Severe storms, including possible tornadoes, today left a path of destruction across parts of central Alabama, and left at least five people dead in Calhoun County.
Earlier this day on Wirecutter's post "Our Storms" I placed a link to NOAA's SPC (Storm Prediction Center) which originates out of Norman Oklahoma, from which "I'm guessing" (may have) figured into this post.
And so as I mentioned earlier this being 'that time of year' figuring I could maybe helpfully append to that - seeing as there's the included text from that post "... at one point I checked in with a Facebook group I belong to called Macon County Preparedness because the admin of the group is usually right on top of shit like this ..." Maybe I could add something further - this is going to be, unfortunately mostly locally useful to those in TN & MS however utilizing 'anybody in the lower Mississippi Valley's local TV weather radar sites' y'all too can do for people east of y'all as my friends in KS, OK, and TX does for me.
(Me myself being up in the extreme northern Ozarks - hills & hollers - except for the occasional derechos, downbursts, large hail, flashfloods of course overtopping our local low water bridges - I myself ain't generally too concerned about tornadoes as (Arkansas River south to Louisiana & Delta region 60 mile east of me) but the last one to hit my county was devastating so ...)
My region's "Really Bad" tends to come (mostly) out of Kansas [KS] less frequently out of Oklahoma [OK] - the topology of the Ozarks ... knock on wood ... seemingly most helpful but God help us when a 'Bellydragger' gets into and follows the White River bottoms.
At any rate my TN & MS neighbors ought probably, in addition to keeping the SPC site handy keep this one as well:
https://www.ky3.com/weather/radar/
Yeah it's a Missouri TV station but it can be 'zoomed out' and combining what history the SPC site's reported with what KY3's radar is showing gives a pretty good 'head's up' for, mostly Tennessee but northern Mississippi as well (I have daughters in both states but to keep it short)
It also helps to have Grandparents born within living memory of America's Civil War to've taught their children, who passed the knowledge onto you what the sky is telling you but I realize some of us weren't so fortunate.
Hand crank weather radio & associated preps & God help us all.
And, forgive my going all Forrest Gump (as opposed to General Forrest.
I added the NOAA site to favorites when I saw your comment. My go-to site is ventusky.com - using the precipitation tab, calendar, and time scale , you can check storms moving into your area. There's a bunch of tools on that site if you'll take a few minutes to play with it and check it out. It's uncannily accurate, too.
Thanks Wirecutter. I've got the Ventusky site too but I've found, trying to communicate, in a short comment, 'how to do' has, generally, proven to be oh 'somewhat complicated' if you know what I mean which, I suspect you do.
(Generally I mainly restrict what I'm saying from Ventusky to my FL & GA friends.)
You'll have noted on the SPC site "most" of the windspeeds being reported are listed as 'Unk'? ... In those instances when I'm trying to get a grip to what my non-former-USN communicants are trying to tell me is, I inform 'em of the "On Land" Beaufort Scale:
Scroll way down to where you'll find "The First SOW T" & then get down to where '1979' is mentioned.
“What is the price to be paid by military commanders for not knowing the weather? Is it paid in lost equipment? Mission failure? Damage to national prestige? The blood of American servicemen?” he wrote. “On April 24, 1980, at a remote location in central Iran code-named Desert One, the United States paid on all counts.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/weathermen/
Yeah I know. NBC the fuckers.
But now I does what I'm able to do which, I figure, is to help as I can.
I was never SOF nor, especially combat trained, matter of fact physically, my 1960s & 70s era Nam vets friends sometimes referred to me as "the little squirt" or a variation thereof.
You've heard Wirecutter of The Little Man Syndrome?
Well I attest it's a true thing - we so afflicted either don't survive or we do. If we do it's (most generally) no longer a matter. Po po tweet.
But - so far as I'm aware - every "little man" however anonymously - takes his satisfaction in the personal feeling of I've done what I can/could do to help. Which, however good is accomplished ultimately, is the best that can be reasonably hoped for.
My final comment on your site Wirecutter - tho' I continue to read.
Birmingham Alabama metro meteorologist James Spann was on the air giving warnings about the very Tornado that was on the ground as it hit the subdivision where he and his wife of 41yrs live. His house was not damaged as badly as others', and his wife was ok.
Worse: Scammers are using GoFundMe in his name to fleece people.
Earlier this day on Wirecutter's post "Our Storms" I placed a link to NOAA's SPC (Storm Prediction Center) which originates out of Norman Oklahoma, from which "I'm guessing" (may have) figured into this post.
ReplyDeleteAnd so as I mentioned earlier this being 'that time of year' figuring I could maybe helpfully append to that - seeing as there's the included text from that post "... at one point I checked in with a Facebook group I belong to called Macon County Preparedness because the admin of the group is usually right on top of shit like this ..." Maybe I could add something further - this is going to be, unfortunately mostly locally useful to those in TN & MS however utilizing 'anybody in the lower Mississippi Valley's local TV weather radar sites' y'all too can do for people east of y'all as my friends in KS, OK, and TX does for me.
This site in the springtime I check daily:
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php
(Me myself being up in the extreme northern Ozarks - hills & hollers - except for the occasional derechos, downbursts, large hail, flashfloods of course overtopping our local low water bridges - I myself ain't generally too concerned about tornadoes as (Arkansas River south to Louisiana & Delta region 60 mile east of me) but the last one to hit my county was devastating so ...)
My region's "Really Bad" tends to come (mostly) out of Kansas [KS] less frequently out of Oklahoma [OK] - the topology of the Ozarks ... knock on wood ... seemingly most helpful but God help us when a 'Bellydragger' gets into and follows the White River bottoms.
At any rate my TN & MS neighbors ought probably, in addition to keeping the SPC site handy keep this one as well:
https://www.ky3.com/weather/radar/
Yeah it's a Missouri TV station but it can be 'zoomed out' and combining what history the SPC site's reported with what KY3's radar is showing gives a pretty good 'head's up' for, mostly Tennessee but northern Mississippi as well (I have daughters in both states but to keep it short)
It also helps to have Grandparents born within living memory of America's Civil War to've taught their children, who passed the knowledge onto you what the sky is telling you but I realize some of us weren't so fortunate.
Hand crank weather radio & associated preps & God help us all.
And, forgive my going all Forrest Gump (as opposed to General Forrest.
Springtime is upon us. Heads up!
JK
I added the NOAA site to favorites when I saw your comment.
ReplyDeleteMy go-to site is ventusky.com - using the precipitation tab, calendar, and time scale , you can check storms moving into your area. There's a bunch of tools on that site if you'll take a few minutes to play with it and check it out.
It's uncannily accurate, too.
Thanks Wirecutter. I've got the Ventusky site too but I've found, trying to communicate, in a short comment, 'how to do' has, generally, proven to be oh 'somewhat complicated' if you know what I mean which, I suspect you do.
Delete(Generally I mainly restrict what I'm saying from Ventusky to my FL & GA friends.)
You'll have noted on the SPC site "most" of the windspeeds being reported are listed as 'Unk'? ... In those instances when I'm trying to get a grip to what my non-former-USN communicants are trying to tell me is, I inform 'em of the "On Land" Beaufort Scale:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html
As you probably correctly surmise yes, I'm former Navy. Pre-satellite (mostly) meteorologically schooled (guess that dates me) and etc etc.
Nobody ought be specific on the internet. In these days.
JK
https://rsoe-edis.org/eventMap
ReplyDeleteScroll way down to where you'll find "The First SOW T" & then get down to where '1979' is mentioned.
ReplyDelete“What is the price to be paid by military commanders for not knowing the weather? Is it paid in lost equipment? Mission failure? Damage to national prestige? The blood of American servicemen?” he wrote. “On April 24, 1980, at a remote location in central Iran code-named Desert One, the United States paid on all counts.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/weathermen/
Yeah I know. NBC the fuckers.
But now I does what I'm able to do which, I figure, is to help as I can.
I was never SOF nor, especially combat trained, matter of fact physically, my 1960s & 70s era Nam vets friends sometimes referred to me as "the little squirt" or a variation thereof.
You've heard Wirecutter of The Little Man Syndrome?
Well I attest it's a true thing - we so afflicted either don't survive or we do. If we do it's (most generally) no longer a matter. Po po tweet.
But - so far as I'm aware - every "little man" however anonymously - takes his satisfaction in the personal feeling of I've done what I can/could do to help. Which, however good is accomplished ultimately, is the best that can be reasonably hoped for.
My final comment on your site Wirecutter - tho' I continue to read.
JK
"hit pretty hard"?
ReplyDeleteBirmingham Alabama metro meteorologist James Spann was on the air giving warnings about the very Tornado that was on the ground as it hit the subdivision where he and his wife of 41yrs live. His house was not damaged as badly as others', and his wife was ok.
Worse: Scammers are using GoFundMe in his name to fleece people.