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Tanuki

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15. Just in time for tornado season. 🌪😡

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:24 AM

Mar 21

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/03/19/tornado-season-map-reports/82517079007/#:~:text=The%20months%20of%20March%2C%20April,with%20warm%2C%20humid%20Gulf%20air.

"The months of March, April, May and June are regarded as tornado season, according to the National Weather Service. Tornadoes are often spawned during thunderstorms in the central and eastern U.S. when cold Canadian air mixes with warm, humid Gulf air.

Over the past weekend, a tornado outbreak struck 13 states with 100 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service as of March 19. Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, Missouri and Mississippi all reported deaths from severe weather and tornadoes."...(more)

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National Weather Service suspending weather balloon releases in Omaha and Rapid City, South Dakota [View all] highplainsdem Mar 20 OP

Trump: harming us eight ways to Sunday Blues Heron Mar 20 #1

Maybe they're afraid weather data that far north might also help Canada, and they can't have that. highplainsdem Mar 20 #4

His farmers should write and thank him Hassler Mar 20 #2

Tornadoes and other global-warming-enhanced acts of nature are a real estate developer's best friend. n/t xocetaceans Mar 20 #3

This administration is actively going to kill a whole lot of us, aren't they? Initech Mar 20 #5

Musk to Americans: "That which kills you makes you stronger" dalton99a Mar 20 #6

If only something would kill him.... ShazzieB Mar 21 #17

Newsweek story on this tonight says Albany NY and Gray ME had this service suspended earlier this month: highplainsdem Mar 20 #7

Great! I live just north of Albany and that's where I get my weather Rhiannon12866 Mar 21 #10

Nebraska and South Dakota are not really considered "northern" and are certainly not Prairie Gates Mar 21 #11

Grand Junction CO, mentioned there, is also more central. But these are all in states in the highplainsdem Mar 21 #12

Northern half of the country is not what people mean by northern states Prairie Gates Mar 21 #13

Do you mean northern tier? That's different from northern. According to the regional map shown on highplainsdem Mar 21 #14

I'm in Nebraska synni Mar 21 #26

Interesting SheltieLover Mar 21 #27

National Weather Service article on these balloons: highplainsdem Mar 21 #8

"So I'm supposed to believe what a balloon tells me about the weather?" Prairie Gates Mar 21 #9

I don't give a f*** what the weather is way up there, anyway. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 21 #25

Just in time for tornado season. 🌪😡 Tanuki Mar 21 #15

In the trending column this is the headline you see William769 Mar 21 #16

... SheltieLover Mar 21 #28

Next: weather forecasts are inaccurate so we'll just go ahead and privatize NWS groundloop Mar 21 #18

As everyone knows, Holy Divination by Sharpie is all that is really needed to forecast weather. n/t xocetaceans Mar 21 #23

It doesn't matter to repukes, faux snooze provides truthisfreedom Mar 21 #19

Actually, this affects everyone worldwide. Punx Mar 21 #20

What could possibly go wrong? Buddyzbuddy Mar 21 #21

Just in time for Tornado season James48 Mar 21 #22

DOGE to tornadoes: Come on down, nobody's watching ! nt eppur_se_muova Mar 21 #24