***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[Al_4_State]

not sure why people even care what it was rated. lives lost, lives ruined, homes destroyed, etc. really doesn't matter what it was rated.

Yeah, an F1 can completely level a town.

Once your house is leveled does it matter if it’s in 1,000 pieces or a 1,000,000? Of course not.

 

[scyclonekid]

I saw it out my front windows as it was passing a couple miles south of my neighborhood here in Nevada. Went to shelter in the basement hoping it would miss everything, unfortunately it didn’t. Got lucky and thanked my lucky stars. I’ve never seen one before Tuesday.

 

[Clonehomer]

Just heard the state insurance commissioner on the news talking about insurers leaving the state because the weather events the last couple years made it unprofitable to remain here. He also stated that some companies were giving discounts to those who's structures met certain criteria, which I was alluding could happen. They'd be protected from lawsuits if it were stated in your policy what standards need to be met and what premiums would be for different compliance to their standards would be offered. The rating of an actual tornado would be immaterial but the damage done by an event would be reflected by the building code parameters at certain premium levels thus accomplishing the same end. We all know that discounted premiums is a polite way to say you are all going to pay but we'll charge less if you are more bulletproof than the next guy.

Where would it be profitable to be these days? Weather events are happening everywhere. Between tornados, floods, fires, and hurricanes if an insurance company wants to avoid them their client base will be quite small.

 

[MJ29]

The tornado started across the street from our house in Johnston. We were very fortunate we only lost a tree and fences. I was stupidly monitoring the weather from my deck when it touched down. I thought I was smarter than the weather, but it turns out you can’t track the potential path of a tornado when it first drops down a football field away from you.

My best friend lives near you. They lost a bunch of trees and some fencing as well. They have some minor roof damage.

 

[Trice]

I guess I'd missed the news that one of the deceased yesterday was a storm chaser.

Honest question, do real weather people and local authorities find these folks helpful, or is it just weather porn for gawkers on the internet? Or somewhere in between?

Turns out the woman blown off the road and killed was not a storm chaser.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

I agree, but I I could also see insurance companies that are already facing financial pressure leverage a payout system that is influenced by a damage rating: "We aren't going to cover your house to the same extent as your neighbors due to your construction methods or not being built to our updated standards....blah blah blah....because you weren't built to handle an EF2 and they were", or some such justification

Yeah. That's absolutely not happening.

 

[NoCreativity]

Turns out the woman blown off the road and killed was not a storm chaser.

They talked about how this was a rare 15% tornado threat for a week before this happened and people are still out driving around for whatever reason.

You turn on the news and they are begging people to head to their shelter and then it flips over to the traffic cam and people are out getting groceries instead.

 

[nfrine]

They talked about how this was a rare 15% tornado threat for a week before this happened and people are still out driving around for whatever reason.

You turn on the news and they are begging people to head to their shelter and then it flips over to the traffic cam and people are out getting groceries instead.

How were the lines at the grocery store?

 

[NoCreativity]

How the hell would I know? I take my kids and head to the basement so we all survive instead of suddenly needing to go outside in the middle of an F4.

I also stop for cops when they ask me to instead of running people over and then getting a bunch of charges.

So I'm sitting pretty good actually, no cars swept away in tornadoes and nobody injured when I'm asked to stop.

 

[NoCreativity]

You triggered guys can dumb my posts in secrecy all you want, but answer a simple question. Why are people out when the news is frantically begging people to take shelter and they are reiterating how dangerous the situation is?

I'm sorry but there's no valid excuse for anybody unless you are Reed Timmer.

 

[Trice]

You triggered guys can dumb my posts in secrecy all you want, but answer a simple question. Why are people out when the news is frantically begging people to take shelter and they are reiterating how dangerous the situation is?

I'm sorry but there's no valid excuse for anybody unless you are Reed Timmer.

It's not that you're wrong, it's that you're being an a**hole.

 

[cydnote]

Yeah. That's absolutely not happening.

If you got the gist of my previous post, in effect it already is.

 

[NoCreativity]

It's not that you're wrong, it's that you're being an a**hole.

Fine, fair enough, I just don't understand how people get into these situations.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

You triggered guys can dumb my posts in secrecy all you want, but answer a simple question. Why are people out when the news is frantically begging people to take shelter and they are reiterating how dangerous the situation is?

I'm sorry but there's no valid excuse for anybody unless you are Reed Timmer.

We are rural, so we don't hear sirens unless we are outside. We weren't watching TV, or on our phones or computers. In fact, I was taking a nap. I'm thankful for friends that text weather warnings to us.

I'm glad you're so perfect, so much better than everyone else, and I'm glad you feel the need to share that fact on here so frequently.


In other words,
Bugger off.

 

[isufbcurt]

You triggered guys can dumb my posts in secrecy all you want, but answer a simple question. Why are people out when the news is frantically begging people to take shelter and they are reiterating how dangerous the situation is?

I'm sorry but there's no valid excuse for anybody unless you are Reed Timmer.

I know many people who never watch 1 second of any news. I know numerous people that had no idea storms were coming. These are not dumb people they are just in their own little world dealing with their stuff.

Another thing, satellite radio is huge and you don't get NWS warning interuptions when listening to that like you do FM/AM radio.

 

[isufbcurt]

We are rural, so we don't hear sirens unless we are outside. We weren't watching TV, or on our phones or computers. In fact, I was taking a nap. I'm thankful for friends that text weather warnings to us.

I'm glad you're so perfect, so much better than everyone else, and I'm glad you feel the need to share that fact on here so frequently.


In other words,
Bugger off.

Exactly, my wife made the comment (because I am out of town) that she knew our county had a Tornado warning but had no idea where it was because the TV and Internet were out.

 

[MJ29]

I know many people who never watch 1 second of any news. I know numerous people that had no idea storms were coming. These are not dumb people they are just in their own little world dealing with their stuff.

Another thing, satellite radio is huge and you don't get NWS warning interuptions when listening to that like you do FM/AM radio.

Additionally, this storm hit during the time when a lot of people are getting off work or out of school. My employer let people leave early if they wanted, but not all did. Many schools let out early, but not all did.

It's pretty rude to assume everyone out on the roads at that time was willfully ignoring warnings.

 

[ISULibrarian]

You triggered guys can dumb my posts in secrecy all you want, but answer a simple question. Why are people out when the news is frantically begging people to take shelter and they are reiterating how dangerous the situation is?

I'm sorry but there's no valid excuse for anybody unless you are Reed Timmer.

I mean, the lady is dead, as are people that might have been hunkered down at home. Yes, everyone should take cover when told, but people have jobs and ****. I had requested comp time to leave by 3, and thankfully work announced we were closing at 2 PM to allow folks to get home, but other folks might not be in a position that they can just leave their jobs and their job might not actually give a **** about their safety. It really sucks.

 

[madguy30]

They talked about how this was a rare 15% tornado threat for a week before this happened and people are still out driving around for whatever reason.

You turn on the news and they are begging people to head to their shelter and then it flips over to the traffic cam and people are out getting groceries instead.

How do you know they were getting groceries? Do you know if they had a shelter?

How do you know they weren't headed out to help someone or were coming home from work or a myriad of other reasons they might have been out?

 

[NoCreativity]

I'm literally dumbfounded reading some of these responses so I'll jsut leave it at that.

It's literally a life or death situation, I dont get it.