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#MythBusterMonday!

 

Here you will find answers to common myths about weather.

Each of these slides were a part in a series of social media posts we made during 2020 and 2021.

 


MYTH: You can't get sunburn in the winter. Not true.


It's never too cold for snow, but perhaps too dry.


Green Christmas, Snow on Easter?


Thunder in winter equals snow 7 days later. Not really. But it could.


Cold weather itself can not make you sick


Woolly Worms


Autumn Colors


Water going down the drain


There is not a thunderstorm bubble over your house


Open the windows and let the tornado in...


Torndaoes do occur in the mountains and in cities!


It's NOT! safe to drive on a flooded road


Lightning CAN strike the same place twice


Tornadoes only occur in Tornado Alley (not!)


Heat Lightning #2


Heat Lightning #1