This is nonstop. What the hell is with all these tornadoes and not in ‘Tornado Alley’ either. This is like the end of times, has it ever been this bad?
is there anything new in the atmosphere that would be acting in the capacity of seeding clouds?
It's not that atypical, there have always been occasional bad years like this one. Consider back in the day, before we had forecasting and tracking tools, there were thousands of tornadoes, that nobody even knew about because they never hit any buildings.
I’d consider Kansas and Oklahoma Tornado Alley, and Joplin’s so close that even if Missouri isn’t officially “in”, it’s close enough.
About five years ago, we had a similar spring around here. About once a week we’d end up in the storm shelter. We had to replace the siding on one side of house twice after it was peppered by hail.
Yes...in the early to mid 70s I remember spending several April and May Days hovered around the 900 lbs sony tv with 4 stations.
OMG ..... the sky is falling.
Actually the end of time has been postponed until October 21 or is it 2012.
This is what happens when you elect a leader who openly calls for the division and thus destruction of Israel. You do NOT mess with God’s plan and His plan is that Israel will NEVER be defeated. Those, such as the US, who advocate against them, will suffer tremendous destruction BECAUSE of their fight against Israel. God says He will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel. Never before have we had such a Jew hater in the white house. America will pay for this awful decision to elect a guy whom we know nothing about. NOTHING. I believe if we did, he would be kicked out of office and impeached.
Tornado alley seems to have shifted eastward, doesn't it?
Yes, it’s been this bad. It’s just been a while.
There were springs in my Texas childhood that we practically spent in the storm cellar.
I remember my mom picking us up early from school one day because it was so bad. Lots of times Dad woke us up in the middle of the night to take cover.
These things go in cycles. Many alive now don’t remember some of those 50s and 60s springs in tornado alley.
OK, who gave Obama the key to Bush's Weather Machine?
Palm Sunday in 65 was pretty bad, google it.
I think we are in the end times but I don’t adhere to any dates Camping or anyone gives. Nor do I lose faith because he got the dates wrong. We are indeed in the end times.
What is your basis for comparison?
has it ever been this bad?
This may end up being a (slightly) record setting year ... but that is really almost a meaningless statement. Before about 100-150 years ago, who knew? Few folk kept records, and such as were kept were so spotty as to be nearly useless for present comparison.
WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING how (un)usual this year's storm activity may be.
No, we just had that Icelandic volcano go off last year and this is the aftermath.
1974 was as bad, if not worse.
The weather channel stated today that there were more tornadoes in April this year than all the Aprils combined since record keeping started.
Yes, it’s been a very bad year.
Here’s some stats:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/newm.html