#tornado awareness

[kedreeva]

Okay weird request time

I figure Tumblr is a good place for weird requests since SOMEONE out there must have a special interest in this

I am looking for kid-friendly weather phenomenon videos

My sister's kid is in LOVE with weather at the moment (BIG weather)- tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, tsunamis, that kind of thing. If you happen to know of videos that are kid friendly (he's 4 so), could you drop me a link here or in ask/DM? I would also take any toy recs that might include this kind of thing (he's got the little bottle connectors that you can make tornado tubes with).

Thank you!

[psilliguykai]

This is by far the dumbest [cj-related] thing I have ever drawn.

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kinda shitty/low effort sorry 😭 but I wanted to pay tribute to this comment under the CJ drum covers because I think about and reference it with my friends constantly and it’s so fucking funny to me.

I think it’s the pure panic for me. The fact that I can read this and feel this person shaking in fear. It’s the proper punctuation and capitalization juxtaposed with the contents of the comment. It’s the fact that he’s . Not even bald lmao.

Shoutout wuvsong for permanently planting this in my brain.

[fubbypeets]

I hope everyone that was in the path of the storms last night seeing this are okay! We thankfully only had wind and a thunderstorm here. I did stay awake until like 5:30 in the morning because I was freaking out like all night (ask my boyfriend lol). I hope everyone in the highest risk areas today in Dixie Alley are okay! I know this isn't a normal post for me, but I know they're anticipating a huge tornado outbreak down there today, just wanna send good vibes to everyone in the path!

[scrumptiousfanbasement]

The little extra stickers I received make me so happy. These are all from a little small buisness called Two Storms. It's a buisness front that focuses on bridging the gap between severe weather awareness and the mental health aspects of what severe weather can do from storm anxiety to ptsd. Since weather releated mental health isn't talked about that often. And each purchase you make you can choose which 3 organizations part of your purchase can go to that she has on her site. And the owner has a YT channel named Carly Anna WX. She focuses on in depth videos about significant tornado events :) should totally check out two storms or her channel if any of it interests you the way it does me

[russell-crowe]

i tried to make a more sentimental post but as someone with the weather (and by extension space weather) as my special interest i am so so so so happy seeing all the posts from people who got to experience this rare solar storm <3 it makes me so happy when people get to witness how beautiful (space) weather can be!!!

[its-chips-main]

good lordt i know my blog doesnt have much reach so this is really just me screaming into the void but SCARY WEATHER DAY INCOMING for midwestern american friends. really really scary weather day.

the spc does not cry wolf for no reason. if today turns out to be a 'bust' i will eat my left shoe AND sock.

EDIT> THE HIGH RISK AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED.

[thelastspeecher]

eregyrn-falls replied to your post: “I've been watching a lot of tornado related...”

tornadoes are something that terrified me as a little kid, no doubt due to television. (i can remember a nightmare from early childhood about a tornado.) i grew up in eastern PA, where at the time we didn't have any. so it was the IDEA of them that terrified me. honestly, it still does. i would very very VERY much prefer never to live in a place that gets them with any regularity.

​i realize they're old hat for you, and that's true for anyone who lives with a natural phenomenon. you come to respect it, rather than be terrified of it. but for me, i can't get past the suddenness of them. the fact that they can strike in the middle of the night when you might have almost no warning at all. while they aren't completely unpredictable (obviously there are observable weather fronts and stuff), to me, they feel that way.

the natural disasters that i can deal with are hurricanes, and blizzards. both of those are things you see coming for DAYS. you can get out ahead of them. you can take steps to protect your house and your pets and yourself. (i mean, both of those in theory, assuming you have the means and the financial situation.) earthquakes and tornadoes are too sudden for me and that's why they scare me.

oh you're not the only one who's had a tornado nightmare! one of the worst nightmares I've had in my entire life was a tornado nightmare!

I think that what allows me to continue living in a tornado-prone area despite my general anxiety over like, idk, life, is two things: 1) tornado predictions give a crazy amount of warning nowadays, and 2) I live in a tornado-prone area, I've had a few close calls, but it's not like I live in Moore, Oklahoma lmao.

most tornado warnings aren't even that a tornado has been spotted by someone or confirmed by radar. most of them are "radar indicated rotation", meaning that a thunderstorm with a rotating cloud has been detected on radar. which doesn't mean tornado. it does mean a storm capable of a tornado and more likely to produce one, but it doesn't mean a tornado. or even a funnel cloud!

very VERY rarely are people caught off guard by a tornado anymore. FEMA says the average amount of time between a tornado warning being issued and the tornado or storm striking the area is 10 to 15 minutes. plenty of time to grab your emergency kit and go to your safe place. we have tornado watches if the weather is favorable and often know days in advance whether we'll be hit by weather conducive for tornadogenesis.

and even when we don't know in advance, like I said, we still have plenty of warning! about a week ago, I woke up to sirens, then ten minutes later, heard them again. which I knew likely meant a tornado warning had been issued (the first time, I checked my phone and saw it was severe thunderstorm and just rolled over to sleep some more lol). and before I could check, my phone went off, blaring the same alarm as an Amber Alert. which I knew 100% meant tornado warning. and it was. my roommate and I had time to use the bathroom, grab the dogs and emergency bag, and even take the dogs outside really quick to pee before the storm hit us! and we didn't have a tornado watch in effect. there weren't supposed to be conditions for tornadoes that morning.

and like I said, I don't live in Moore. if I did, I wouldn't even DREAM of living somewhere without a basement. as it is, I fucking hate that my best option is a hallway on the first floor. we've gotten tornadoes before. some have gotten close to me. one literally lifted over a building I was in. but thankfully, we're not as prone as other locations in my state; the storms tend to lose some steam by the time they reach here. and the tornadoes that do spawn tend to be lower level, again, because of the storms losing steam by the time they get here.

I know a lot about the science of tornadoes and grew up in Tornado Alley (or adjacent, depending on what graphic you use), so I know that our current methods are so flipping good at protecting us. we DO have warning. not as much as for a hurricane, but generally speaking, enough to, like I said, use the bathroom and grab the pets. earthquakes...yeah those don't typically give much warning, but that's something scientists are working on. buildings in earthquake-prone areas are built to withstand them (much like many buildings in tornado-prone areas are built to withstand severe storms), and people grow up learning what to do in an earthquake. (which is find a table to hide under, essentially, btw.)

no, what scares ME the most are wildfires.

you're flat-out fucked over by those.

[nexus-nebulae]

love watching weather science videos but like. why am i 1000x more interested in tornadoes over hurricanes. they're both spinning air

[tellmegoodbye]

brooo I can't watch 911 because abc has hurricane coverage up instead

[autumndragons]

this is just an idle thought that i dont have the energy to articulate further, at least not right now, but man, seeing people accuse that tornado video of being AI just feels... indicative of something, i guess?

i feel like the worst possible time for genAI to rise to the prominence it did is right after a globally isolating pandemic that also caused an immense push into conspiracy thought for a huge number of people. a massively traumatizing event that affected the entire planet, that was filled with information coming in extremely quickly and statements being made and redacted at the drop of a hat, something that shook the entire foundation of many parts of life for people. something that was also reacted to with such cruelty by so so many people and still continues to be.

and then suddenly we have the ability to just artificially generate any image, any sound, any audio, any voice saying anything we want. on demand. often for free.

and people are looking at video footage of human beings risking their lives to obtain real, actual information for the purpose of saving other lives, and they go "this looks fake, i bet its AI".

[ninjacat1515]

Summer when I was a kid: 😎🥳🤩

Summer now: THERE'S A FIRE THERE'S A FUCKING FIRE ALWAYS ANYTIME EVERYWHERE

[peachdoxie]

Several tornadoes touched down in my mom's town and knocked down some trees, so she's unsure if she can get home. It also knocked the electricity out which means no A/C and in the North Carolina summer that's bad. While my mom can at least get out of her house, that doesn't help her cats or the birds. Here's hoping the electricity gets fixed quickly.

My grandparents may have also lost electricity which is yikes.

[the-starsong-atelier]

Torando watch in my area ya :D

[wilmeet]

Hhhhh powers out and not coming back on according my power company "could be a couple days"

RAHHHHH 🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅⛈️🌩⛈️⚡️⚡️🌪🌪

(im mad rn i have an assignment literally due tomorrow that i need my laptop for which is almost dead and has no internet)

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

WDEFWeather #News12Weather Severe Weather Update -- Near 4 AM EDT / 3 AM CDT, new #TornadoWatch issued for NW Georgia. Heavy rain, isolated tornadoes, damaging winds still possible through Sunday early morning.

Time to stay #WeatherAware. Keep it tuned to @WDEFNews12 for more.

[autismonfire]

We are currently underground in the storm shelter here in Gadsden (Alabama), with a confirmed tornado on the ground near Clanton, AL. Don’t worry: we are safe and sound. But this is the weather situation to take seriously. Be prepared to seek shelter if warranted.