Devastation

This is one of the worst tornado outbreaks in a long time, esp. so early in the year. It just makes me glad not to live in the South or Midwest.

 

I think the reason why we get so much destruction of human property is pecause there is so much of it around.

Tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes have been going on all the time.

The reason why there is such a spike in awareness and destruction over this shit is because there has been such a large spike in population for it to effect.

Truly sad though.

 

yeah, this..


But seriously, holy fuck at the bus through the building

 

It's only just begun...


Some of it is population growth and urban sprawl... a lot of it is longer storm season, larger storms and they aren't taking their "usual" paths. Stuff's messed up.

 

We haven't had a bad Hurricane in Florida in a bit now, I'm going to prepare for the worst this season.

 

It got pretty bad just north of me...3 dead just within a few miles.

People were going crazy all day in anticipation of the storm. Businesses and schools closed down several hours before the storm was anywhere near.

The day was strange....rain and hail in the morning, sunny and 70 degrees during the day, tornados in the evening.

 

28 lives was the tally last night

 

R.I.P. to those lost and peace to their loved ones...

I have a feeling this season will be worse than last.

 

That is so sad...

my mom and i were just talking about this yesterday..
Its been about three hurricane seasons that have been quiet. i think the last really bad hurricane we had was guatav. Well my town had... and how long ago was that?
All this winter time it has been warm and stormy.. so yes we are thinking the exact same thing.. i live in louisiana

 

Its not just a growing population. That certainly has a lot to do with the level of destruction, but these storm systems are just insane and uncommon for this time of year.

 

The average number of tornadoes reported for the month of March is 98. Yesterday, March 2nd, there were 92 tornadoes reported.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzTii3x9n8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzTii3x9n8

 

I am watching the weather since the 1980s and documenting weather (stormchaser) since the 1990s but I only witnessed 3 tornados so far, small F0 ones only. Two in Switzerland and 1 in Bavaria.

 

I don't have the courage to be a storm chaser. If I ever have the misfortune of seeing a tornado, documenting it will be the last thing on my mind.

 

It's sad for sure. In the early 90's my mother had a fire in her house witch burned the roof completely off. With everything in the house wet it all needed to be moved out so it could be rebuilt. It took weeks to go through everything and get it into storage. The sickness I felt helping my mother save all our old family heirlooms was unbelievable.

Sitting here today thinking about how these people are now waking up everyday having to deal with much worse. I don't have the words, if you haven't had a great loss in your life it's unimaginable.
My prayers are with them all.

 

Very sad indeed and my thoughts go out to all those affected.

Nature can be beautiful, but it can also be super frightening.

 

Can be scary yes. But if you know how thunderstorms behave, you have better chances to escape in time.

Once I was trapped in the mountains between two huge debris flows with rocks as big as houses coming down each side and the earth was shaking, the typical burned smell of huge rocks getting smashed...wow

 

I can't even begin to imagine that. Sounds horrifying.

 

Fatality count up to 36.

There was a F4 recorded about 30 miles from me. I feel very lucky. Thinking about going up there to help with the cleanup.....

 

It can happen anywhere including the North East

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9CQkde6hA4"]Tornado West Springfield,MA 2011 - YouTube


Hotwater

 

Not to mention it hasn't always been that common in the south...its like a friend of mine said the other day: when the hell did Atlanta become tornado alley?

Weather patterns are changing, mane.

 

It seems like the appalachian mountains keep me pretty safe.

I guess the term "run for the hills"