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Article: Weather watcher.(Tyler Allender)
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- Jack & Jill
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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When gray clouds fill the sky and rain starts to fall, most people go inside. But not nine-year-old Tyler Allender.
Stormy skies near Tyler's home in Florida make him grab his umbrella and head for the backyard, where he loves to watch the rain soak his lawn. "I like to watch the raindrops fall through the grass," says Tyler.
"I'll go in if there's lightning. But sometimes I'll count first to see how far away it is."
But just watching the weather is only part of the fun. Tyler likes to track and forecast the weather, too. Tyler's parents bought him a rain gauge and a thermometer. He uses them to keep track of the high and low temperatures and ...