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Ryan Hite<p>🌪️ 100 years ago today, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history struck.</p><p>📍 695 dead<br>📍 219-mile path (longest ever)<br>📍 73 mph forward speed<br>📍 No warnings, no radar, no escape</p><p>🔗 Read more: <a href="https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/03/18/the-tri-state-tornado-100-years-later-remembering-americas-deadliest-twister/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ryanjhite.com/2025/03/18/the-t</span><span class="invisible">ri-state-tornado-100-years-later-remembering-americas-deadliest-twister/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TriStateTornado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TriStateTornado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeatherDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherDisasters</span></a></p>
The Wild<p>We have no concept of what the heat is capable of, soon - we will.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeatherDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherDisasters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-weather-ranks-as-deadliest-in-the-country-21382777" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizo</span><span class="invisible">na-weather-ranks-as-deadliest-in-the-country-21382777</span></a></p>
legraLeGra<p>Nice coverage in NPR today about how <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> disasters in the US are more deadly and disruptive than we think. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> fueled <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WeatherDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherDisasters</span></a> in the US cause higher emergency room visits and have Higher Hospital Mortality rates. </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234671424/the-human-cost-of-climate-related-disasters-is-acutely-undercounted-new-study-sa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/02/29/1234671424/</span><span class="invisible">the-human-cost-of-climate-related-disasters-is-acutely-undercounted-new-study-sa</span></a></p><p>The study by Boston area researchers looks at changes to hospital use when there are rain and flooding related disasters. (They don’t count fire and heat disasters.)</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02833-x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41591-024</span><span class="invisible">-02833-x</span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p>U.S. sets record for billion-dollar <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> and <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ClimateDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDisasters</span></a> in 2023 - CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sets-record-for-billion-dollar-natural-disasters-climate-catastrophes-in-2023/#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/us-sets-recor</span><span class="invisible">d-for-billion-dollar-natural-disasters-climate-catastrophes-in-2023/#</span></a> “U.S. has set a new record for the number of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/WeatherDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherDisasters</span></a> in a year that cost $1 billion or more.</p><p>There have been 23 <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ClimateCatastrophes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophes</span></a> and weather events costing at least $1 billion as of the end of August, breaking the record of 22 set in 2020, .. This year's disasters have so far cost more than $57.6 billion and killed 253 people.”</p>
Nonilex<p>The fighting words come as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DisasterRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterRelief</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fund</span></a> is rapidly running out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> in the wake of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Idalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idalia</span></a>, unprecedented <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vermont</span></a> &amp; devastating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maui</span></a>.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> say <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> is increasing the frequency &amp; intensity of such <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeatherDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherDisasters</span></a>, further straining FEMA’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> &amp; personnel.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForMeButNotForThee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForMeButNotForThee</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliticsOfAppeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsOfAppeasement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentShutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentShutdown</span></a></p>
Poetry News<p>Oh, wondrous Nature, you give and take<br>In bounteous abundance and steady shake<br>Your furious storms can cause much grief<br>And sometimes it's us you seek to relieve<br>But through it all, we persevere<br>Though may your might can cause much fear<br>We turn our eyes</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/weatherdisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weatherdisasters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/us/california-storm-damage.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/01/10/us/cali</span><span class="invisible">fornia-storm-damage.html</span></a></p>
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