Politics , Smallasticks.......It's Weatherman We Need....

Fremont CA

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"Shucks....we'll just hunker down in the trailer honey!".....That doesn't seem to be so effective, hasn’t been for decades now. The destructive weather returned a week after some of the same areas were hit by an outbreak of powerful storms that swept through Mississippi and Alabama before moving on to Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. In January, a tornado in Alabama led to the death of a 14-year-old boy in Fultondale, a suburb of Birmingham; he had been sheltering in a basement with his family members when a tree fell on the house. a group of people in a park: Residents of Eagle Point removed fallen trees that were blocking roads to allow rescue crews to pass. Meteorologists acknowledged the likelihood that residents were fatigued by the possibility of dangerous storms returning so soon but urged them to stay vigilant. “You really need to take action when the warnings are issued and not wait until you can see the danger,” said Bill Bunting, chief of forecast operations at the National Weather Service. In 2020, the United States saw almost 1,000 tornadoes and 76 tornado deaths, according to preliminary counts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.