For Jillaine R S T For Kirsti and her little ones L
The skies are clear here in Key West Are you guys ready to go I asked Aye aye sir said Tess Let's go Captain Pablo replied We left for Nassau in the Bahamas the home of my sister Kim I wanted to surprise her on her birthday Our Atlantic voyage wouldn't be easy because we were crossing the mighty Gulf Stream And yikes it was hurricane season Kobee's Fun Facts The Atlantic Hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere starts on June 1st and runs through November 30th A tropical storm needs to have winds of at least 74 miles per hour to become a hurricane The Saffir Simpson Wind Scale classifies hurricanes Category 1 74 95 mph Category 2 96 110 mph Category 3 111 129 mph Category 4 130 156 mph Category 5 157 mph or higher
How far away is Nassau Tess asked About three hundred miles I said That's pretty far away said Pablo How long will it take you to swim there Tess asked Well moving at five miles per hour with some stops about three days I replied Look Pablo called White wispy clouds They're cirrus I said Tess looked around in surprise What circus she asked No I chuckled Cirrus they're cirrus clouds Oh They look like thin swirly strings Tess answered We zoomed past Key Largo
Kobee's Fun Facts Cirrus Vsir es clouds are thin feathery clouds They're made of ice crystals and are found at heights above 20 000 feet These clouds signal that a change in the weather is on the way
