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FONAMENTS DE MEDIACIÓ CULTURAL PER A TRADUCCIÓ I INTERPRETACIÓ US GEOGRAPHY WORKSHEET 1. Read the article. 2. What is the genre of this article? It is a weather forecast report. 3. Who is it published by? CNN (fearly reliable). 4. Which direction is the storm moving in? From west to east and also the north. We know that bc it says the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes. Kitchen sink: sho emportaria fins I tot perq es una tormenta super forta 5. Where did the storm destroy buildings? Say something about this place. In Missouri (in the Mideast)

6. Where are the Central Plains located? What are some of the main states/cities? Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado. There is mainly rainaq1 7. How fast is 60-69mph in km/h?

8. What is the forecast for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan? 9. What is the forecast for New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC?

10. Where will it be soggy? Soggy is wet and foggy. In Boston 11. What is the “Windy City”? What weather is expected there and in Cleveland, Detroit, Louisville, Boston and Nashville? Chicago bc 12. What is the danger in Colorado, Mew Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas? Fire 13. What is “Snow-vember”? Where is it likely to occur? Locate these places on the map. Snow plus November. Likely to fall in the rocky mountains and other places of the north.

14. What weather is expected in Oregon? 15. How do you measure the following: a. Wind speed: mph b. Rainfall: inches and feets c. Snowfall: inches and feets 16. What is “lake effect snow”? What is hail? What is flash-flooding?...