***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

I haven’t watched more than 2 minutes of news in close to 10 years. Got so tired of all the politics I quit watching.
I just quit the news on the local channels due to constant coverage of she who shall not be named. Weather Channel cued me in and I put on WOI as the least likely to interrupt a tornado with CC coverage.
 
Very good perspective, had not thought about that. I don't follow the Twitterverse and stuff so hadn't seen the hyperbole or how it was being portrayed. You are all absolutely right that these do help put things into perspective of where the extreme damage is, and unfortunately it's hard to visually capture both that and the tertiary damage at ground level.
Katrina was like this, except the opposite. What you saw from the sky paled in comparison to what things were like on the ground. Wards / entire neighborhoods were destroyed with water lines at the bases of roofs (~8 ft high). Even 18+ months after the fact, NO wasn’t even back to 50% of their pre hurricane population.
 
I just quit the news on the local channels due to constant coverage of she who shall not be named. Weather Channel cued me in and I put on WOI as the least likely to interrupt a tornado with CC coverage.
Oh boy. I understand the desire to avoid the constant CC coverage, but The Weather Channel is awful. I like to watch during blizzards and hurricanes, purely for the self aggrandizing, over-indulgence, but other than that, they suck.
 
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Not sure if anyone has posted a link for donations for the Greenfield Tornado Relief Fund yet but here it is in case anyone wants to help.


Barn Town also kicking in a portion of some of their draft beer for the next 10 days.

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They did this for Perry (after the shooting) as well with rootbeer.

I called in and bought a couple packs and told them to give it to a cop and they actually said the Perry police chief is a regular.

Good people at Barntown.
 
Oh boy. I understand the desire to avoid the constant CC coverage, but The Weather Channel is awful. I like to watch during blizzards and hurricanes, purely for the self aggrandizing, over-indulgence, but other than that, they suck.
I have kids in three different states so I at least have a clue if damn Canadian forest fires are going to give one of them an asthma attack. One in NJ sent me an eye roll emoji when I told him to take his rescue inhaler to work, then sheepishly told me he needed to use it.
 
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Ankeny too. This **** is getting real old.

WHO said there may be rotation near Polk City or something of that sort?
 
Funnel cloud over Griswold earlier and Exira . Everyone East of here be prepared for pop up tornadoes. Been up since 3:30 following this crap. Stay safe.
 
Not how I wanted to fully wake up this morning. And looking at radar, the heavy stuff will be here right when I'm wanting to head to work.
 
This cell is big but doesn't look as intense on radar. Bird just chirping away outside my window in Johnston. Should be a promising sign of safety.
 
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