***Official 2024 Weather Thread***
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Not really. The actual path of a tornado is small. You have to be really unlucky to take a direct hit. You could sit outside during tornado warnings and 99% of the time you'll get rained on and nothing more.
There comes a time when showing some fking decency should outweigh one's desire to look smart to strangers on the internet. This would be one of those times.
It's pretty simple actually. There's a time to be a know-it-all a-hole and then there are times to stop posting because not every thought that comes through your brain needs to be published. You clearly can't read the room.
At our job we have the ability to work remotely; if I still lived in IA I would’ve worked from home on Tuesday.
Not everyone has that option. It’s possible they are in office and couldn’t get off, had a meeting that couldn’t get rescheduled, etc. Jer either needs help or needs to be treated like the troll he is.
Nocreativity = Jereseib
Sorry, NC is jereseib or whatever his name was. Keep forgetting Jeremy changed his username
Yeah - that was what confused me.
Good to know the alt. No more likable in this incarnation, is he?
Here's an easy one to comprehend then for anyone with half of a brain:
I was out while the siren was going off in town to get my son from daycare and into mom and dad's care versus the daycare center that is questionably equipped to deal with a tornado. I have my doubts the building is more equipped than our house. I know for a fact two adults to a child versus the daycare center at 15:1 adults to children gives us a higher chance for a non-traumatizing experience. I will always do everything in my power, like any good parent, to care for my son. I wasn't the only one with that line of thinking either based on what I typically see at pickup time vs what I saw Tuesday.
It matters in the realm of science. Warnings, how they warn, the advice the warnings provide. Back in 2013 Mike Morgan got a lot of **** for telling people in the path of the el Reno tornado to get in their car and drive out of the direct path if they could. Ive always thought it would be wise for NWS to add that kind of language to their warnings in certain situations. As we figure out what can survive and what can’t, we can move down that path and hopefully save lives in the future.
Makes sense there too when you consider the lack of basements/availability of solid shelter for that region of the country as well.
This is a huge area that needs improved IMO. Unfortunately without legislation I don't think anything will happen. Google Home devices, Roku, Fire Stick, Chrome Stick, Alexa's. They all know your location, there is no reason they shouldn't broadcast something when a warning is put out.
He got a lot of **** because it is terrible advice.
In the 1999 Moore F5, 1 person, of the 100 that were in homes rated F4 or F5 damage died. 1%
"Get underground or die" is a myth. Even in F5s, in Oklahoma, without basements, it's better to be inside than in a car or exposed.
BUT, 35 people died in other places that were not F4/5 damage. Including 3 trying to hide under an overpass (another very bad idea). Some of those that did flee their homes in this study fled for overpasses. Putting yourself in the open and risking a track change, new development, traffic jam or other obstruction is making your odds worse.
Get as low as you can and put as many walls as you can between you and the tornado. - Living on the Real World
This guest post comes from Dr. Harold Brooks, a Senior Scientist in the Forecast Research and Development Division at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma, and an AMS Fellow. A thoughtful and useful contribution to the national discussion prompted by the most recent Moore...
www.livingontherealworld.org
If you're in a mobile home, or manufactured home, yes, you should obviously leave for your shelter, (preferably before there's a wedge moving in) but mass evac, and putting people in cars is increasing bad outcomes quite a bit.
Cyclonepride
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Now that makes sense
This article says the woman was on her way home from work. Not exactly out getting groceries.
My Alexa gives me NWS notifications. Granted, it just pings a notification and you have to tell if to play the notification, but better than nothing.
