Discussion essay on Geography

400 words discussion essay.

Please read the journal article (PDF under week 7 assignments) and news releases listed below about how "Tornado Alley" may be shifting.  Briefly discuss how and why weather patterns in the Tornado Alley and Midwest are changing.  How might people have to adjust and plan their living situations differently due to changing weather patterns caused by climate change?  Do you think this shift in weather patterns will be long-term (10+ years) or only temporary (less than 10 years)?    Be sure to provide solid reasoning based on facts.

citations in APA format.

News releases:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/26/august-tornadoes-frequency/89394800/ 

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q3/center-of-u.s.-tornado-activity-shifting-east-and-south,-possibly-due-to-climate-change.html 

http://www.wthr.com/article/purdue-researchers-track-tornado-alleys-move-east

Journal article:

JAMC-Tornado-August 2016.pdf