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MajesticOuting t1_jdli19z wrote

Growing up in Mississippi we always had a lot of tornados but recent years it seems like they are getting more than ever because of climate change historically they average 43 a year but they have been 70+ a year for years now.

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syzygialchaos t1_jdm8ryk wrote

Geographics had a good video addressing this recently. He discusses how the traditional “Tornado Alley” is shifting more to the East, and tornados are becoming more frequent in “Dixie Alley,” all due to climate change.

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Drak_is_Right t1_jdmayvl wrote

Experts actually say there are four different tornado alleys. Dixie alley is the one in the south and The most deadly by strength of storm due to nighttime tornados being much more common.

Two different ones in the great plains That make up the traditional tornado alley and then a 4th one across the rust belt south of the great lakes to the appalachians.

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roseccmuzak t1_jdn9pp3 wrote

Since coming to Alabama for school I haven't heard a single tornado siren before 4 PM. Oddly last spring I am almost certain they were all on Tuesdays or Thrusdays between 4 and 6 pm, as I was always in the same class.

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Kristalderp t1_jdwg55r wrote

> That make up the traditional tornado alley and then a 4th one across the rust belt south of the great lakes to the appalachians.

There is definitely one running into the South side of the Great Lakes in Michigan that people gotta pay more attention to on both the USA side and Canadian sides. With the east coast being plagued with more hot and humid summers as of late and the Great Lakes feeding the humidity, the rust belt and the St Laurence corridor in Canada is starting to get spicy. I live in Canada but when Michigan gets hit by a tornado, we start paying attention as it means that we're in for some shit within 3-6 hours as anything that hits near Detroit, will absolutely come up the St Laurence corridor and potentially affect approx. 56% of Canada's total population within 6-10 hours.

For example: The same storm system that dropped a tornado in Michigan last May that was EF2-EF3 later on dumped the strongest and most violent derecho we'd ever seen in Canada that killed 20+ people across Ontario and Quebec.

Im definitely keeping an eye to the skies this summer again as I can't trust the Canadian weather alert system. Its horrible compared to the NWS' alerts and with fast moving storms like that derecho, some only had a 2 min warning to GTFO inside and it wasn't enough along with the weather channels not knowing wtf was happening when you can clearly see its a Derecho on the doppler radars...

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Drak_is_Right t1_jdwhis0 wrote

I didn't know that it was starting to extend farther north into that corridor, I just knew about the ones in Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, southern michigan, ohio

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Kristalderp t1_jdwl4x3 wrote

It feels like it's been moving the past 5 or so years. I'm in Quebec and we used to get an odd tornado every 5 to 10 years. Now it's been 1 or 2 every year in may-june-july. Our homes are sturdier than down south, but I don't think my province or Toronto will give a F and be prepared for tornadoes until they get hit with a deadly tornado and face the consequences of not being prepared and safety. People out west know the signs of a tornado and get ready, but east coast doesn't or doesn't care and it's concerning.

When we once had an alert in june 2022 for a tornado warning (the ingredients are in place, same cell dropped another tornado in Ontario) and I spotted a funnel right outside my workplaces's window. I panic as its forming. Its inching down and coming towards us. my bf who works with me just goes to the window, shrugs and goes back to working at his desk as if its a normal storm. Even if it was coming towards us and I'm begging him to GTFO into the middle of the building with me that's far away from the walls or windows.

Thankfully didn't touch down near us, but my bf rightfully got a slap to the back of his head for ignoring me once he realized I was being serious, very much scared and showed him the photo I took of it and other funnel clouds and that one did drop north of us (that spawned from that funnel cloud) that he had a "oh, durrr" moment. 🤦‍♂️

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xRilae t1_jdnz4dy wrote

I've noticed this. In IL, and seems like we had to head to the basement a lot more often in the 90s and early 2000s that we have in the last 10 years.

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Fit_Serve726 t1_jdmtigh wrote

I love his channels!! He has soo many, and they are all fantastic.

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ThatGuy798 t1_jdlomdg wrote

My hometown in SE Louisiana has gotten hit by a few, albeit smaller, tornadoes whereas before it was a rare occurrence. I've noticed that there tends to be more waterspouts over Lake Pontchartrain now and even NOLA has been hit by several.

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tinaawkward t1_jdnmqzw wrote

NOLA resident here; I used to only get a tornado warning on my phone once a year (if that) and now it seems like every time rain rolls in, it comes with a tornado watch.

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techleopard t1_jdnu29m wrote

Yep. I used to LOVE storms. Now they scare they fuck out of me because every single storm that isn't a light daylight drizzle is a tornado threat. WTF?

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ApostropheD t1_jdm247u wrote

It was in the 20s there on Monday and in the 80s on Wednesday. I wonder if that plays a part in it

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KP_Wrath t1_jdm4nb3 wrote

Yup. Tornadoes are formed due to atmospheric rotation where high and low pressure meet. Daytime heating has an impact on intensity. I’m north of where the tornadoes hit. An early round of storms got us from 80 to 59. Had lightening, had 50-70 mph gusts. Took out a few business signs. But it probably saved us from any truly terrible damage.

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Banerinho t1_jdm3faf wrote

It's just gonna keep snowballing. Future should be fun.

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effietea t1_jdn565u wrote

I mean, we just had a tornado touch down near Los Angeles last week. Shit is getting wild.

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I_LICK_PINK_TO_STINK t1_jdnt5uy wrote

I work for the federal government in IT. I support all kinds of systems, and all kinds of people come to me for help with their shit. The contract we work has a lot to do with housing and disasters.

I frequently talk with a man who does meteorology for the gub'ment. Weather-proofing new builds and existing infrastructure is his Forte.

We talk a lot about shifting weather systems and climate change. His entire job has shifted more east into Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, etc, cause of climate change.

He's a disaster guy, so he deals with extreme weather. Tornados are getting stronger on average, tornados are appearing more often further east and with higher strength than ever. It's truly a wild and dangerous time.

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techleopard t1_jdntukz wrote

I agree with this. I'm in north Louisiana and for the first 30+ years of my life, we never had a tornado actually touch down in this area. You might hear of one hitting the interstate once every 2-3 years, but nothing major.

In the last 3 years, I've seen 2-3 a year and they are not turdy little do-nothing tornados.

What's bad is that there doesn't seem to be any kind of response to this -- not from FEMA, other departments of the federal government, or the states. These areas are filled with trailer homes, most structures do not have a basement, and I don't know a single community with a tornado shelter, and businesses are not obligated to allow anyone in to take shelter even when there's one on the ground. The schools do not even have accessible shelters.

I looked for a grant to install a storm shelter because there's nowhere to go in the event of a storm, but there isn't one. There's community grants, but nobody apparently uses them and they probably aren't enough for a multi-family or community-sized shelter.

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whatistheformat t1_jdqrci7 wrote

Tell the big truck people rollin' coal by glorifying fossil fuels they are helping destroy towns and lives, I assume they wouldn't believe you or perhaps not even care unless a tornado swept their own truck up into the clouds and hurtled it into the gulf.

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