Maglina writes about an occurrence that happens every four years.

Leap Year. That special year where February gets one extra day to make sure our seasons still line up with the rotation of the Earth. That year no one seems able to remember very well; was it last year, or is it this coming year? Well, here are a few simple rules for leap years for inquiring readers, and a few fun facts thrown in.

Leap Year Rules:

1. Every year that can be divided by four, IS a leap year.
2. Every year that can be divided by 100, IS NOT a leap year.
3. However, if a year divisible by 100 is also divisible by 400, it IS a leap year.

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Rex13 reports on what you see in the sky everyday.

There are many ways to find out how the weather will be where you are. You could make a fire and see if the smoke gets pushed to the ground, look at the clouds, or look at your local weather channel.

This article will be about how to decide what the weather will be by looking at the clouds. This skill could come in handy if you are camping, going on a boat, planning a picnic, or if your stranded some where.

This information will come from, "SAS Survival Handbook" by John Wisemen.

Clouds are the most reliable of the weather signs. Clouds are mostly made up of masses of water vapor which becomes visible as it condenses with cooling. If this cooling continues, the droplets of water increase in size until, to heavy to remain airborne, they fall as rain.

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