https://www.news5cleveland.com/weather/weather-news/last-weeks-12-northern-ohio-tornadoes-made-history

It's so weird here in Ohio how this happens, and no one even even knows about it because Tampa had half the rainfall we did.

10"+ rain in the islands. Winds clocked over the open waters at 100mph

#weather #tornadoes #climatechange

We got lucky and were between 2 of the tornados

#Climatechange

#wildfires
#floods
#stormsurge
#tornadoes

Think your local aging decrepit underfunded nuclear power plant can survive?

Wanna bet that you'll get to find out?

@easwatch
#Idalia #FLwx #Tornadoes

#EAS for Orange, ###FL; ###Seminole, ###FL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 5:00 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Melbourne FL** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

@easwatch
#Idalia #FLwx #Tornadoes

#EAS for Citrus, ###FL; ###Hernando, ###FL; ###Sumter, ###FL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 5:00 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL**

@easwatch
#FLwx #Idalia #Tornadoes

#EAS for Hardee, ###FL; ###Polk, ###FL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 4:45 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL** DO

@easwatch
#Idalia #FLwx #Tornadoes

#EAS for Orange, #FL; #Osceola, #FL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 4:30 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Melbourne FL** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

also from the above NHC 2am public advisory:
TORNADOES: A few #tornadoes are possible overnight from the coast of west-central #Florida northward into the Florida Big Bend region. The tornado risk will shift into southeast #Georgia and the coastal #Carolinas later today.

@easwatch
#Idalia #Flwx #tornadoes

#EAS for Hardee, #FL; #Highlands, #FL; #Polk, #FL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 2:00 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL**

@easwatch
#Idalia #FLwx #Tornadoes

#EAS for Collier, ###FL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 1:30 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Miami FL** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

@easwatch
#Idalia #FLwx #Tornadoes

#EAS for Collier, ###FL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 12:15 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Miami FL** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

#Ancient #Architecture Might Be Key to Creating Climate-Resilient Buildings

Vernacular architecture is a way to use a region's heritage and resources to build strong homes and cities.

by Angely Mercado

"The United States has braved a year of multiple billion dollar weather disasters over the past couple of years. In 2021 alone, there were record-breaking #heatwaves , a #winterstorm that shut down cities across #Texas, multiple #hurricanes, record-breaking #wildfires, #tornadoes and #hail storms. All of which damaged public and private property and harmed people across the country.

"Part of preparing for even more extreme weather to come as a result of the #ClimateCrisis, is investing in resilient #infrastructure–something the current administration has already proposed. While building infrastructure may sound like a feat fit for futuristic technology, around the world climate-proofing has been happening already for centuries in the form of vernacular architecture. This form of architecture is defined by the use of traditional materials native to that particular region.

"According to a report in Oxford Urbanists, there is a possibility of a resurgence of vernacular architecture. Otherwise known as traditional, cultural design methods unique to a particular region, vernacular architecture is an alternative to the 'international style' of Eurocentric homes that took off globally after the first world war. Throughout the 20th century, 'identical skyscrapers, airports, malls and gas stations became icons of modern cities,' the report points out. However, those structures are not always made with climate change in mind, and don’t rely on locally sourced materials or local #cultural knowledge. Those homes were not made for the entire world’s diverse array of weather events like hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes. Drawing on vernacular architecture could be a way of making our cities more resilient to an ever-changing climate.

"A well-known example of cultural and regional identity through vernacular architecture is #Pueblo architecture. The permanent, attached homes modeled after the cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Pueblo (#Anasazi) culture first appeared around the year 1150 AD continue to be used by Pueblo peoples today. A common revival of the style called Santa Fe style, a mix of Pueblo architecture and Spanish colonial architecture, can be found in southwestern states like #Arizona and #NewMexico. Pueblo inspired homes that used dried mud often constructed with locally sourced materials. The thick mud walls are great insulation for both extreme heat and are made to protect residents from especially hot days and from cool desert nights.

"Across similarly sweltering Southern US states, vernacular architecture in the form of shotgun houses feature high ceilings for heat to rise up to, doors that are aligned to improve circulation into the home without costly AC bills.

"In some of the most heat-impacted places on the planet, #vernacular architecture is already being used worldwide in response to climate issues. Architects and designers are not just turning to local materials, they’re turning to #historical design to work around energy needs. Traditional #Arabian techniques like #mashrabiya have been incorporated into iconic modern buildings in Abu Dhabi, a city in one of the most heat-threatened countries in the world. Architects in #Morocco, which is especially vulnerable to climate change, have incorporated vernacular design, like large north-facing windows and smaller south-facing windows to bring in natural light while maximizing air flow for natural cooling and ventilation in public buildings like schools.

"'We wanted to retrieve a sense of heritage, but in a modern way,' Moroccan architect Driss Kettani told CNN. 'We tried to use the same (energy-efficient) solutions found in the small earthen towns in the south of Morocco.'

"These techniques can be used anywhere, even areas of the world with less-obvious climate impacts. Chris Lawson, the managing director at UK-based design firm CK Architectural says that the firm has worked in the #Cotswolds area, which is filled with towns that can source their own building materials. Woods used in the homes can come from local #trees that are already adapted for the English weather, which makes them an ideal building material. Builders are able to excavate the local limestone they need to build homes, a climate-friendly alternative to materials that often have to be transported from elsewhere and weren’t built to withstand the local weather.

"'It was incredibly strong, easy to find, a solid insulator from the Great British weather, and environmentally friendly due to no transportation requirements too,' he explains. 'This can be done across the whole world too.'"

Source:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ancient-architecture-might-be-key-to-creating-climate-resilient-buildings?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Was scrolling so #onstorm footage from this morning, and I realized that some people don't seem to know that:

🌪 🌪 🌪 🌪 🌪

If you aren't detecting left or right motion on that tornado you are filming:

IT MAY BE COMING
STRAIGHT AT YOU.

🌪 🌪 🌪 🌪 🌪

We really need to get Canadians more aware of this shit, along with "hard-soled shoes and helmets".

https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/110544601152244338

#tornadoes #WeatherAdvice
#GigiTips #onwx

Today in #Connecticut History, August 9: The Worst Tornado Ever to Hit Connecticut

Read the Story and Subscribe for Daily Updates
TODAYINCTHISTORY.com

https://todayincthistory.com/2023/08/09/august-9-the-worst-tornado-ever-to-hit-connecticut/

#19thcentury #august #connecticuthistory #disasters #naturaldisasters #photography #tornadoes #wallingford #weather

@easwatch
#VAwx #Tornadoes

#EAS for Augusta, ##VA; ##Highland, ##VA; ##Pendleton, ##WV: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 3:15 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY,

@easwatch
#WVwx #Tornadoes

#EAS for Preston, ##WV: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 1:30 PM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Pittsburgh PA** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

State outside of #TornadoAlley leads 2023 twister count

#tornado reports in #Illinois outpacing the tally in 2 Southern states that typically top the list -- likely heading toward record territory

Aug 3, 2023

"In a typical year, #Illinois experiences #SevereStorms with a high risk for #tornadoes from April through June. But this year, tornadoes were recorded as early as January, February and March"

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/state-outside-of-tornado-alley-leads-2023-twister-count/1566303

#SevereWeather #Weather #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

#JoeBiden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on #extremeheat:
“The No. 1 #weather-related killer is #heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from #floods, #hurricanes and #tornadoes in #America combined.”
#climate #environment #deadly

With increased warming in the Mediterranean, Severe Weather in Europe is now resembling the USA - i.e. tornadoes. #weather #GlobalHeating #tornadoes #ExtremeWeather

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/possible-tornado-kills-1-in-switzerland/1563974

We COULD have had "life as we know it", with different energy sources, different building styles & different types of transportation. Some of us have been saying this for years. It's not that much of a stretch to follow a path of logic using known scientific principals to see how pumping the quantity of burned fossil fuel emissions into the atmosphere for as long as we have would completely fuck up the planet systems and balance that is so precarious at the best of times.

The refusal of corporations to fund and develop these better forms of energy, thereby forcing anyone that participates in society to use them is causing a spiralling collapse of both human and natural systems simply by the immense amount of crap that is pumped into the atmosphere.
The average person is kept too busy, tired, distracted and broke, along with campaigns of disinformation and misinformation, to be able to effectively fight the powers that be.

NOW, thanks to the greed and complacency of humans, life will not be "as we know it" ever again. We will fight for survival with radically different systems. We will be scrambling to find livable spaces, fighting over resources, shooting each other over both of these with warfare and the decline won't take that long. Then the fight over overpopulation won't be relevant anymore because there will be a much reduced population anyway. And all the beautiful things we've created over the centuries will surely be lost along with much of the natural world. Thanks ya fuckers, it didn't have to be this way.

#ClimateBreakdown #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateDisaster #Wildfires #Floods #Hurricanes #Tornadoes #BlueOceanEvent #JetStream

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/northern-hemisphere-heatwaves-europe-greece-italy-wildfires-extreme-weather-climate-experts

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/russia-saudi-oppose-g20-proposal-triple-green-energy-capacity-2023-07-21/

From WCNC Charlotte: “Dozens of homes and buildings were damaged or completely destroyed and 16 people were injured when an EF-3 tornado ripped through Nash and Edgecombe counties Wednesday. The National Weather Service estimated the tornado had max wind speeds of 150 mph.”

#NCwx #Tornadoes