Storms seem to get stronger every year

[tercel89]

Last night, the storm came over and blew down trees and signs but nothing like the damage it did to Sommerset Ky and London Ky. These poor people didn't have a chance. It seems that these storms are getting worse every year. My wife says she thinks that "tornado alley" is slowly shifting eastward towards Tennessee. Just look at this drone video of London from this morning. 

 

[Darrell]

3 hours ago, tercel89 said:

Last night, the storm came over and blew down trees and signs but nothing like the damage it did to Sommerset Ky and London Ky.

Thank you for posting this. My brother's widow lives in London, and I didn't even know about that damage. I've heard from her and she's okay, but she knows a couple of people who were killed. Very sad!

[gregintenn]

My wife said something similar, and me being me, took the other side of the coin.

Many of the subdivisions and trailer parks destroyed by tornadoes today were hay fields, cow pastures, or wooded land in our youth.

Tornadoes passed through them occasionally, but it was covered 24/7 on the news TV and internet.

Also, instead of destroying peoples' homes and lives, it might have knocked a squirrel nest out of a tree.

[res308]

We were out all night cutting trees out of the road again in my AO. Aggravating to be sure, but leaves a lot to be thankful for considering the tragedies that unfolded in other areas. We need to be praying for those people. 

[Grand Torino]

What a mess up there in London. One can only pray for  these folks. I have a feeling my new neighbors from Andover Kansas aren't wanting to hear about tornado alley moving here. They lost some family and two homes while they lived there.

[papa61]

I've offered my prayers up for those affected by this latest round of storms. That is the best I can do today.

I don't know if the storms are getting stronger. I'm sure the paths are moving as they tend to do over the decades. Earth is dynamic, turning and moving in constant state of shift. I'm with @gregintenn on this one too, are storms more deadly? Sure, there are more people now. I have seen the paths move and return over the years. The Bible says it rains on the just and unjust alike, I think one meaning is the weather goes where it goes, no one is immune or protected.

[Grayfox54]

Climate change is real and its not changing for the better. I do believe that storms are getting more frequent and stronger. I saw where the National Hurricane Center is already predicting this year to be a bad one. 

We humans live or die at Momma Gaia's whim.  All we can hope to do is adapt and survive. 

[gregintenn]

8 minutes ago, Grayfox54 said:

Climate change is real and its not changing for the better. I do believe that storms are getting more frequent and stronger. I saw where the National Hurricane Center is already predicting this year to be a bad one. 

We humans live or die at Momma Gaia's whim.  All we can hope to do is adapt and survive. 

Can you remember them ever predicting a light year? Serious question.

[leroy]

I think there is lotsa credence to the 24/7 reporting thing.  They miss nothin. As Greg has opined, building has exploded in Tennessee and other places as well.  The population density has simply increased most everywhere. 

That said; sadly, tornados are not very rare in East Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.  They are even more common to our west to the Cumberland Plateau.

As for East Tennessee; I well remember two tornadoes, one in the early nineties that destroyed the Bull Run substation and almost blew our house away.  We had lotsa damage to the roof and the picture window of a brick n stone home on the south side of Copper Ridge.  There was a other in the late nineties that did considerable damage just across the hill from us in Fountain City.  I saw baseball to softball size hail out of it; luckily it was pretty soft and tender to break apart. 

Recently, there have been several pretty damaging tornadoes just north of us in the Oneida, Sunbright, Smokey Junction, Norma area.  In the old days, these storms blew down the woods and an occasional barn or outbuilding.  Now they blow homes by the hundreds... It is a genuine tragedy, but not ultra rare...

I'm sad for those who lost family n property in the terrible storms last nite.  It's as bad as I've seen, even in North Alabama.

leroy...

 

Edited 20 hours ago by leroy

[Garufa]

It’s not so much the damage caused to residential/commercial property new or long existing, but the increasing frequency and intensity of storms that cause severe damage.

Edited 20 hours ago by Garufa

[leroy]

Some interesting stuff here.  Historical weather data.

https://preview.weather.gov/ohx/tntornadostats

[ArmyBrat61]

The birth pangs are quickening and becoming stronger. Watch the news as it mirrors what Scripture says. The End time are here and people need to be prepared for the return of Messiah. What a Revelation.....make your choice.

[gun sane]

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[White Goodman]

9 hours ago, tercel89 said:

My wife says she thinks that "tornado alley" is slowly shifting eastward towards Tennessee.

Your wife is right but the shift has already being going on for a while. 

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maps-show-tornado-alley-shift-storms-weather/

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, Garufa said:

It’s not so much the damage caused to residential/commercial property new or long existing, but the increasing frequency and intensity of storms that cause severe damage.

I believe the increasing frequency and intensity belongs to the reporting of the storms, rather than the storms themselves. I also believe weather forecasters have much better equipment today than in the past. We have always had storms, at least we have in the last 50+ years I can account for.

I also stand by my previous statement/question that every year, for at least the past decade, has been forecasted to be the worst hurricane season in history. If you forecast this often enough and long enough, you’ll eventually be correct.

There’s little doubt the constant propaganda is working.

Edited 19 hours ago by gregintenn

[leroy]

9 hours ago, gregintenn said:

I believe the increasing frequency and intensity belongs to the reporting of the storms, rather than the storms themselves. I also believe weather forecasters have much better equipment today than in the past. We have always had storms, at least we have in the last 50+ years I can account for.

I also stand by my previous statement/question that every year, for at least the past decade, has been forecasted to be the worst hurricane season in history. If you forecast this often enough and long enough, you’ll eventually be correct.

There’s little doubt the constant propaganda is working.

I believe Greg is dead right about this.  News sensationalism generates website clicks and media personalities... Them clicks generat advertising revenues .

Look at Ryan Hall on UTube.  I can kinda give Hall a pass, because I think he is trying to help and a super dooper weather geek.  The local n national news outlets not so much.

leroy