From its hand-dug well to its fully sustainable power grid, Greensburg’s defining characteristic has been its own constant reinvention.#subterraneansites #subterranean #naturaldisaster #museums #water #history #roadtrip #roadsideattractions #tornadoes #wells #section-Articles
This Kansas Town Advertised the World’s Largest Well. It Wasn’t.
This Town Advertised the World’s Largest Well. It Wasn’t.

Digging the largest well in the United States, surviving a devastating tornado—welcome to the resilient, 100 percent green Greensburg, Kansas.

Atlas Obscura

Now he plans to phase out #FEMA after this hurricane season.

Here's my recommendation:

Blue states band together and create a disaster fund that they share.

I don't care what red states do.

#Pritzker #IL #MI #WI #MN
#Disasters #Hurricanes #Tornadoes #DisasterRelief

"On May 16, one of the strongest and deadliest #tornadoes ever documented in the area hit three counties in Kentucky, taking 20 lives and leaving a path of destruction 55.6 miles long."

Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/kentuckys-devastating-tornado-in-may-left-a-trail-of-destruction-visible-from-space-180986780/

"Watch vs Warning vs Advisory Explained"

Warning = let's fuckin go!
Advisory = you in danger, grrrl?
Watch = stay woke

#ClimateChange
#USPol
#weather
#tornadoes
#storms
#NOAA
#SevereWeather

https://www.weather.gov/sjt/WatchWarningAdvisoryExplained

Watch Warning Advisory Explained

Drone video, photos show damage from tornadoes in Lubbock, Texas

Flooding, flipped houses and destroyed roofs were caught on camera after more than 20 tornadoes hit Lubbock, Texas on June 5.

USA TODAY
Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts

National Weather Service offices in hurricane-prone areas are reeling from job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by Trump

The Guardian
Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts

National Weather Service offices in hurricane-prone areas are reeling from job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by Trump

The Guardian
Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts

National Weather Service offices in hurricane-prone areas are reeling from job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by Trump

The Guardian

#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture and literature review

"probably record setting year for #tornadoes in the USA. In an average year there are about 1,200 tornadoes in the US, and as of May 22nd this year there have already been 2,046 and we are only 5 months into the year."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGRv_tZk77E

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather

How Extreme Weather Caused Tornado Outbreaks in the USA are Magnified by Climate Change Acceleration

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