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42. I hear you!

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:12 AM

Dec 2021

The other system was around so long with their standard message (that I rarely experienced actually being used here locally for any "emergency" ), that I still miss it for some reason when I hear the tests every month.

Now the alerts are much more common for all kinds of things the old system should have been used for. The NWS recently started doing Snow Squall Warnings through an EAS alert and people were freaking out about why that was even "a thing", not realizing that some of the biggest multi-car/truck pile-ups (often in the dozens upwards to over 100) usually happened during snow squalls on the major highways.

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UPDATE: At least 50 people are likely dead following a tornado in Kentucky, governor says [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 OP

Terrible storm! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #1

Oh no! BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #2

Thx! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #7

Glad you are ok! bronxiteforever Dec 2021 #3

Ty! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #8

Yikes! Hang in there! Glad to hear that you're okay! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #4

Thx! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #9

Terrible! LoisB Dec 2021 #5

... Skittles Dec 2021 #6

Where were the tornado sirens? Botany Dec 2021 #10

We (in Indiana) were told that these storms were moving so fast.... AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #12

How did the storm track? SW to NE? Or was it all along the 250 mile band all at once? Botany Dec 2021 #15

Southwest to northeast. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #16

If it started in Arkansas and moved up to KY they should have had more than enough time ... Botany Dec 2021 #19

Bill Karins on MSNBC AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #22

When the local NWS or NWS's SPC issues a TOR or TORE BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #26

I would imagine it goes out to the same network as... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #27

Yes - they all use the same standard alert system BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #29

Out here in... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #32

Well the EBS is deprecated and replaced with the EAS BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #35

I don't catch the details when they identify so I could have 2naSalit Dec 2021 #39

I hear you! BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #42

Yes it has been perfected pretty well mvd Dec 2021 #69

I'm literally a couple blocks from the Montco line BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #71

I'm in the Upper Providence/Limerick/Royersford area mvd Dec 2021 #72

I know on my weather forum BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #73

Cool, thanks for the footage mvd Dec 2021 #74

Here is a link to the old and new scales for classifications BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #75

Yeah the best I found though a search was.. mvd Dec 2021 #76

Just after I typed that, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued mvd Dec 2021 #77

You are welcome BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #78

Did Bryn Athen get nailed? BigmanPigman Dec 2021 #79

Since there was a tornado that eventually formed near the Burlington-Bristol Bridge BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #80

a 15 minute warning is not a very long time and it was night yellowdogintexas Dec 2021 #49

"they should have had more than enough time ... ....set off the sirens" BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #33

thank you! Botany Dec 2021 #34

You are welcome! BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #37

I'm sure the alerts prevented many deaths LeftInTX Dec 2021 #55

I get all kinds BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #58

In this case BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #13

Flat-roof warehouses are deathtraps in storms like these. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #17

Exactly BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #24

Peel 'em like a tin can n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #52

When you have something like this happen BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #53

Oh yeah. I've been through 2 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #56

Luckily this one was headed to the NE BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #59

So glad it missed you uppityperson Dec 2021 #60

Tell me about it BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #61

That's bad. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #30

I found a later video that makes me wonder if this was an EF5 that hit Mayfield BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #51

I agree. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #62

I just heard on the radio ago that Pres. Biden is supposed to have an address about this catastrophe BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #63

Thanks! 2naSalit Dec 2021 #65

He's speaking/answering questions right now - about done BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #66

Wow. Stunning pictures. nt SunSeeker Dec 2021 #64

Gonna create some supply chain issues bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #11

Not to make light, ... do Kentuckians believe the weather is energized by climate warming? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #14

I hope this makes people stop and think. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #20

Check out the videos in Post #13. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #31

Kentuckians elected Bashear. onenote Dec 2021 #41

Good point. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #45

Republicans are working hard to blame tornados on Antifa and 'libtards'. johnthewoodworker Dec 2021 #18

Heartbreaking Traildogbob Dec 2021 #21

What a terrible situation. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2021 #23

my heart... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #25

Really, you don't want to help the people in Kentucky? marie999 Dec 2021 #67

Ya know, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #81

there... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #82

I stand by my post. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #83

sorry... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #84

So, basically, you would tell the citizens of KY to fuck off? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #85

let's be friends... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #86

That's fair. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #87

I was watching Ryan Hall (Y'all) on his YouTube channel last night and it was horrifying catbyte Dec 2021 #28

I was watching him too. LeftInTX Dec 2021 #54

Wow, if I were still in Kentucky, I'd have been right on the edge of that tornado. malthaussen Dec 2021 #36

There were a bunch of tornadoes overnight BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #38

the 200 mile tornado is the one which destroyed Mayfield yellowdogintexas Dec 2021 #47

Yeah that is what i have gathered... BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #50

at least dozens? llashram Dec 2021 #40

They were in a factory and the building was destroyed BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #43

I think we llashram Dec 2021 #44

This was the type of extreme events that were foretold when people warned about climate change BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #46

Too close for comfort for us Bayard Dec 2021 #48

WaPo reporting over 70 dead now, could be up to 100 IronLionZion Dec 2021 #57

In December! ananda Dec 2021 #68

wishing the best for the people of Kentucky Skittles Dec 2021 #70