First Light of Rolling Fork Mississippi after a Violent #Tornado last night.

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[DFW]

1. But, of course, there in no climate change, and this is all God's will............

I hope the Governors of these states are still willing to call on Joe Biden for help, and not just their Bibles.

In a new version of the old joke:
Recently deceased tornado victim: "Lord, I prayed unto you, why didn't you save me?"
Friend in the sky: "I sent you Joe Biden. If that wasn't enough, nothing is. It was my rival who sent you Donald Trump and Tate Reeves. If you voted for them, that's on you."

[BlackSkimmer]

4. Look up the tri-state tornado of 1925. Sadl, these are not new.

Climate change is real, no doubt, but these weather events have been around since biblical times.

[DFW]

10. True enough, but the frequency of the ferocity seems to be new n/t

[Jack the Greater]

41. Key phrase "seems to be"

Without data that confirms or negates, nothing can be said conclusively one way or the other.

[DFW]

46. I suppose the news coverage is more comprehensive these days.

We certainly never used to have land-hurricanes here like we have in the last 15 years.

[Rebl2]

14. What I have

found strange is we have been having tornadoes since January. I also find CA weather the last several months extremely unusual.

[Jack the Greater]

42. It is unusual, but not unprecedented

Great Flood of 1862

The storm was not an unprecedented occurrence. Geologic evidence has been found that massive floods, of equal or greater magnitude to the 1861–1862 event, have occurred in California roughly every 100 to 200 years.

[calimary]

44. Lived in SoCal for about 50 years. I don't remember weather like this.

When I was in what’s now known as middle school, I remember one winter season that was cold, rainy and blustery, and that’s about it. When there WAS rain, it tended to be too much too fast, and mudslides would reliably follow.

[Rebl2]

45. We had

a meteorologist (he retired last year) that grew up in L.A. area of CA. He, as a child, became fascinated by weather. He would say most of the time when he was a child in L.A. the weather was pretty boring for the most part. He moved to Oklahoma to study meteorology in college in Norman, then became a weatherman in OK. City and eventually moving to KCMO.

[calimary]

53. Yep, that's a good description.

Weather WAS pretty boring for the most part. If you like sunshine and you want a year-round tan, L.A.'s the place. They didn't write a song called "It Never Rains in Southern California" for nothing.

[peppertree]

31. "And git yo' big gummint hands off the GREAT state of Mi'ssippi!"

"Now - where's mah federal aid? C'mon now - I'm fixing to git mad."

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Yeah, gotta wonder where God's Will falls in all of this.

One of the many reasons I don't follow gods.

[Scrivener7]

3. When the death toll jumps early like it did this morning, you know this is going to be bad.

God help those people.

[Traildogbob]

23. Won't be God

It will be the real President that will gladly help even red states, not someone personally sent by god to lead, a racist shit stain that don’t give a damn about rural areas with black people. Not a single paper towel photo op.

[Scrivener7]

25. It's a figure of speech.

[Traildogbob]

26. I know

I did not mean it as a dig to you.

[Freethinker65]

5. Unreal imagery. Devastating.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. That's horrible. Tornado Alley has shifted. It's gone south

of us in KCMO. But you never know. It could happen here. I would still take tornados over hurricanes.

[scarletlib]

8. All because of climate change due to global warming.

But honestly I will take a hurricane over a tornado any day. With hurricanes you at least know they are coming and can prepare to hunker down or leave if you can.

[txwhitedove]

48. As one who lived in OK first 32 years, then in TX and MS in time for 3 major hurricanes,

I choose neither. In OK we had sirens, great weather coverage and training on what to do. Tornados move in fairly straight NE direction so good gauge of whether you are in the path, plus lots of storm cellars. Tornadoes also sound like freight trains. In TX no sirens, spotty weather coverage, but love TX more. Did you know there can be tornadoes within hurricanes, allong with a 30 ft wall of water like Katrina. Hurricanes can hop around and change their target, last for hours with trees falling on houses, trees and houses stripped and peeled before actual eye hits, with shelter that actually breathes in and out with the strain of screaming winds outside, then fierce storm for an hour, then relative quiet although roof is still being stripped off and oh yes the water is rising in the house...

Just a note, Bay St. Louis, MS, looked much like these photos after Hurricane Katrina. No one deserves that pain, but nature and life happens.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

52. I'll take hurricanes, you can see them coming for days, got time to leave

Not being sucked through the roof of your house in the middle of the night with no warning!

and there has always been a Dixie Highway tornado path

[scarletlib]

7. Total destruction. Wow. Deeply sorry for those who survived.

[panader0]

9. OMG!

[hatrack]

11. Jesus. That looks like F4-F5 damage - bark peeled off trees.

And a town of not even 2,000 people.

[Delphinus]

16. I read

last night it was determined to be an F-4 ... but it was also really early after it happened.

[Rebl2]

18. Probably is

I am in KCMO and reminds me of the destruction of the Joplin tornado in 2011.

[allegorical oracle]

33. As a former disaster worker, I definitely agree. Takes a ton of power to lift large trucks onto

structures. So terribly sad. At least with hurricanes there is plenty of warning and people can get out of the way. Not so with tornadoes, especially when they strike at night when people aren't at their most attentive. Always thought the gubmint ought to offer financial help for folks to install underground tornado shelters. Many coastal homes don't have basements.

[niyad]

12. Dear Goddess, is there any one/any thing, left of that community???

[hatrack]

13. I think I saw a courthouse or school in a background shot . . .

That seemed to be about it.

[niyad]

19. I saw that as well. One wonders how damaged.

[Ilsa]

17. I hear about dozens of deaths, probably at least 3 dozen. That's

horrifying for a town this small. Anyone with family there needs to go get them and help them.

[Delphinus]

15. Good heavens

There are no words ...

[KPN]

20. Oh no! Those poor people! I can't recall ever seeing aftermath photos of such massive destruction

from a tornado. Total destruction! I can't imagine.

[Fla Dem]

21. My God! What devastation!! I can't imagine going through what these people did.

[Goodheart]

28. Where do you even hide?

Looks to me like hundreds of people would have gotten crushed and slicked by their own homes. Absolutely sickening.

[LittleGirl]

34. Underground.

The alert was to get in the ground. Now!
Huge killer tornado. Poor people.

[Emile]

22. The ones at night are always worse.

Extreme week for extreme weather.

[randr]

24. I can't remember ever seeing any damage this bad

[BumRushDaShow]

40. KY in December 2021

In KY's case, it was over a 200+ mile line with 2 EF4s, and 9 other various strength tornadoes across multiple counties (so the above pics are just from 2 locations along the path).

[Goodheart]

27. I don't think I've ever seen such thorough destruction

The entire town is wiped out. Heartbreaking.

[Liberal In Texas]

29. Horrible devastation. The drone video is amazing.

You just can't believe how bad something like this is without seeing the pictures.

[LoisB]

30. Heart wrenching.

[Samrob]

32. This makes me cry.

[colorado_ufo]

35. Yes indeed.

No life, no people, no dogs, cats, horses, cows, birds, chickens, wildlife, anything you can think of. Gone, gone, gone.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. NWS in Jackson, MS is supposed to send out 3 survey teams

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Good morning!

We are deploying three survey teams this morning to assess the damage from yesterdays severe storms.

Team 1- Sharkey County
Team 2- Humphreys County
Team 3- Holmes/Montgomery Counties

Our goal is to assess as much as we can today but please bare with us! (1/2)
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(2/2) While we will try to get everything covered today, these surveys may take a couple of days. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers are with everyone affected by the terrible storms yesterday. Please stay safe out there today! #mswx #arwx #lawx
10:22 AM · Mar 25, 2023

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JAN issues Public Information Statement (PNS) at Mar 25, 5:16 AM CDT ...Preliminary Storm Surveys Scheduled for Today, March 25th for the areas near Rolling Fork to Winona in central Mississippi...
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PNS issued by NWS JAN at 25 Mar 2023 10:16 UTC
6:16 AM · Mar 25, 2023

Agree with a poster upthread - when you see trees snapped and bark stripped, you're talking at least a strong F4 if not a F5.

[TeamProg]

37. Really sad. The weather is getting extreme due to a disturbed climate. Don't give Tait Reeves A CENT

because he will EMBEZZLE as much FED $$$$$$$$$$ as he can possibly get away with.

Money needs to go directly to the citizens and get FEMA involved.

[BannonsLiver]

51. The two climate change deniers up thread don't seem to buy that.

But you are correct.

[OMGWTF]

38. Sad and devastating.

[TeamProg]

39. Thoughts & Prayers should pretty much take care of everything. nt

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[BSdetect]

47. Geodesic domes would survive most if not all tornadoes

Sadly people shy away from those.

[allegorical oracle]

49. Always thought geodesic domes were great. Always remember the old TV series,

Northern Exposure. One of the characters lived in one. They seem so efficient -- heating, cooling, and as you say, wind-resistant. Don't know why they never caught on. Probably because it's difficult to find contractors who build them.

[albacore]

50. I looked up the town...

1,800 residents.
23 dead.
75% Black... median income for a family of three is $25K - right at the poverty line.
32% of the families at home have no adult male living there.

From those who have nothing...more will be taken.