Allen,
I had bad nightmares with Katrina... I saw evil in that storm. I told AP>everyone at my Church that it was a killer and it's regrouping. Some AP>laughed... now I'm told I have a "gift of prophecy"
I've heard several storm chasers in the eye of the storm, and the howl
of the wind is as if it's "the sound of demons screaming". When Katrina
was just off of the east coast of Florida, The Weather Channel Storm
Tracker Meteorologist Jim Cantore was ALREADY sounding the WARNING to
people along the Gulf Of Mexico coastline from Texas to Florida. Sadly,
so many failed to heed the warnings.
Weather can displace people... but it can also bring people together. I AP>don't know if you remember Henryville Indiana just a couple of years
I do remember that big tornado. There was another big tornado in the
region, and a college professor noted, about all those "rooting for
tornadoes". He angrily noted "This is NOT sport. People are losing their
lives and property". Indeed, even if a tornado is going through an open
field, the bottom line is that someone's property being destroyed.
When they had "The Great Oklahoma Tornado Drought in 1994, EXCEPT for
the severe weather resarchers and storm chasers, NO ONE ELSE WAS COMPLAINING...either in Tornado Alley or Dixie Alley...about the LACK OF
SEVERE WEATHER.
For those who do NOT want severe weather, if they suffer property
damage, injury, or loss of family and loved ones, I will feel sorry for
them.
However, for those "rooting for tornadoes/wanting severe weather", if
they suffer the same fate, my response is "You got what you asked for,
got more than you bargained for, and I hope you're happy". If they STILL
want severe weather after that...then, to me, they have a Death Wish,
and I hope it gets granted quickly.
I don't like to wish "bad" on people, but if they want severe weather
that bad, let THEM be the victim of such. Then, maybe they'll see why
for so many others, it's literally a matter of life and death.
There was some loss of life at Henryville... but thank God it was AP>minimalized.
There are so many areas, especially in Arkansas, where people are
"weather illiterate". There are so many ways to receive weather data nowadays...be it NOAA Weather Radio, alerts on your Smartphone, the
internet, or broadcast media, to name a few.
Yet, so many check the forecast only once a week, just like a Post
Office Box, thinking it'll never change. Instead, forecasts are like a
baby's diaper. Changes are needed often, and if the weather messes with
your outdoor plans, it stinks -- puns intended. I've seen it go from
clear skies to tornadic thunderstorms in as little as 20 minutes, and
have seen storms move as fast as 90 miles per hour. That gives folks
downstream little time to react, and get to safety. Indeed, ones margin
of safety may be counted in seconds. The time to prepare for hazardous
weather is BEFORE it arrives.
Hurricane Ike we had the "legendary" ice storm that put most of us out AP>for another 2 weeks. I got hit both times.
Ike brought a large number of tornadoes to Arkansas. Even at, or after landfall, if you're in that "right front quadrant", you likely will see tornadoes.
Weather can be our best friend or our worst enemy... but I can tell you AP>one thing from experience. When you are hit by bad weather you will AP>learn who is your friend, who you cna depend on, who your "good" AP>neighbors really are. And people you would never imagine coming
together will come together.
Exactly.
Daryl
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