France, United Kingdom,
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
These presentations relate recent student experi
ences of research and study in preparation for careers con
cerned with international affairs.
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Brazos County not prone
to tornadoes, expert says
Locals can expect about 1 twister every' 2 years
By Holly Becka
REPORTER
Although tornado season is upon
us»nd an average of 129 tornadoes
occur in Texas each year, Brazos
County is likely to experience about
one tornado every two years, meteo
rologists at Texas A&M said.
Meteorology department head
Dr. James Scoggins said Brazos
County does not lay in “tornado al
ley,” a region including north cen
tral Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Missouri. Researchers determined
the tendency of tornadoes to be
greater in the alley than in other
parts of the country.
“We are fortunate to not have
many tornadoes since we are not
near the belt of maximum (tornado)
occurrence,” Scoggins said.
A&M meteorology professor and
Texas State Climatologist John Grif
fiths said Brazos County is located
in a “low” part of the state, also ac
counting for its infrequency of tor
nadoes.
Scoggins described tornadoes as
NEW YORK (AP) — A platoon of
plodding pachyderms strolled
through midtown to Central Park on
Monday, to the bewilderment of of
fice workers and the delight of hun
dreds of children.
“New York’s a jungle,” said S.L.
Grimes, 38, shaking his head as he
watched the 18 adult elephants and
a youngster maneuver through Co
lumbus Circle.
The parade and brief show on the
park’s Great Lawn was a publicity
columns of air rotating rapidly on a
vertical axis in a counter-clockwise
direction.
“Tornado season coincides with
thunderstorm season,” he said, “and
they occur in highly unstable air (an
air condition favorable for the for
mation of tornadoes), which is prev
alent in the spring.
“The peak coincides with the time
of year when cool air masses still are
moving down from the north and
there is warm, moist air moving up
from the south,” he contin
ued.
“When the two air masses collide,
the warm, moist air is lifted over the
cooler air and leads to great instabil
ity, which sets off severe thunder
storms.”
He said thunderstorms and tor
nadoes are most likely to occur in
the afternoon or the early evening
because of the warm temperature of
the ground.
Scoggins says there are no partic
ular warning signs of a forthcoming
tornado that can be detected with
out a radar, unless a funnel cloud
extends down from the cumulonim-
stum by the Kingling Bros, and Bar-
num & Bailey Circus, which is in
town through April 23.
Keeping them in line, tails-to-
trunks, was whip-wielding Gunther
Gebel-Williams, the animal trainer
who is calling this his final tour.
Two street cleaners followed the
parade, brushing and spraying away
evidence of the elephants’ passing.
Predictably, some motorists were
not amused, laying on their horns as
crosstown traffic came to a stop.
Others just laughed.
bus cloud.
“ 1 he tornado can be detected on
the radar in the form of a hook,’’he
said. “ There will be a five or ten
minute warning for a community
once it is detected on radar, but
there is nothing visual except for
the rotating cloud.”
Scoggins said horizontal rain, a
calming of the weather and a yellow
sky are not necessarily indications of
a tornado.
He said distinguishing between a
tornado watch and a tornado warn
ing is important.
“A tornado watch means condi
tions are favorable for a tornado,"
Scoggins said. “A tornado warning
means a tornado is imminent, has
been spotted on the radar or is in
progress. This means you should
take cover.”
Scoggins said if you get caught in
a tornado while at home, the best
thing to do is to go into a sunken
room and put covering, such as pil
lows or quilts, over the entire
body.
“Get in the lowest place you can
and stay there,” he said, “or get un
der a large piece of furniture, such
as under a bed, or get into an inter
nal closet. It is important to stay
away from plumbing and electrical
appliances or anything metal, which
conducts electricity.
“The most recent research indi
cated the most damage is done bi
wind force, not by pressure, so yon
should leave your windows and
doors shut and stay away ft' 011 ’
glass,” Scoggins said.
He said if you live in a trader
home or are in a car or outside
when a tornado strikes, get into a
low ditch or ravine if possible, but
be aware of flash flooding. ,
“If a warning is issued, stay tune
to the local radio station or the
NOAA (National Oceanic and At
mospheric Administration) weather
radio station,” Scoggins said.
Parade of pachyderms
plods through New York
Senate sends cycle helmet bill to governor
AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday approved
and sent to the governor a bill that would require all
motorcycle riders to wear helmets for protection after
narrowly defeating a motion that would have held up
passage.
Final legislative action came as the Senate on voice
vote accepted a House amendment that would autho
rize a waiver from wearing a helmet for medical reasons
for up to 10 days.
Prior to that vote, the Senate beat back an attempt to
send the amended bill to a House-Senate conference
committee to address riders who might have long-term
physical disabilities.
The motion for a conference committee failed 14-16,
although Sen. Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena, assured spon
sor Ted Lyon, D-Rockwall, that he was “not trying to
use this as a means to kill the bill.”
Lyon asked the Senate to vote with him “so that your
anTr n ° l f]oode< J with calls you’ve been receiving"
and could go on to other business.
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f u 'I 1 J< -S an on another bill that should not, under
A e K S ’,^ Ve been discussed.
A i* 1 y ^ en ' p ra ig Washington would allow pa r ‘
n . • . ( g uar dians to prohibit the use of corpor 3
air-mi ; , men ! suc h as hitting, spanking or paddling"
th? A t i' den r S by f,lin g a written waiver on or before
n,m A C ay ° f Sch ° o1 or before the date on which the
punishment occurs.
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he c l ues tioned the way it was written, saying
I l,J e( diem to be comfortable with it.” n
wh, ( , 1 \ VO, \ a " nounce d to bring up the bill was 20-
ever th A i le bare ubnimum. It was learned later, how
show h a V ™ e was 19-11, so the Senate Journal wj
discuss' a 1 U ru es hailed to suspend and, in effect, t
discussion never took place.
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