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We have some Daily Kos people in Tennessee and I know we can’t reach some of them as a major tornado has hit the area about two or three hours ago. Can’t find anything on the news yet but here it is on Twitter. Stupid news can’t stop covering Trump and...
by Vetwife
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on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 05:32 PM PST
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Thursday night, a huge storm cell swept over southeast Michigan, and my residence happened to be right near its path. Even the night before had been kind of ominous. The rain that pelted the windows well after midnight was hard-driven and stung the...
by novapsyche
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on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 03:58 PM PDT
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I have to laugh at the media, as unlike The Claw they sugarcoat everything. Take a look for example at what they call heavily damaged: Ok we will go with heavily damaged. I was going to go with “totaled” but I am sure State Farm will send an adjuster....
by Rule of Claw
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on Thu Jul 20, 2023 at 08:10 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Apr 04, 2023 at 08:59 PM PDT
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A severe weather outbreak is expected again today, overnight and into tomorrow in the Midwest and South. Tornadoes, severe thunderstorm gusts and large hail are possible today and tonight from the Upper Great Lakes to central Texas. The storm system...
by AKALib
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on Tue Apr 04, 2023 at 12:24 PM PDT
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The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. Campaign Action Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said. Two oceans, the...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Apr 02, 2023 at 08:03 AM PDT
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The last week has brought a series of storms to areas of the South, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic. A fresh wave of storms on Friday night and into Saturday ‘brought destruction to over a dozen states, and as rescue workers pick through the debris, they...
by Mark Sumner
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on Sat Apr 01, 2023 at 10:58 PM PDT
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A tornado plowed through Little Rock and surrounding areas on Friday afternoon, reducing rooftops to splinters, toppling vehicles and tossing debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. More than 350,000 people were at risk as what the National...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Mar 31, 2023 at 01:47 PM PDT
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a rare 'high risk' (level 5 out of 5) severe weather forecast for Friday afternoon and evening, the first such 'high risk' forecast they've issued since the March 25, 2021 tornado outbreak in the South. The...
by AKALib
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on Fri Mar 31, 2023 at 10:35 AM PDT
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President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi early Sunday, making federal funding available to the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Mar 26, 2023 at 09:27 AM PDT
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Powerful tornadoes tore through parts of the Deep South on Friday night, killing at least 23 people in Mississippi, obliterating dozens of buildings and leaving an especially devastating mark on a rural town whose mayor declared, “My city is gone.” The...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Mar 25, 2023 at 07:35 AM PDT
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We knew the front was coming. We knew when and the intensity of the storm. Trusting that our home would be okay depended on factors out of human control. However, I have history and science on my side. The hill I live on has not had a tornado cross it...
by CaptBLI
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on Sat Mar 25, 2023 at 06:59 AM PDT
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UPDATE: Saturday, Mar 25, 2023 · 7:58:14 AM +00:00 · MayaTheBookworm Andy Hill ended his livestream a bit ago, and was my primary source of updates after Ryan Hall signed off for the night. I’ve been supplementing with info from the NWS and the SPC,...
by MayaTheBookworm
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on Fri Mar 24, 2023 at 06:41 PM PDT
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A large wedge tornado, likely an EF 4 or 5 storm, cut a path through New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward on Tuesday evening. It was part of a line of storms that cut across the South. The tornado in the Lower Ninth was just one of several tornadoes in the New...
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Mar 22, 2022 at 07:46 PM PDT
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Large tornado hits New Orleans BY CHLOE FOLMAR The city of New Orleans was hit by a large tornado Tuesday evening after the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch earlier that morning. “Large tornado on the ground in...
by Lefty Coaster
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on Tue Mar 22, 2022 at 07:13 PM PDT
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Back in early January, as I started our Masks for Mayfield project to serve our community that was devastated by the monster tornado of December 10th, I wrote this diary , Masks for Mayfield, which made the Trending List for a day. The encouraging...
by Leslie in KY
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on Sun Feb 13, 2022 at 06:00 AM PST
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I am a resident of Graves County, Kentucky and Mayfield is our county seat. Most people have seen by now the total devastation of the center of town and the iconic court house from the tornado on Dec. 10th. My friend, and former Mayfield resident,...
by Leslie in KY
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on Sat Jan 01, 2022 at 11:27 AM PST
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By BERRY CRAIG Thomas Bright still marvels at Helen LaFrance’s old mural in Mayfield’s St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, where he’s a lifelong member. But the 66-year-old retiree and Army veteran fears the artwork is doomed for demolition...
by Berry Craig
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on Fri Dec 24, 2021 at 07:13 AM PST
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In Kentucky, Joe Biden proved again that he's a president for all Americans, even those who hate him When President Joe Biden visited Western Kentucky on Wednesday to survey damage from the deadly tornadoes, he proved once again that he is a president for all Americans, even those who hate him. And Biden again displayed his basic decency and empathy...
by Charles Jay
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on Fri Dec 17, 2021 at 09:20 AM PST
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A number of Kentucky candle factory workers who said supervisors threatened them with firing if they left the site before last week’s deadly tornado have sued the company. The lawsuit states that Mayfield Consumer Products, a major supplier of brands...
by Gabe Ortiz
50 comments
on Thu Dec 16, 2021 at 08:16 AM PST
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