Remembering all who have served.  Last month, a weak tornado passed over the Belton, MO cemetery where we have family members. While the flagpole is still bent, I like the sentiment on the stone at the entrance.

This was in Atlanta Wednesday during the evening rush hour.  The NWS didn't issue any kind of flood warning, watch or advisory. Waymo is blaming the NWS for this fiasco. Before this is all over, I suspect litigation will occur. 

We went past the 22,000,000 mark yesterday! Thank you so much!

Yet another NWS failure. See yesterday's post about the Joplin Tornado.  It wouldn't surprise me if litigation results from all of this. 

In an unspeakable tragedy, the government's warning system failed in Joplin, MO  the evening of May 22, 2011 -- 15 years ago today.  The Result? 161 Perished. Ruskin Heights Tornado about the time it was damaging my future bride's home.   The tornadohad a 71-mile path and was F-5 intensity. Photo from Wikipedia. May 20, 1957, was the date of the Ruskin Heights Tornado and the date the federal government (finally) got into the tornado warning business. Those warnings have saved tens of thousands of lives. On that Monday evening, the Weather Bureau's tornado warning was accurate and their tornado watch -- which had been issued hours earlier -- was right on the money.*  Over time, both the science (our knowledge of how tornadoes function and how best to warn of them) and the technology (radar, weather satellites, then Doppler radar) helped weather science cut the tornado death rate (deaths per million population) by a stunning 95% . Then, shockingly, it all collaps...

The National Weather Service today forecast a "below average" hurricane season. Yet, we are seeing headlines like this: There is no reason to "prepare now" for a hurricane. Hurricane season doesn't even start until June 1.  I hate clickbait relating to weather.