#tornado warning!

[were-all-just-w31rd-k1ds]

Another round of my @infamous-if MC Beck bc I spend too much time thinking about this game - slightly different style and they have better hair now

(open for actual quality bc tumblr thinks I’m too strong)

[walks-the-ages]

Without looking it up, when you first hear "Tornado Warning", what does that mean to you?

[floridagrowngirl]

Tornado touchdown, Northern Colorado, 2015

[wiisagi-maiingan]

I have very strong opinions about disaster preparation as someone who lives in a tornado zone, where evacuation is NOT an option for anyone and the only way to definitely survive is to 1) be in a building that WON'T just get picked up AND 2) have a basement, cellar, or specialized tornado shelter.

The simple fact is that the majority of fatalities in tornadoes are people living in mobile homes/trailers and those deaths could be reduced massively if the government built tornado shelters in high risk areas. But there's been very, very little effort to do that and tornadoes are just getting stronger and more deadly while poor people are left to huddle in our bathtubs, listening to the sirens and thinking about easily we could die.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Despite me being terrible with children, I was put in charge of a large group of kindergartners during a tornado warning and every time I looked away, one of the kids was trying to go outside to “go see the spinny thing in the sky”. 

[failingcollege]

That post going around talking about the different between a tornado watch and warning, but as a certified midwesterner I assure they both mean go outside and see if you can see a tornado.

[andoutofharm]

how it has felt every time i get a twitter notification lately 😔

[erdcstacy]

I guess maybe that’s why I’m lying to my therapist

I keep saying things like, “I never saw him and we never kissed”

[lennsart]

I fell in love with @bonus-links' Wake... And he annihilated my art block :D

This is technically a pannel redraw from the last update, but I got too carried away and slapped a background onto it too !

I am very obsessed with Bonus Links' designs and story. Can't wait to see more of these little guys. Please please please check the comic if you haven't already, it's so good !

Close-up on his face & alternate version under the cut :

(I liked the white contours, but ultimately felt like he was more incorporated in the drawing without it)

[bamsara]

I'm at the post office getting stamps for sticker patreons and this massive storm cloud is heading rapidly in my direction with ill intent

But it's also really pretty

[glow-worms-are-believers]

Babe in the wood (dp x dc)

“Are you lost?” The voice suddenly said from beside him and Jason flinched with his whole body. In half a second, he was faced towards the sound with his two arms raised defensively. Only for his gaze to drop several paces lower to meet the big blue eyes of a little girl.

“Where did you come from,” Jason muttered to himself as he looked at the long stretch of deserted road at his front and at his back.

“Are you?” The kid insisted, her gaze weirdly intense.

“No, I’m not lost,” he answered, still trying to figure out where she could’ve come from. “Do you live close by?”

“Why?” She asked.

“My bike broke down and my phone’s dead. I need to call a friend,” Jason said looking back down at her.

The girl squinted up at him, her gaze assessing and sharp, enough that it reminded him a little of the Old Man’s. Then, as if she’d reached a decision, she nodded to herself and turned a beaming smile towards Jason.

“Follow me!” She chirped before she turned her back on him and started walking decidedly.

If this was a horror movie he’d probably be the first victim from the opening scene. Jason shrugged before following.

[were-all-just-w31rd-k1ds]

Truly been existing in @infamous-if brainrot since the ch3 release, so introducing my lil guy; Beck Marlowe (they/he), lead singer and occasional guitarist of alternative/pop-punk band Tornado Warning! - they’re just out here tryna sing songs and hang out with his friends and yet Things keep Happening

(open the image for more detail bc tumblr snipes quality)

[reasonsforhope]

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:

With Spain and Portugal saying that hundreds of people have died from the heat waves sweeping through Europe this month, the longer-term view might come as a surprise. Over the past 50 years, the number of deaths attributed to weather-related disasters has actually fallen. Yes, you heard that right. The World Meteorological Organization says that the number of disasters has increased five times over the past 50 years, but the number of fatalities has fallen by two-thirds. Vox climate writer Umair Irfan has delved into this paradox and joins us now. Welcome to the program, Umair.

UMAIR IRFAN: Thanks for having me, Ayesha.

RASCOE: So how can this be? Like, how can the number of deaths be falling even though we hear the news, we see the disasters? You know, seas are rising, summers are hotter, hurricanes seem to be getting stronger. So how is it possible that deaths can be down?

IRFAN: Well, there are two main factors here. One is better forecasting - basically being able to get ahead of these disasters and then hopefully being able to get people out of harm's way. So that's really prominent with things like hurricanes and heat waves. We can actually see those things days in advance. The other side of the equation is how well we can cope with things like storms, fires and heat waves when they do occur. So we have better tools - things like sea walls. We have better building codes. We have firefighting teams that can get people out of fire zones. And so between those two aspects - you know, the better forecasting and the better tools - we've been able to avert a lot of deaths, even though the global population has grown about fourfold since the start of the 20th century.

RASCOE: Are the technological advances that you're talking about available even in less-developed areas?

IRFAN: It's not, unfortunately. And you're hitting on a very important point. You know, the WMO pointed out that about 90% of disaster-related fatalities that occur today are occurring in developing countries. And there's a huge gap in terms of being able to anticipate these disasters before they occur and being able to respond to them and being able to rebuild in their aftermath. And that really is a big shortfall that a lot of world leaders are starting to get concerned about...

You know, the World Meteorological Organization, they launched this initiative to basically say that they want the whole world covered by disaster early warning systems over the next five years. And they think that this is something that's going to be taking a big bite out of the fatalities and the casualties caused by these disasters. So I think it's worth highlighting the progress that's made, but also the progress that we still need to make.

-via NPR, July 17, 2022

Thanks so much to @gardening-tea-lesbian for the link!

[floridagrowngirl]

Tornado weather

[magpie-lu-aside]

What are some songs that you guys associate with the chain/specific LU characters? I want to expand mine (cuz it's mostly Four and Time) for when I write fics, but I'm also just genuinely curious.....

[joejhang]

andrew "i'll drive you home / you drive me crazy / but that's not gonna stop me / i'll call you out / you call me "baby" / but that's not gonna stop me / from lying to my therapist" minyard