Re: Leaves turning over...

[mccaslin@pscosf.peru.edu]

This is from my recollection of Boy Scout training, but it still
seems to make a certain amount of sense.  We were told that the 
leaves turned over due to a change in the prevailing wind direction,
and this change in wind direction often preceeded storms. 

Stanley J. McCaslin			Inet: mccaslin@bobcat.peru.edu
Assistant Professor, Computer Science	Phone:402/872-2208
Peru State College, Peru, NE  68421     Home: 402/872-7595

On Sat, 23 Aug 1997 dsouder@juno.com wrote:

> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 00:08:03 EDT
> From: dsouder@juno.com
> Reply-To: phys-l@mailer.uwf.edu
> To: phys-l@atlantis.cc.uwf.edu, physhare@PSUVM.PSU.EDU,
>     sbrauner@ashland.edu
> Subject: Leaves turning over...
>
> 	Greetings.  I'm not sure if this is worth sending or not, but it
> has been a question that has been bothering me for quite some time and
> I'm not sure who else to ask.
> 	Is it true that leaves turn over right before it rains?  Here in
> Ohio with all of the deciduous(sp?) trees, I've notice that the lighter
> colored bottoms of the leaves are more visible right before it rains. 
> I've always thought it was more related to the winds rather than an
> approaching storm.  If it is true, what is the cause of the leaves
> turning over?
> 	Sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> Dwight Souder
> dsouder@juno.com