Kristen's Classroom: Atlantic hurricane records

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica with violent winds, damaging storm surge and torrential rain this week, coming ashore as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Ocean. Here’s a look at some other notable storms that Melissa is joining the record books. Lowest pressure The hurricane with the lowest … Read more

Evergreen High School students reconnect at Evergreen Lake before returning to the classroom

Evergreen, COLO (KDVR) – Dozens of Evergreen high school students came to Lake Evergreen Lake on Wednesday, for a free boat day hosted by officials in the hope of giving students some time to re -call before returning to the classroom. “The teenagers are flexible because they are ready to see their classmates, they are … Read more

LIVE: Kristen's Classroom: Why do the leaves change in the fall?

Austin (KXAN) – With the shift of the seasons earlier this week, many may wonder, when we can expect that Feel and Look Like falling in the center of Texas? Although the weather will start giving us more falling feeling in the morning this week (the 1960s), we are likely to wait some time before … Read more

Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III to step down after a week of turmoil over viral classroom video

((Texas Tribune– The University of Texas A &M system announced on Thursday that the President of the University of Texas A and M. Mark A. Wilch III will resign more than a week after the disturbances that were ignited by a viral video of a student facing a professor of sexual content in the children’s … Read more

LIVE: Kristen's Classroom: One-on-one with a storm chaser

Austin-The storm chase is members of the weather community, as they provide a perspective on the ground from dangerous storms of all kinds. These trained highlights can provide high -end information for life with eyewitnesses. I had the opportunity to speak with Gabi Cox, meteorological world, a veteran storm chase and a member of the … Read more

Kristen's Classroom: Historic August hurricanes

Augan – Data contracts appear as one of the most preoccupied months for the Atlantic Hurricane season. Its average is about four storms of its name, and it usually becomes hurricanes, August is the second most active month from the season (second to September). Tribal Climate in the Atlantic Ocean basin (courtesy: Noa) The environment … Read more

Kristen's Classroom: Field trip to Moody Gardens

Austin (KXAN) – In a special edition of the semester of Christine, the meteorologist Christine Corrie Corie is a field trip to Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas, to explore its water exhibitions and rainforests. Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid The pelvic pyramid in Moody Gardens explores the life of the ocean in some of the most … Read more

Kristen's Classroom: Hurricane season lingo

Austin – “Buzzsaw”, “Fish Storm”, and “Infium Effect” are all terms that you may hear meteorologists who use it during the hurricane season. But what do they mean? Below is a list of official (informal) words and phrases used to describe storms and tropical systems. “Buzzsaw”: A metaphor used to describe a strong or destroyed … Read more

Texas House advances bill to require Ten Commandments in every classroom, after vote on the Sabbath

NexStar – A draft law supported by Republicans won to request public schools to put the ten commandments in each semester initial approval on Saturday. The vote was 88-49. The result determines the stage to vote on the final approval of Senate Bill 10 To happen on Sunday. The state deputy, James Talarico, De Austin, … Read more