http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201154620.htm
Over the past month our area has been harshly affected by the snow, and recent satellite images from NASA prove that we may have more snow coming our way. NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites have been providing visible, infrared and microwave looks at the storm’s clouds, temperatures, and extent. NASA has been receiving visible and infrared images every 15 minutes. This morning at 9:01 a.m. an image of the low pressure area that stretched from the Rockies and Texas to the New England area blanketed half of the continental United States. Unfortunately for the Northeast the worst weather as of the past few days is in the Midwest, so the worst is yet to come for New Yorkers.
Tonight Chicago is expecting two feet of snow and a total of nine states are under blizzard warnings. The article, written by sciencedaily, is fairly ominous of what is yet to come for the eastern seaboard. This warning article reaches from Texas to Maine as cities such as Boston expect to receive at most 18 inches in the upcoming 24 hours. I thought this was a good article to write a review for because, in recent weeks, Bronxville and most of our area has been hampered by the seemingly endless snow; as soon as we recover from one debilitating storm, another one rears its ugly head. I really enjoyed how the article showed the accuracies of the NASA satellites.
The article was very informative and at the same time it was stating the obvious. The obvious part came from the fact that it is obviously cold and the snow and ice that has accumulated throughout the region has had fairly lasting effects. The educational part of the article finds its root in talking about the use of NASA’s satellites. The use of infrared and microwave looks from satellites was extremely interesting and it made me a little less skeptical about the art of predicting the weather in our area; as we all know weather men are not always right, Dr. Paul Stuart Wichansky would be the first to tell you that. However, using the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) NASA has become a more than reliable way of seeing how the weather will affect society.
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Henry wrote a good review on the article “NASA Satellites Capture Data on Monster Storm Affecting 30 US States.” First of all, he did a great job choosing an interesting article. I really liked how he was able to compare the current harsh weather to satellite images from the article. He explained that the images show more snow will be coming our way. For New York, the storms are in the Midwest and the worst hasn’t even hit us yet which Henry did a nice job explaining. To make the review better and more complete, I think a couple quotes taken from the article would have helped further explain and back up evidence. From this review, I learned how accurate the NASA satellites are and how reliable they are in predicting future weather.
1. One thing I really liked about this article is how Henry explains the use of the technology that NASA has.
2. I also like how he gave details about what the satellites do and how they can detect what is going to happen in weather.
3. Lastly I thought that the he did a good job of summarizing the article without giving to much confusing details about the technology.
1. I thought he could have made his review a little longer and given more examples of when the technology has been used.
2. I also think he could have explained in more detail how this technology can hopefully one day expand and effect our society .
1. I did not know that NASA had such technology and was capable of making such accurate weather predictions.
This review was particularly sophisticated in language, explanation, and detail. The review clearly detailed the current status of our national blizzard, and also provided scientific evidence and references to back its claims citing sources from NASA. The review also outlined the causes and effects of the current snow disaster, while utilizing interesting and clever diction, ("....we recover from one debilitating storm, another one rears its ugly head.") The use of personification made the article more entertaining to read and thus more interesting. The review also included a great deal of important details concerning the recent snow storm, pointing out the number of states affected, how severely, and their location.
Though the article was very impressive, it contained several errors in punctuation. Though a small flaw, it is always important to proof-read one's work. Additionally, the review needlessly pointed out that the information being provided was "obvious" to see by the readers. This aspect should have been omitted because though readers are aware of the snow, they are still interested in the causes, effects, and whereabouts of the storm. Also, I disappointed that no bigger connections were made between the weather and the climate. Is the current storm an effect of global warming? A foreboding sign of winters to come? Had these questions been answered the review would have been improved.
An impressive point made by this review was that there is still more snow to come. This is interesting because it seems the winter months will be soon turning to spring, and most of those living in more temperate climates are expecting the storms to cease. Hopefully this storm will be one of the last to cripple the country-- or is it only one of the first?
The United States has been the victim of many harsh snowstorms this winter, and another harsh storm has buried the Midwest and is heading towards the East Coast. It was interesting to see the comparisms between the satellite images and the current weather. I also liked the details of how the satellites worked in recording the weather. The details about the previous snowstorms from this winter were also interesting.
This article could have been improved if the section regarding the technology used had been lengthened, as I felt more information about the satellites would have improved the review. I also would have liked more information about how the technology will affect our lives in the future.
I was impressed that NASA has developed the technology to develop such detailed data on the snowstorms. If we have another winter like this year’s, NASA’s satellites could prove to be very useful in preparing for blizzards.
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