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Greenfield residents honored lives lost in the EF4 tornado that tore through the small town last year. Several states are trying to restrict certain foods eligible under SNAP. And how is the town of Perry doing a year after its largest employer closed down?

Nancy slept through all the storms last night while Joey and Karly stayed up super late. The White Sox have put an art piece of Pope Leo XIV in their stadium because he is a big fan. A one mile wide, EF4 tornado wreaked havoc on Kentucky. Joey’s wife loves dirty sodas, and it confuses Joey. However, he does love boba drinks. Hot Tea: Are Bill Belichick and his super young girlfriend engaged? Airbnb is introducing an anti-party defense system. All Oscar Meyer Weinermobiles from across the country will race in Indianapolis ahead of the Indy 500 race. Nancy is working on selling her house, so she cleaned at 4am and then threatened her kids to clean up this morning. Nancy and Karly think that there is major drama between Ella Langley and Riley Green. Lucky 7 Joey had to give his socks to his 8-year-old so he could play in the Play Place at McDonald’s. Nancy had a crazy experience while trying to pick her kid up from school during the storms yesterday. A senior from Gibbs High School graduated with an associate’s degree a week before she graduated high school! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy slept through all the storms last night while Joey and Karly stayed up super late. The White Sox have put an art piece of Pope Leo XIV in their stadium because he is a big fan. A one mile wide, EF4 tornado wreaked havoc on Kentucky. Joey’s wife loves dirty sodas, and it confuses Joey. However, he does love boba drinks. Hot Tea: Are Bill Belichick and his super young girlfriend engaged? Airbnb is introducing an anti-party defense system. All Oscar Meyer Weinermobiles from across the country will race in Indianapolis ahead of the Indy 500 race. Nancy is working on selling her house, so she cleaned at 4am and then threatened her kids to clean up this morning. Nancy and Karly think that there is major drama between Ella Langley and Riley Green. Lucky 7 Joey had to give his socks to his 8-year-old so he could play in the Play Place at McDonald’s. Nancy had a crazy experience while trying to pick her kid up from school during the storms yesterday. A senior from Gibbs High School graduated with an associate’s degree a week before she graduated high school! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can something as simple as kindness really change someone's view of God? Simple acts of love and kindness are how Jesus shows up in people's lives. When someone feels seen, heard, and cared for—especially in their mess or suffering—it softens hearts. It opens a door. That's when people start to wonder, “Why are you doing this?” And we get to say, “Because Jesus loves you.” When we meet people in their suffering with compassion—feeding them, clothing them, praying with them—we're not just meeting physical needs, we're revealing the heart of Jesus. And when people experience that kind of love, they start to believe again that God is real, that He sees them, and that He hasn't forgotten them. In today's episode, I sit down with Mandy Busch and Amanda Pfeiffer to share the incredible story of how their parish community responded after an EF4 tornado struck. Instead of just reacting, they mobilized hundreds—each person using their unique spiritual gifts—to serve with compassion, leadership, and faith. We talk about how discovering and using our charisms—the gifts given by the Holy Spirit—can be a game changer for unity and fruitfulness in mission. When we stop comparing and start collaborating, the Church comes alive. Like a puzzle, every piece matters. And when we come together in love, the result is powerful. [01:14] Revisiting the Tornado Incident [03:46] Immediate Aftermath and Community Response [07:22] Mobilizing Resources and Long-Term Support [09:40] Charisms in Action [12:39] Coordination and Leadership [18:45] Recognition and Reflection [24:17] Witnessing the Holy Spirit at Work [26:35] Street Ministry and Community Impact [30:04] Acts of Mercy and Returning to Faith [34:09] Teamwork and Charisms in Action [42:26] Long-term Effects and Continued Support [44:24] Encouragement for Parish Leaders [49:03] Final Thoughts and Resources Don't forget to check out St. Pat's Elkhorn (https://www.stpatselkhorn.org/), Called and Gifted (https://siena.org/called-gifted), and related episode “Match Your Gifts to Your Mission” (https://equip.archomaha.org/match-your-gifts-to-your-mission-how-charisms-have-the-power-to-change-everything/). For more practical advice and experiences from real people sharing their mission with the world, go to https://equip.archomaha.org/podcast/. A Production of the Archdiocese of Omaha Editor: Taylor Schroll (ForteCatholic.com)

Dozens of tornadoes, including 3 EF4 strength storms, raked across 11 states Friday into Saturday, killing two dozen people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this moving episode of The TRU Leader Podcast, special guest Dr. Sasha Shillcutt shares her deeply personal journey of resilience through an extraordinary series of challenges. She recounts the heartbreaking loss of her brother-in-law, whose organ donation saved another family member's life, intertwining grief with gratitude. Amidst this, Sasha's home was destroyed by a catastrophic EF4 tornado, leaving her family homeless and grappling with the profound loss of their possessions. These experiences forced her to reflect on the basics of human need, the emotional toll of caregiving, and the growth that can emerge from life's darkest moments. Through her raw and relatable storytelling, Sasha examines the struggles healthcare professionals face in prioritizing their own well-being, highlighting how friends and community became her anchors in navigating these trials.The conversation delves into universal themes of resilience, vulnerability, and the power of community support. Sasha reflects on the difficulty helpers often face in accepting help, the importance of leaning on past successes during failures, and how simple practices like biofeedback and gratitude can interrupt negative thought patterns. Listeners will be inspired by her perspective on maintaining hope amidst chaos, finding humor in life's quirks, and embracing vulnerability as a strength. With touching anecdotes and practical strategies, this episode is a heartfelt reminder that even in life's storms, growth and healing are possible when we lean on others and remain open to life's lessons. Tune in now!For full show notes and links, visit https://www.missinglogic.com/truleaderIf you found value in this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!SOCIAL MEDIA LINK:https://www.linkedin.com/company/missinglogic-llcSummary:This heartfelt episode of The TRU Leader Podcast features Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and her powerful journey of resilience through unimaginable challenges, including the tragic loss of her brother-in-law, whose organ donation saved another family member's life, and the destruction of her home by an EF-4 tornado. Sasha reflects on the emotional toll of caregiving, the struggles healthcare professionals face in prioritizing their own well-being, and the growth that emerges from adversity. Through raw storytelling, she highlights the importance of community support, leaning on past resilience, and interrupting negative thought patterns with gratitude and self-care. With touching insights and practical strategies, Sasha's story is an inspiring reminder that even in life's storms, we can find strength, hope, and healing when we embrace vulnerability and lean on others.

The hospital in Greenfield is partially re-opening about three months after the town was hit by an EF4 tornado. Waterloo residents have submitted a petition to the Waterloo Community School Board over a $165 million bond issue. And more political coverage from the Iowa State Fair.

Welcome back to "This is Bipolar" with your host, Shaley Hoogendoorn. In this episode, Shaley sits down with Missy, the inspiring founder of "Comfortable Silence," a brand dedicated to raising awareness and ending the stigma surrounding bipolar disorder. Missy shares her heartfelt journey from being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at a young age to navigating through the highs and lows of her condition. She talks about the challenges she faced, including a traumatic event in her teenage years, and how she coped with psychosis and manic episodes. Throughout the conversation, Missy opens up about the importance of mental health routines, the impact of affirmations, and the power of self-love. She also discusses the creation of "Comfortable Silence," a brand born out of her personal struggles and journal entries, aimed at inspiring others to embrace their uniqueness and find comfort in silence. Join Shaley and Missy as they explore the depths of living with bipolar disorder and the resilience it takes to turn pain into purpose. This episode is a beacon of hope for anyone struggling with their mental health, reminding us all that we are never alone in our journey. this is bipolar...   My dear listeners, As always, we talk about hard and messy mental illness topics. This episode could be activating so please take care of yourself. The episode is always here if you need to have breaks to take care of yourself. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening. If this episode or podcast means something to you, I would be forever grateful if you would follow/subscribe the ‘this is bipolar' podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts so you stay up to date. It would also mean the world to me if you gave a 5 ⭐️ review- this helps the podcast reach those who need to hear it most. Much love, Shaley xo   About Missy

Ever wondered why stepping on ice can send you skating off like a cartoon character? Special guest Katie Nicolaou, a seasoned meteorologist, storms in with her personal journey through tornado alley to the broadcast screen, debunking weather myths and recounting a dramatic dance with an EF4 tornado.Imagine mastering the "Animaniacs" song for a talent show or donning costumes to connect with fellow pop culture aficionados. It's all in a day's work on our podcast, where we blend a passion for meteorology with the universal icebreaker – weather chat. Whether it's rubbing shoulders with celebrities like Will Wheaton and Greg Baldwin, who surprise us with their weather wisdom, or diving into the affectionate world of our pets Doppler and Radar, we're sharing the quirky and the profound from our lives to yours.Circle up with us for a whirlwind of fascinating super facts, from the explosive danger lurking in your bathroom during a thunderstorm to the wartime origins of hurricane hunting. And let's not forget the puppy news – from the anticipation of Bernoulli's arrival to the touching mentorship between our older dog Bunsen and his furry protégé. It's an episode packed with stories that will warm your heart, tickle your funny bone, and satisfy your curious mind.Katie on TwitterKatie on Tik Tok!Bunsen and Beaker's Links:30% off the first month at Zencastr - use the code in the show!https://zen.ai/3LXIX2UYb1RLXwtWHHjryXAutdr3HS5EpVHMW80BOKgSave 10% at Bark and Beyond with the coupon code BUNSEN!The Ginger Stuffie is on presale so check the link here!Join The Paw Pack to Support The Show!https://bunsenbernerbmd.com/pages/paw-pack-plus-communityOur Website!The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest quality companies we could find!www.bunsenbernerbmd.comSign up for our Weekly Newsletter!Bunsen and Beaker on Twitter:Bunsen and Beaker on TikTok:Support the Show.For Science, Empathy, and Cuteness!Being Kind is a Superpower.https://twitter.com/bunsenbernerbmd

Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Guest: Deborah Williams, Director of the Legacy Village in Rolling Fork, MississippiTopic: A year ago last week Mississippi experienced a horrible disaster when an EF4 tornado struck Rolling Fork and other surrounding communities. Today's show is dedicated to the technology being utilized by meteorologists and other weather experts as well as individuals in affected communities to detect and prepare for natural disasters.Email everydaytech@mpbonline.org at any time to have any technology related question you may have answered! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In This Episode Guest: Aaron Rigsby, Storm Chaser and Photographer Storm Chaser Safety Tip - Filling the Gas Tank Lightning Round - Trivia Nerd: Wild Weather #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations Wasted Weather Clip - We find our weather friends after possibly having one too many Freak Fan Box - We read our fan mail Announce Next Guest(s) Check out our Patreon page for exciting ways to support our podcast and interact with us more!  www.patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks Our Guest: Aaron Rigsby  Aaron Rigsby is a professional storm chaser and photographer.  He has been chasing storms for over 10 years, including category 5 hurricane Michael, Cat 4 Harvey, the historic buffalo blizzard, and over 100 tornadoes including the Pilger Nebraska twin EF4 tornadoes.  Aaron's tornado photography has recently been highlighted on the cover of Thomas Grazulis's Significant Tornadoes Update. For more storm chaser/spotter safety tips, visit the weather.gov ACES Weather Spotter Safety Program Follow us on YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks and our Twitter (@stormfrontfreaks) and Facebook (Storm Front Freaks) accounts for news when we go live with Storm Front Freaks Outbreak coverage of storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards Purchase your Storm Front Freaks gear at Helicity.co #weatherfools Links Phil - Trust Me, It's Not Worth It from Garrett Phil - I'm Ready To Come Down Now Dina - No Reaction Time Greg - Shouldn't Love Football THAT Much Submit your questions or comments about this show to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com or on our social media accounts and we may read it on our next episode! Next Episode…another first timer on the show.  From the Discovery series Storm Chasers, Brandon Ivy will be with us.  We'll be LIVE Thursday, April 11th at 9pmET/8pmCT on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook while the audio podcast will be available that weekend on your podcast player. Twitter: @stromfrontfreak Facebook: @stormfrontfreaks Instagram: @stormfrontfreaks TikTok: @stormfrontfreaks YouTube "RAW":  YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks Credits Opening Music: Brett Epstein Closing Music: Gabe Cox Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

It's been 1 year since an EF4 tornado destroyed several towns in Northwest Mississippi, including Rolling Fork, Amory, and Silver City.Then, doctors continue to call on lawmakers to address the state's financial crisis in healthcare. They say Medicaid is a major part of the solution.Plus, black women in Mississippi are being encouraged to participate in a 'coding bootcamp' to prepare them for a possible future in tech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marshall Ramsey sits down with Natalie Perkins, a Rolling Fork-based journalist and recently named USA Today Woman of the Year. She discusses her journalistic efforts during the devastating EF4 tornado that struck her community in March 2023 and how she was able to keep those around her informed during that time of crisis.Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized, Emmy award winning editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today's Editor-At-Large. He's also host of a "Now You're Talking" on MPB Think Radio and "Conversations" on MPB TV, and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us on a captivating journey with Jim Stancil of Boat Center as we explore the monumental shifts and innovations in the boat building industry, from the rustic origins to the sleek, high-tech vessels of today. As we navigate through Havoc Boats' odyssey, Jim regales us with tales of the critical partnership that turned competition into camaraderie, and the resilience needed to rebuild after a devastating EF4 tornado struck Clinton, Arkansas. The awe-inspiring stories of survival and the humorous anecdotes of post-disaster life illustrate the unbreakable spirit of a community bound by water and weather.The episode takes an intimate turn as we recount the terror of facing down a funnel cloud's wrath, the instinct to protect, and the sobering aftermath that reshaped our approach to storms and safety. Through the lens of boat manufacturing, we celebrate the transformative power of learning from our mistakes, taking pride in continuous improvement, and cherishing the American dream built on hard work and quality craftsmanship. The heart of our discussion lies in the shared experiences that have not only fortified Havoc Boats but have also ingrained in us a philosophy of relentless innovation and customer-driven design.Wrapping up our conversation, we set our compass towards the future, where the evolution of duck boats mirrors the growing demands of a discerning market. Our strategic focus on a robust dealer network and unyielding commitment to customer satisfaction is a testament to the strength of partnerships in driving the industry forward. We share insights on the role of customer feedback in refining our products and the joy of delivering more than just a boat – we offer an experience. So come aboard as we celebrate the tales of ingenuity, the bonds forged by shared adversity, and the unwavering pursuit of excellence on the water.GUEST WEBSITE: https://www.boat-center.org/CHAPTERS:0:00Boat Building History With Jim Stancil7:42Surviving an F4 Tornado16:17Surviving and Innovating22:53Building Havoc28:44Evolution of Duck Boat Manufacturing35:52Dealer Network Strategy and Customer Service42:31Customer Satisfaction and Product ImprovementSOCIAL LINKSTruth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@OffTheClockwithBScottFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Off-The-Clock-With-B-Scott/61557737220814/Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/OTCwithBScottInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/offtheclockwithbscott/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwu6_wWcXDoBzhpHv4YgZGQRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-5644782Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2g76hRDp9d609LETevSH2U?si=0ba23ae282c94e88&nd=1&dlsi=d9f84d7699b84724Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off-the-clock-with-b-scott/id1734265760

It's hard to describe the power of an EF4 tornado, but Aaron Jayjack's videos speak for themselves. The professional storm chaser takes us into his wild world on this must-watch episode of Real Talk.  3:45 | Aaron Jayjack knew Mother Nature had something brewing in central Alberta ahead of Canada Day 2023. He packed up his car and headed straight for what wound up being Canada's strongest twister since Edmonton's "Black Friday" more than 35 years ago. Don't miss his firsthand account of the 2023 Didsbury tornado, along with some of the other wild weather events he's covered.  SUBSCRIBE TO AARON'S CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/aaronjayjack 38:20 | What would Canada's Conservatives do about climate change, the cost of living crisis, and skyrocketing crime rates across the country? Does the Conservative Party of Canada have an image problem? What's the secret to success next federal election? CPC MP Mike Lake joins Ryan in studio.  1:16:10 | Legendary American burger chain In-N-Out recently issued an "unmask mandate," meaning employees won't be allowed to mask up on the job without a doctor's note as of August 14. Is it a reasonable or reckless decision? Will other employers soon follow suit? Ryan and Johnny discuss.  EMAIL THE SHOW: talk@ryanjespersen.com  VOLUNTEER FOR THE YWCA AT K-DAYS: https://ywcaofedmonton.org/k-days-50-... BECOME A REAL TALK PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen WEBSITE: https://ryanjespersen.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/RealTalkRJ/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@realtalkrj THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.

Guests: Weather Geeks Team with Dr. Greg PostelAs the sun set over the Magnolia state on Friday March 24th, Mississippian lives were changed forever. A charged supercell cut across the midsection of the state, spawning a tornado that caused EF4 damage in the towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City and then EF3 damage in Amory, all over the course of a few hours while many slept. While the event was well forecasted by meteorologists across the country, NOTHING could prepare a person for the severity of what the victims experienced and what we all saw at first light the next morning. We want to take this episode of Weather Geeks to break it all down and look ahead to the tornado potential of the next event.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On an otherwise pleasant Mississippi Monday, Rick visited Amory and Tyler headed to Rolling Fork. Those two tornado ravaged towns, 159 miles apart, face a long recovery and rebuilding will include new baseball fields. In Amory, Rick visited Joe Burrow's grandparents, who rode out the EF4 tornado in the storm cellar they built beneath their home of 60 years.

In today's episode with catch with with Ph.D alum Dr. Melissa Shubert Smith, a professor of communications and the Gibbons Chair of Journalism at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS. Dr. Smith wears many hats at her university but still finds time to devote much attention to publishing books, including her latest book, Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades: Modern Challenges to the Two-Party System in Presidential Elections (https://www.amazon.com/Third-Parties-Outsiders-Renegades-Communication/dp/1793620725). Much of her work has focused on outsider candidates and the influence they can have on shaping the agendas and narratives for those who follow. In addition to the tremendous research she has done, she teaches anywhere from four to six classes a semester (that is a lot for those of us in academia) plus finds time to train for and run half marathons. She ran her first half marathon in 2013 and used it as an opportunity to raise money for schools damaged by the EF4 tornado that devastated the Tuscaloosa area in 2011. We had so much fun in this conversation and you don't want to miss it. For more information on Dr. Smith: https://www.muw.edu/as/com/faculty/70-dr-melissa-m-smith To follow Mississippi University for Women on Twitter: @MUWedu To follow us on Twitter: @ ICIRAlabama

A teenage boy died after being shot outside of a Des Moines high school. A disaster recovery fund was set up to take donations to support families impacted by the deadly EF4 tornado that hit Madison County over the weekend. Plus, public health advocates have worked for years to close the gaps in cancer mortality rates between Black and white Iowans but some worry the pandemic may have set back some of their progress.

Over six hours, tornadoes ranging from EF0 to EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, tore across Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. This onslaught resulted in 23 deaths, and 103 injuries. Somehow, there among all the rubble, you will be stunned at how a tornado completely missed one home in the middle of hundreds of downed trees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On February 4, 2008 record warmth was surging northward from Mexico at the same time 14 states prepared to hold primary elections for the 2008 Presidential election cycle. Known as Super Tuesday, it was the biggest number of state presidential primaries held on the same day up to that point. As the heat pulsed into the country a strong storm roared out of the plains states and warmth added fuel to what would become known as the Super Tuesday Severe Weather Outbreak. Temperatures soared into the 80s and beyond all across the southern states. The mercury reached 85 in San Antonio, 82 in Austin, 83 in Baton Rouge and 81 in Augusta George – all records. As the heat reached its peak the storm from the west started to act on the hot air and moisture moving out of the Gulf of Mexico.  As the storm started to do its work it sparked an outbreak of severe storms from northeast Texas to the lower Ohio valley. The strongest thunderstorms spawned deadly and destructive tornadoes, which resulted in numerous injuries and at least 55 fatalities. One of the strongest tornadoes measured and EF4 on the enhanced Fujita scale, tore through eastern Jackson County, Alabama late that election Tuesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the first episode after the holiday break, Todd and James talk about the tornadoes of December 10th, 2021 and the EF4 that struck northeast Arkansas. The guys also get into Storm prediction center severe weather risks and the inconsistencies in messaging and how they communicate that as broadcasters. Enhanced risks can cover days like December 10th, but Arkansas also had similar risk areas late in December with no severe weather reports. Todd and James talked about the chance for a cold December in previous podcasts, but after record warmth they own the bust and briefly talk about why things went the complete opposite direction.

On the evening of Friday, December 10th, an EF4 tornado carved a path of destruction from Tennessee to Kentucky. Doug Collison, pastor in western Kentucky, visited our members in the effected area. He joins Victor Kubik to share what he saw, and how to help in the relief effort. Send us your questions or comments at podcast@ucg.org To contribute to this cause we would recommend making a donation to either Good Works at https://www.ucg.org/members/service-projects/disaster-relief or LifeNets at https://lifenets.org/lifenets-help-for-december-11-2021-kentucky-tornado-victims/.

We have arrived back in Wakita, but it looks much different; an EF4 tornado will do that. Bill & Jo slowly drive through the rubble, noticing a family that looks eerily similar to Jo's from the start of the film. Joe & Kelly discuss this 60 second clip from Twister (minute 79). ----------------------- JMNJR Radio: www.jmnjrradio.com/ Solid F2 Podcast: www.jmnjrradio.com/solidf2podcast/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/SolidF2Pod Twitter: @JMNJR_Radio | @SolidF2Pod | @CoachJoeMays Email: joe@solidf2pod.com or kelly@solidf2pod.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/solid-f2-podcast/message

We have arrived back in Wakita, but it looks much different; an EF4 tornado will do that. Bill & Jo slowly drive through the rubble, noticing a family that looks eerily similar to Jo's from the start of the film. Joe & Kelly discuss this 60 second clip from Twister (minute 79). ----------------------- JMNJR Radio: www.jmnjrradio.com/ Solid F2 Podcast: www.jmnjrradio.com/solidf2podcast/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/SolidF2Pod Twitter: @JMNJR_Radio | @SolidF2Pod | @CoachJoeMays Email: joe@solidf2pod.com or kelly@solidf2pod.com

November 17, 2013 was a difficult day for many people across the Midwest and Great Lakes region with a major outbreak of severe weather that is usually associated with the Spring season. All told there were over 750 reports of severe weather incidents and of those 136 reports were from tornados. Of the remaining reports there were 579 from wind and 42 from hail. The storm damage extended far and wide from eastern Iowa and Missouri eastward to New Jersey. The worst of this day was in Washington Illinois, a suburb to the east of Peoria. This is where an EF4 tornado moves through destroying several homes. This tornado was responsible for 122 injuries and 1 fatality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome, Dr. David Dockery, to this episode of the podcast! David is a good friend of mine, and I first met him when he was President of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and since then, David has served as President of Trinity International University and is currently at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in a number of different roles. David is a wealth of information, and there is so much that I could talk to him about, but in this episode of Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership, I talk to him about a devastating natural disaster that hit the grounds of Union University while he was President there. On the evening of February 5, 2008, an EF4 tornado ripped through the heart of the Union University campus, causing massive damage to several academic buildings and completely leveling many student housing facilities – a grand total of 45 million dollars worth of damage. David walks us through where he was when it happened and describes the situation. He reveals that 53 students were injured – nine of whom were critically injured – but that there were fortunately no fatalities. He also reflects on how he felt immediately after the tornado hit and how horrifying it was having twelve students trapped underneath a fallen wall for several hours, having no way of knowing if they were all alive. David also shares what the aftermath was like, both the night of and the weeks that followed. He discusses touching base with the Board, whom he credits as having been instrumental in the university's incredibly fast rebound, which might have even been record time. The semester resumed in two weeks, and the campus was fully operational again by September! David closes by offering advice both to leaders and board members about what to do to prepare for such a possible disaster. Most of us probably think that these types of things are one-in-a-million and aren't going to happen to us – that is until it does happen to us and it's now too late. I am so grateful to David both for his friendship and his willingness to relive this disaster by sharing the story on the podcast. As I said, it's so important to be prepared just in case something like this happens, and I hope to have David on again in the future as there is so much that we could talk about! Join me next time, and don't forget to hit the subscribe button so that you never miss an episode! I also encourage you to share the podcast with a friend who would also be likely to get something out of it! Time Stamps: [1:11] – Tommy reveals that Dr. David Dockery is this episode's guest and that the topic is a natural disaster that took place at Union University while David was President there. [3:13] – David begins to walk us through where he was when the tornado hit the campus. [6:02] – David describes the situation once the fire department and EMS arrived at the scene. [7:27] – We learn that Union had 53 students who were injured but fortunately no fatalities. [9:35] – Twelve students, David explains, were trapped underneath a fallen wall for several hours. [10:09] – David reveals what it was like touching base with the university's Board. [12:27] – One final sweep of the campus at around 2:00 in the morning ensured that no students were left trapped on campus. [14:38] – We learn how David and the Union team began to assess damage and how to proceed. [17:00] – David set a goal of resuming the semester in two weeks. [18:52] – David reveals how much money worth of damage was caused by the tornado. [20:11] – David explains how Union began to rebuild the leveled buildings. [22:02] – David discusses the news coverage that followed and how it resulted in their being able to cover the 18 million dollar gap that insurance didn't cover. [24:19] – We receive some insight about how the Union leadership team was organized. [26:24] – Due to a minor tornado in 2002, Union did have an emergency plan in place in case of disasters like this one. [29:34] – David gives advice to nonprofit leaders regarding disaster preparedness. [32:10] – David also offers advice to board members. Links and Resources JobfitMatters – Website Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Website International Alliance for Christian Education - Website David S. Dockery – Christian Leadership Essentials: A Handbook for Managing Christian Organization

Tornadoes are a weather reality that millions of Americans have learned to live with. Those living in the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States have come to expect at least a few twisters every year. Depending on the intensity, the path, tornadoes result in varying degrees of damage, and sometimes, most tragically, even in death. According to statistics from NOAA the odds of being killed in a tornado in a given year are 1 in 5,693,092. Only 2% of tornadoes result in the loss of human life. 1 in 1,000 tornadoes documented in the United States are the strongest level, Category 5 tornadoes. While the combined totals of EF4 and EF5 tornadoes make up less than 1% of all tornadoes, together, though, they contribute nearly 70% of all of the deaths caused by tornadoes. Odds focusing on a particular location getting hit by a tornado more than once are hard to come by. Some would argue that the odds never change, that’s it like flipping a coin and each separate weather situation presents the same odds. But don’t talk to the folks in Cordell, Kansas about tornado odds. For 3 consecutive years on May 20, 1916, May 20 1917 and May 20 1918 incredibly a tornado struck the town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Part II of a special two-part series, the Tornado Trackers share Jeff's perspective of the surprise regional tornado outbreak that ravaged Canton, TX on April 29, 2017. After he and Gabe become separated, Jeff finds himself running for his life from a mile-wide EF4 tornado. Just when he thinks he is out of harm's way, a second large tornado touches down leaving him racing to safety again.In this episode, Jeff discusses how a previous traumatic event influenced his response to the aftermath of the Canton tornadoes. It is a reminder that every chaser brings their own life experiences with them on the road, and that those experiences can unexpectedly impact their reaction in certain situations.Gabe also clears the air on where he and Jeff's understanding of the day stands, and reveals which breakfast food is the most powerful force for relational healing. Support the show!https://www.patreon.com/tornadotrackersTornado Trackers Twitter | Instagram | YouTube  Canton, TX Tornado (Jeff's View) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5bv4Idcz1c Intro/Outro Music:  NEW HORIZONS - Lesion X 

In This Episode Guest: McCall Vrydaghs, Chief Meteorologist - WHIO-TV Dayton, OH Lightning Round: Weather Match Game #WeatherFools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations Wx Resources - We share some amazing web sites, books, equipment and more! Weather Trollbot 5000 - Our robot interprets the real thoughts of our weather friends Check out our Patreon page for exciting ways to support our podcast and interact with us more!  www.patreon.com/stormfrontfreaks Sponsor WeatherFlow's Tempest Weather Station where you can get $30 OFF when you use the code STORMFRONT at check-out Our Guest: McCall Vrydaghs McCall Vrydaghs was named Chief Meteorologist at Dayton Ohio’s WHIO-TV in November 2018. Since 2012, she has covered a variety of weather events in the Miami Valley including the 100-year-flood on I-70 in 2014, and the tornado outbreak of 2016. Most notably, on Memorial Day 2019, she tracked 15 tornadoes for nearly 4 hours as they ripped across the Miami Valley, included three EF3 tornadoes and one devastating EF4.  Vrydaghs earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology from SUNY Oswego. Follow McCall on - Twitter:  @mvrydaghsWHIO Facebook:  @mvrydaghsWHIO Instagram:  @mcall_vrydaghs_whio Podcast: Search "Cloudy with a Chance of Podcast" on your favorite podcast app or visit www.whio.com/whio-radio/on-demand/cloudy-with-chance-podcast/ Get Storm Front Freaks Podcast Merch at helicity.co/collections/storm-front-freaks #WeatherFools Links: Phil - Pensacola Beach Hotel Doors During Storm Jen - Florida Video of Severe Storm While on the Porch Jen - Ping Pong Ball Size Hail Under a Screen Porch Greg - Truck in Siberia Falls Through the Ice Brady - Top Golf in a Storm     Wx Resources Links: Phil - Old School Weather Channel On the 8's on Your Laptop at Taiganet.com Jen - NOAA SciJinks Kids Weather Education Site Greg - Frankie MacDonald The Weatherman YouTube Site Cyrena - Sun/Solar Nader Submit your questions or comments about this show to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com or on our social media accounts and we may read it on our next episode! Twitter: @stromfrontfreak Facebook: @stormfrontfreaks Instagram: @stormfrontfreaks Our Next Episode Next Episode will be with The Tornado Hunters.  Fellow co-host, Greg Johnson, brings his chasing partners and co-stars of the TV series Ricky Forbes and Chris Chittick.  Recording Episode 130 live on a special day of Monday 4/26/21 at 9pmET/8pmCT with the podcast available to download Sunday 5/2/21. Credits Opening Music: Brett Epstein Closing Music: Gabe Cox Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

This episode has been particularly hard to make.  I apologize for the delay in content for my show.  My school and the surrounding community was hit by an EF4 tornado, one of the largest on record for the state of Georgia.  It damaged 1700 homes and left the high school where I teach with extreme damage.  In the middle of the chaos, there is hope!  This is a brief account into what I saw, and the "countermoves" I saw in the days that followed.Band Directors, we have a tremendous responsibility to protect and care for our students.  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/directingband)

It’s a hoppy episode here on the Cadillac Jack: My Second Act podcast. Donna and Caddy are stoked for Easter weekend, hopefully filled with golden eggs and cash. They intro the show with talks of old Easter Sundays and an update on Donna’s bunny suit. They shift gears to cover the EF4 tornado that tragically hit Newnan, GA this weekend. One fatality is one too many and our hearts go out to the family of Barry Martin. The segment is also a nod to the change in reality many of us have experienced in the last few years. On that note, Donna moves to cover her trip down memory lane as she goes through Nana’s home. There’s just so much that you learn through community and reflection, that one lesson is to take your time. One bright spot of the move, though, is that we have original pictures of clogs. And costumes. And marriages.   Then it’s time to cover the show’s designation as a semi-music podcast. Morgan Wallen has fallen to number three, ending his streak at the top of the charts. Lana Del Ray, “one of those moody songwriters that the kids love” took second. And our boy Justin Bieber is atop the throne. Nike is waving their arms in the air. They’re begging you to understand that they have nothing to do with Lil Nas X’s shoes. Caddy and Donna explain why. How hard is it to understand, Karen? Just don’t buy the Nike’s with the blood on them.  To cap the show, you’ll hear about why wind is a b****. Just ask the Suez Canal and the Ever Given drama.  Subscribe to The Letter to get a picture Sen. Lindsey Graham’s AR-15. Just text LEFTONRED to 22828.

Rob sits down with Brinson Jones and discusses some roofing and the path to the Final 4 and National Champ predictions! *Disclaimer* Episode cut a little short due to the EF4 tornado headed our way! ALSO If you wanna win some money put all your money on every team Rob picks against! Music by Kurtis Blow --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rob-west8/support

For this episode of The All-Around Adventure Podcast, I talk with storm chaser and public speaker, Chelsea Burnett. Ever since she was a young girl, Chelsea has been fascinated with the weather and storms. While growing up in Oklahoma, right in the midst of Tornado Alley, tornados and intense thunderstorms were common. And it didn't take long until she realized that she wanted to become a storm chaser. Though down the line, storm chasing was placed on the back burner as she had to fulfill work and family obligations. But when she linked up with Texas Storm Chasers, she began chasing storms on a much more frequent basis. Since then, Chelsea has had the opportunity to chase some pretty radical storms! One of which was a powerful EF4 tornado in Kansas that lasted for 90 minutes! She's also chased storms in many other states around the country. All of which included quite a bit of excitement, and some a few misadventures and close calls! Now Chelsea shares her stories and information about storms with others through public speaking engagements! In this episode, Chelsea tells us more about her story. She shares some of her amazing adventures with storm chasing all around the country! We also have some great discussions about some of the science behind storms. As well as safety measures that you can implement should you ever find yourself in the path of one! To watch the video of our conversation, head over to the All-Around Adventure YouTube channel! Connect with Chelsea www.texasstormchasers.com Facebook Instagram Twitter TikTok YouTube Thank you for listening! To hear more great episodes like this one, click here! Also, don't forget to head over to Apple Podcasts and leave us a good review! You can also listen to the podcast on Spotify, Stitcher, and iHeartRadio. Also be sure to join our FREE closed Facebook group, Travel Titans, and interact with other travelers like you! And don't forget to follow All-Around Adventure on these social media platforms: Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube And until next time; be safe, happy travels, and always move forward!

Jeff and special guest David McConnell, an elementary school teacher, discuss chasing down the historic Pilger, NE twin EF4 tornadoes. Having never been storm chasing before, David shares his perspective of having his first tornadoes be a part of a historic outbreak. https://youtu.be/volYMx6gRpE - June 16, 2014 Pilger, NE Tornado Outbreak  Intro/Outro Music:  NEW HORIZONS - Lesion X 

Extreme meteorologist and storm chaser Dr. Reed Timmer shares how his team successfully launched scientific instrumentation directly into an EF4 tornado in 2019. Reed also shares how he is using his years of experience and education to help the next generation of storm chasers through a new venture called Storm Chase EDU. Reed Timmer Twitter | Instagram | YouTube  https://youtu.be/eNfsd47DPJw The Cheyenne, WY tornado chase that destroyed Reed’s rental car https://youtu.be/XuM_yY15_r8 Rocket Launch into Lawrence, KS EF4 Tornado https://twitter.com/StormChaseEDU Storm Chase EDU  Intro/Outro Music:  NEW HORIZONS - Lesion X  

Chelsea Burnett is a Texas Storm chaser who has seen 27 tornadoes and is quick to add "and counting."We chatted amongst the storm causing a power emergency crisis in Texas. During this chat, we knew she could lose power at any moment and may have to seek shelter where there is a generator. But this passionate tornado hunter (aka Weather Freak) can't pass up the chance to tell me what an EF4 grade tornado is and how she felt the first time she stared into that first tornado. See photos and video: TexasStormChasers.com

Today's ride, while keeping with the theme of the possibly paranormal and cryptid, takes us on a more uplifting ride. While the story is rooted in tragedy, the discussion quickly turned to stories of help and hope. This is something that neither Moody nor myself knew about, and through discussing it with several people, doesn't seem to be a hugely popular topic in these circles. Despite this fact, we found it to be an intriguing topic so we decided to follow up on it. Today we are talking about the Butterfly people of Joplin Missouri. Before we get into what they are, we need to take a look at the incident that spawned the tales. So without further ado… Let's get into it! Between May 21 and May 26, 2011 the Midwestern and southern United States experienced the largest tornado outbreak on record, with a total of 1,894 tornadoes causing 551 fatalities. Most of the tornadoes developed in a corridor from Lake Superior southwest to central Texas; isolated tornadoes occurred in other areas.          On May 21, a small system of thunderstorms developed in Brown County, Kansas while another system formed to the southeast of Emporia, Kansas. The Brown county system spawned a brief tornado over Topeka, Kansas, causing minor damage. This system also caused significant damage in Oskaloosa, Kansas, and other communities. Meanwhile, the Emporia system spawned an EF3 tornado that struck Reading, Kansas; one person was killed, several others were injured, and at least 20 houses were destroyed. These two systems developed several other tornadoes throughout the evening. A moderate risk of severe weather was issued for much of the Midwest, as well as further south to Oklahoma for May 22. The first tornadic supercell developed in the mid-afternoon hours over the western Twin Cities in Minnesota, and caused moderate damage in the Minneapolis area. Shortly thereafter, an intense tornado crept towards Harmony, Minnesota, prompting the National Weather Service to issue the first tornado emergency of the outbreak. Late that afternoon, a large, intense EF5 multiple-vortex tornado left catastrophic destruction in Joplin, Missouri. This is the tornado that we are looking at in this episode. After the Joplin tornado there would be many more throughout the next few days. In fact the cell would spawn a total of 241 tornadoes total. Out of those 241 only 2 reached EF5 status, the Joplin tornado and one dubbed El Reno. El Reno was actually the more violent of the two, but luckily it landed in a rural area and there were considerably less fatalities. To give you an idea of the strength of these guys, he's an example of some of the damage of the El Reno twister which reached a max velocity of 295 mph!: As it approached and crossed Interstate 40 west of El Reno, it reached its maximum intensity. Three people were killed as two vehicles were tossed more than 1,093 yards from the road and obliterated, the victims being found stripped of clothing 1⁄4 mile from the interstate and left "unrecognizable". Only pieces of the vehicle's frames were reportedly recovered. A nearby 20,000-pound oil tanker truck that was parked at an oil production site near the interstate was thrown approximately one mile  into a wooded gully. Several homes were swept completely away along I-40, trees were completely debarked, and the ground was heavily scoured in some areas. At the nearby Cactus-117 oil rig site, a 1,900,000-pound oil derrick was blown over and rolled three times. That shit is intense! Imagine if that had hit a major city. And that was only a portion of the damage and impact. The El Reno tornado had a 63 mile long path through 4 counties in Oklahoma killing 9 and injuring 161. While that tornado was devastating, we're looking at the Joplin tornado, the one that saw incredible stories of butterfly people helping to save the lives of townspeople. The tornado itself could honestly be an entire episode because of its craziness. The Joplin tornado was a powerful and catastrophic EF5-rated multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011. The tornado initially touched down just east of the Missouri-Kansas state line near the end of 32nd Street at 5:34 pm CDT and tracked due east, downing a few trees at EF0 intensity. Eyewitnesses and storm chasers reported multiple vortices rotating around the parent circulation in that area. Civil defense sirens sounded in Joplin twenty minutes before the tornado struck in response to a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) at 5:17 pm CDT for northwestern Newton and southwestern Jasper counties in Missouri, and southeastern portions of Cherokee County, Kansas, but many Joplin residents did not heed them. The tornado strengthened to EF1 intensity as it continued through rural areas towards Joplin, snapping trees and power poles and damaging outbuildings. Widening, the tornado then tracked into the more densely populated southwest corner of the city near the Twin Hills Country Club. It heavily damaged several homes at a subdivision in this area at EF1 to EF2 strength. The tornado continued to strengthen as it ripped through another subdivision just east of Iron Gates Road. Numerous homes were destroyed at EF2 to EF3 strength at that location, and multiple vehicles were tossed around, some of which were thrown on or rolled into homes. The now massive wedge tornado then crossed S. Schifferdecker Ave., producing its first area of EF4 damage as several small but well-built commercial buildings were flattened. Consistent EF4 to EF5 damage was noted east of S. Schifferdecker Ave. and continued through most of southern Joplin. Numerous homes, businesses, and medical buildings were flattened in this area, with concrete walls collapsed and crushed into the foundations. A large steel-reinforced step and floor structure leading to a completely destroyed medical building was "deflected upward several inches and cracked". Steel trusses from some of the buildings were "rolled up like paper", and deformation/twisting of the main support beams was noted. Multiple vehicles were thrown and mangled or wrapped around trees nearby. Several 300-pound concrete parking stops anchored with rebar were torn from a parking lot in this area and were thrown up to 60 yards away. Iowa State University wind engineer Partha Sarkar was able to calculate the force needed to remove the parking stops and found that winds exceeding 200 mph were needed to tear them from the parking lot. Damage became remarkably widespread and catastrophic at and around the nearby St. John's Regional Medical Center, which lost many windows, interior walls, ceilings, and part of its roof; its life flight helicopter was also blown away and destroyed. Five fatalities were caused by loss of backup power, and the nine-story building was so damaged that it was deemed structurally compromised, and was later torn down. According to the NWS office in Springfield, Missouri, such extreme structural damage to such a large and well-built structure was likely indicative of winds at or exceeding 200 mph. Vehicles in the hospital parking lot were thrown into the air and mangled beyond recognition, including a semi-truck that was tossed 125 yards and wrapped completely around a debarked tree. Wind-rowing of debris was noted in this area, and additional concrete parking stops were removed from the St. John's parking lot as well. Virtually every house near McClelland Boulevard and 26th Street was flattened; some were swept completely away, and trees sustained severe debarking.As the tornado tracked eastward, it maintained EF5 strength as it crossed Main Street (SR 43) between 20th and 26th Streets. It heavily damaged every business along that stretch and several institutional buildings were virtually destroyed. It tracked just south of downtown, narrowly missing it. Entire neighborhoods were leveled in this area with some more homes swept away, and trees were stripped completely of their bark. At some residences, reinforced concrete porches were deformed, or in some cases completely torn away. Damage to driveways was noted at some residences as well. Numerous vehicles were tossed up to several blocks away from the residences where they originated, and a few homeowners never located their vehicles.  A large church, Greenbriar Nursing Home, Franklin Technology Center, St. Mary's Catholic Church and School, and Joplin High School were all destroyed along this corridor. The Greenbriar Nursing Home was completely leveled, with 21 fatalities occurring there alone.  As the tornado crossed Connecticut Ave further to the east, it destroyed several large apartment buildings, a Dillon's grocery store, and a bank. Only the concrete vault remained at the bank, and a wooden 2x4 was found speared completely through a concrete curb at one location as well. No one was in the high school at the time; the high school graduation ceremonies held about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north at Missouri Southern State University had concluded shortly before the storm. Pieces of cardboard were found embedded sideways into stucco walls that remained standing at Joplin High School. Steel beams and pieces of fencing were deeply embedded into the ground in fields near the high school as well, steel fence posts were bent to the ground in opposite directions, and a school bus was thrown into a nearby bus garage. The tornado then approached Range Line Road, the main commercial strip in the eastern part of Joplin, affecting additional neighborhoods along 20th Street. The now heavily rain-wrapped tornado continued at EF5 intensity as it crossed Range Line Road. In that corridor between about 13th and 32nd Streets, the tornado continued producing catastrophic damage as it was at its widest at this point, being nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. As the tornado hit the Pizza Hut at 1901 South Range Line Road, store manager Christopher Lucas herded four employees and 15 customers into a walk-in freezer. With difficulty closing the door, he wrapped a bungee cable holding the door shut around his arm until he was sucked out and killed by the tornado. The tornado completely destroyed Walmart Supercenter No. 59, a Home Depot, and numerous other businesses and restaurants in this area, many of which were flattened. Numerous metal roof trusses were torn from the Home Depot building and were found broken and mangled in nearby fields. Cars that originated at the Home Depot parking lot were found hundreds of yards away. Asphalt was scoured from parking lots at Walmart and a nearby pizza restaurant, and large tractor-trailers were thrown up to 200 yards away. An Academy Sports + Outdoors store along Range Line sustained major structural damage, and a chair was found impaled legs-first through an exterior stucco wall at that location. A nearby three-story apartment complex was also devastated, and two cell phone towers were found collapsed onto the remains of the apartments. Numerous cars were thrown and piled on top of each other, 100-pound manhole covers were removed from roads and thrown, ground scouring occurred, and a Pepsi distribution plant was completely leveled in this area as well. Additional calculations of the manhole covers in Joplin by Parka Sarkar revealed that winds had to have exceeded 200 mph for the manhole covers to be removed. Many fatalities occurred in this area, and damage was rated as EF5.Extreme damage continued in the area of Duquesne Road in southeast Joplin. Many houses and industrial and commercial buildings were flattened in this area as well. The industrial park near the corner of 20th and Duquesne was especially hard hit with nearly every building flattened. Several large metal warehouse structures were swept cleanly from their foundations, and several heavy industrial vehicles were thrown up to 400 yards away in this area. One of the many warehouses affected was a Cummins warehouse, a concrete block and steel building that was destroyed. The last area of EF5 damage occurred in the industrial park, and a nearby Fastrip gas station and convenience store was completely destroyed. Many homes were destroyed further to the east at EF3 to EF4 strength in a nearby subdivision, and East Middle School sustained major damage. The tornado then continued on an east to east-southeast trajectory towards Interstate 44 where it weakened; nonetheless, vehicles were blown off the highway and mangled near the U.S. Route 71 interchange. The damage at and around the interchange was rated EF2 to EF3. The weakening tornado continued to track into the rural areas of southeastern Jasper County and northeastern Newton County where damage was generally minor to moderate, with trees, mobile homes, outbuildings, and frame homes damaged mainly at EF0 to EF1 strength. The tornado lifted east of Diamond at 6:12 pm CDT (23:12 UTC) according to aerial surveys. The tornado's total track length was at least 22.1 miles (35.6 km) long. Overall, 6,954 homes were destroyed, 359 homes had major damage and 516 had minor damage, 158 people were killed, and 1,150 others were injured along the path. A separate EF2 tornado touched down near Wentworth from the same supercell about 25 miles (40 km) east-southeast of Joplin. So that's the story of this incredible tornado. But something more came from this. In the aftermath of this devastating event, tales began to emerge of strange beings described as butterfly people, appearing to help and protect the citizens of Joplin. This is why we are talking about this event! What were they? Was it mass hysteria? Was it a cooking mechanism for the many children affected? If they were real, where did they come from? Extraterrestrial? Interdimensional? Let's look at some stories and then explore some theories! So we'll start with some of the stories from the people that were there. One woman, arriving home with her children, ran inside her home with great hurry. Together, they sheltered inside a small closet and the family started praying when, suddenly, the full force of the F5 tornado ripped their home to shreds. Inside the fury of wind and hail, the family thought it was the end. The winds were so fierce even the daughter’s glasses shattered as the roof was ripped off above them. Then, strangely, the son saw something in the sky. Amidst the pain and anguish, there was something above them, amongst the winds. A white woman with wings, hovering over them, as if she was protecting them from harm. Had madness set in? Was it a religious vision? The son  described what he saw as a ‘butterfly woman’, who stayed and stayed, protecting the family from harm. Moreover, the rest of the family also saw the vision. As the tornado passed by, the family were left unharmed. In fact, the closet was the only thing left without damage. The entire rest of the house, everything, was destroyed, yet that humble closet, with no additional protection to the rest of the house, survived. All this served to reinforce the belief for the family that an angel had protected them on that day. Medical aid soon arrived and the search began for the injured and the trapped. Rumours began to circulate amongst the crowds. One nurse, looking rather confused, told the family she saw an angel and when pressed, she described the exact same vision the family had seen. Down to the last detail. The nurse said the ‘butterfly woman’ was larger than the average human, with wings. She wasn’t sure what to make of what she saw, but she didn’t fear it. She said she saw it whilst tending to a man who had been impaled on a wooden stake. She knew he was dying and then she saw it. Something standing nearby. As if it was comforting the man. If this was a religious vision of the dying, then why did the nurse see it? And it wasn’t the only one. Rather than some strange being protecting the town, the nurse said that she saw many. Not a ‘butterfly woman’… butterfly people. Over the following weeks, counsellors spoke to dozens and dozens of traumatised children across the town, none of whom knew each other, and every single one spoke of the Butterfly People, and how they ‘saved them’ on that day. And time and time again, the descriptions matched. Joplin was no longer just the scene of a tragedy. No longer just a war zone steeped in loss and billions of dollars worth of damage. It was now also home to something strange. Something unexplainable. Lage Grigsby was believed to be near death when he arrived at Freeman Hospital West after being pulled from debris in the May 22, 2011, tornado. In fact he was actually taken to the hospital's fucking morgue. Mason Lillard would have died, her surgeon said, if a metal rod driven through her body would have shifted an inch either direction. Despite critical injuries suffered when their grandparents' truck was thrown more than 300 feet across the Home Depot parking lot, the two cousins say they don't think that often about the EF5 twister. "You kind of forget about it unless you look at the scars," said Mason. On the night of the tornado, Mason was rushed to surgery, but Lage had been black tagged — meaning he was thought to be dying.  That same night Freeman Hospital West ER nurse Tracy Dye arrived at the hospital after she heard the tornado had hit St. John's Regional Medical Center. She had considered not going to work because she was watching the storm develop and didn't want to leave her sons. When Dye arrived at the hospital, she was sent down to the morgue. Walking through, she touched Lage's arm and... get this shit..."he let out a scream. I ran and got a doctor and we got him out of there," she said. Dye stayed with him until surgery, which lasted six hours. For him, those actions were lifesaving, Lage reminded the nurse Wednesday. "I owe you my life," he said. Sharon Lillard calls Dye "our angel," adding, "I was at the hospital the other day and I dropped a little gift by for her." According to Mason's account of the storm, Dye was not the only angel on duty that night. She saw them just before the storm hit, Mason said, and after... she felt a touch on her shoulder. "I thought it was Lage, but when I turned I saw two angels in robes, one with brown hair and one with blond hair," she said. "It was kinda calming. I knew God was with us and that he'd take us to be with him, or leave us to do something great."  Elsewhere, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recounted another story of a mother and daughter. When the storm hit, the mother, holding her little child, ran for shelter. The force of the winds knocked them to the ground. Terrifyingly, the mother looked back to see a car picked up by the tornado and flung right in their direction. She couldn’t escape, she didn’t have the time. So she curled up and cradled her daughter, hoping to protect her from the impact of the car that was literally right above them. But it didn’t hit. She had closed her eyes, but her daughter didn’t. When the seconds passed by turned into minutes, she opened her eyes and the car was nowhere to be seen. “What happened?” she asked her daughter. “Didn’t you see the butterfly people mommy?” Her daughter was sure the Butterfly People were carrying humans through the sky. “They were beautiful”, the little girl said smiling!  Crazy shit! That literally gave me goosebumps as I read it. The stories were mounting up. A grandfather and two young boys trapped outside during the tornado. The grandfather lost his shoes as the tornado passed over them, when the two young boys looked up they saw the ‘Butterfly People’ watching over them. Over the weeks, more and more people came forward, from all over the town. All reporting the same thing. People with wings, always described as butterflies. And most of the time, the reports were coming from children. One little girl with her mother said she wasn’t afraid because the ‘butterfly people were with them’. Another four-year-old boy said two Butterfly People ‘held’ his father’s car to stop it being taken away. And yet another little boy, who was picked up by the winds and flung some six miles through the air, told rescuers that angels caught him and sat him down safely on the ground.  The local hospital was inundated with the injured and soon, every ward, every room, every nurse, every patient, were filled with stories of these “Butterfly People”... angels protecting them during the worst of the storm. And not just there, but in the lines waiting for donated food, all anyone was talking about were the Butterfly People. It was one of the worst tornado strikes in living memory. For the months that followed, people gathered all over town and told their stories. Stories of how they survived and stories of those they lost. And, above all, stories of the Butterfly People. This sounds incredible… But this isn't the first instance of this sort of thing happening. Take a look at the 1978 Freiberg mine disaster. All the miners, every one of them, saw a man standing in front of the mine at Freiberg, Germany. When the workers approached the man, they discovered huge wings covering his body. They stood in shock for a moment when, suddenly, the ‘angel’ let out a series of shrieks described as similar to a train’s emergency brakes. The miner’s fled and around one hour later, the mine exploded. A huge plume of smoke covered Freiberg. For many of the miners, what they saw was an angel, warning them of the danger. If they hadn’t fled, they’d all be dead after all… The same thing happened in 1986 in Chernobyl. Dozens and dozens of people saw winged creatures, which many described as ‘angels’, hovering above the land moments before the disaster, leading many to believe these ‘angels’ were signs that a horrific event was coming. Even as recently as 2001, many people claim to have seen winged creatures around the Twin Towers shortly before the disaster.  So what are they?  Well the obvious first choice is… Angels. Joplin is at the centre of America’s religious heartland. Deep in the religious heartland, people of great faith claim to see an angel before they think they’re about to die. It does happen. Quite a lot, in fact. Near-death experiences often sound strange to those of us who haven’t had them. The one hole in this theory is that they didn’t say ‘angels’. Only a few did, but most people who saw the Butterfly People of Joplin described what they saw as the name implies, ‘butterfly people’ and not angels. Of course, many were children. Maybe the simple answer is that children have a better idea of what a butterfly is than an angel. This leads into another explanation. NDEs, or near death experiences. Now since we know you guys are avid listeners, we know that you've already listened to our episode on NDE. Without getting deep into that subject again, basically some are saying that these people were simply experiencing NDE. Their brains were helping them cope with the fact they were about to die. But that doesn't explain why they all saw the same thing. Or why some that were literally about to die ended up safe.  Another interesting theory is that they were interdimensional beings. The theory basically states that because of the storm being so massive, the electricity in the atmosphere was ramped up considerably. This added to all of the energy of the storm somehow managing to rip open a portal or gateway that allowed these beings to pass through. The thought is that the beings, when confronted with the scene before them, came through the portal to help as many people as they could before the portal closed again. So there's that… Interdimensional beings. With all of the stories it's hard to doubt that something strange truly happened. The people of Joplin stand by what they claim to have seen and with great conviction. During the summer, a mural was painted in downtown Joplin. Public meetings were held to gather ideas for the mural, how the city's history and the tornado should be depicted. While they resisted the inclusion of the butterfly people at first, they eventually decided on including butterflies in the mural. Big, colorful butterflies flutter across the scene, while two small angels can be seen, too. The murals artist said the butterflies represented metamorphosis, how the city is being reborn. The mural was titled "The Butterfly Effect" to represent how the mural could inspire others to do good in this world. It has nothing to do with butterfly people, he said. But everyone wasn't convinced. "Even on that mural," one resident said, "there's butterflies because they've heard of the butterfly people." Butterflies have long held symbolic value. The ancient Greek word "psyche" refers to both butterflies and the human soul. Butterflies are depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of the book "On Death and Dying," said her study of death was influenced by a visit to a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland where she saw images of hundreds of butterflies carved into walls by prisoners. So, what did they see? Could it have been mass hysteria? Interdimensional beings that crossed over during one of the most powerful natural events our world can create? Why was it mainly children that saw them? Are children just more susceptible to being able to see spirits? We’ve all seen “The Sixth Sense”, right? The Bruce Willis movie where the little boy is tormented by the ghosts he and ONLY he sees. Well, not to go COMPLETELY off the rails, here are some stories about creepy kids seeing some creepy shit.  The pajama-clad boy“When we were looking at condos to purchase our first place, Claire was just shy of her third birthday. We brought her with us to all of our showings because we wanted to see how comfortable she was as it would be her home too. When we walked through the door of the place we ultimately bought, the second floor of a 1911 Chicago brick three-flat, we all knew immediately that it was the right place. That evening, I asked Claire if she thought that place would be a good home for her, and her response was, ‘Yes! And the little boy that lives there is really nice too.’This took me aback, but I tried to remain calm. I asked her what she meant, and she said there was a little boy in his pajamas that she saw in the dining room. She said he had waved at her, he was about her age, and he was only in the dining room. She knew his name (which I don’t remember now) and that he was afraid of water. After she went to bed that night, I looked up ways to clear the energy of a home, how to communicate with a ghost so they don’t bother your family, and anything else I could find to make sure at least I could be comfortable living in this otherwise perfect condo. Claire never talked about him again, not even the next day when I asked her to tell my husband.” —Ashlie M., mom of two The cemetery sightingTrigger Warning: This next anecdote touches on the subject of the loss of a child and could be potentially triggering for some. Please skip ahead if you feel it might not be for you.“My son was around 2 at the time. We were driving past the cemetery when he said, ‘Look, mama! Dead people.’ Yes, darling, I responded. ‘Kids!’ he continued, matter-of-factly. And sure enough, we were passing by the children’s section. Curious, I asked if the kids were happy or sad. ‘Happy, mama!’ he said. ‘They are running around that daddy.’ All I saw was a man standing alone with his head dropped. It warmed my heart, honestly.” —Erin T., mom of two The lingering grandmother“We bought our current house from a man who was married for 40+ years. His wife passed away a couple of years before we bought the house. One evening, while tucking my 2.5-year-old into bed, he said, ‘Mama, night-night to the grandma,’ while pointing to the hallway between his room and mine—what was her room back then.” —Priscilla A., mom of one The ghost friend“When we moved into our house, Leo (2.5) was seeing a ghost. He would say ‘ghost’ and point to the dining room table. One day, I mentioned ‘Mr. Hutchinson’ to someone while giving a history of the house, and Leo said, ‘Mr. Hutchinson, my ghost friend?’ We confirmed with a house cleanser that someone attached to the home, like a grandfather figure was here, and attracted to Leo’s light and innocence. We have since had our house cleansed twice!” —Amy F., mom of two The midnight playmate“My then 4-year-old would tell me about a little girl who wanted to play with her. She apparently wanted to play all hours of the day and night. When I was finally able to sort out what was up with my daughter, in the middle of the night, I left this little ghost some toys in an upstairs closet so she could play by herself. She had a stuffed lamb and a stuffed duck, and I used to find them moved most mornings. The 4-year-old shared a room with her sibling, so I know it wasn’t her moving the toys.” —Tracy B., mom of three The door-slammer“Ender, my 4-year-old, will tell us stories about the little girl who shuts doors and turns off the lights. He can’t tell us what she looks like or where she goes. I don’t talk about ghosts or anything that would give Ender this idea. The last time the little girl was here, I heard the door slam. I ran in and asked him if he had closed it. He told me ‘No, the little girl did because she didn’t want to play.’” —Dee Dee A., mom of twoThe visit from grandpa“My husband’s father passed away several years before my son was born. He died from the flu, and my husband had always felt guilty because he had been the one to share the sickness with him. We never talked to our son about his grandpa, but one morning he woke and said point-blank, ‘Daddy, Papa Don wanted me to tell you he’s doing fine.’ We asked him to describe his grandpa and he did so to a T, despite never having seen a photo of him. He said he was standing by a fast car with a cloud of smoke around him. This made perfect sense because my father-in-law raced sports cars and smoked heavily all his life.” —Michelle K., mom of two So, there ya go! I only have one last question to ask… butterflies can often look like moths, right? Could these sightings have been the one and only Mothman? If you’re not familiar with his (or her) story, go all the way back to episode number five, from June 11, 2019 and listen to the train ride on THE MOTHMAN! Now, it’s everyone’s favorite time! The Movies! In order to keep this episode more uplifting than horrific, we’ve decided to discuss the top movies about kids with powers! 15 Exciting Movies About Kids With Powers | ScreenRant  The Midnight Train Podcast is sponsored by VOUDOUX VODKA.www.voudoux.com Ace’s Depothttp://www.aces-depot.com BECOME A PRODUCER!http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast Find The Midnight Train Podcast:www.themidnighttrainpodcast.comwww.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpcwww.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Subscribe to our official YouTube channel:OUR YOUTUBE

On February 4, 2008 record warmth was surging northward from Mexico at the same time 14 states prepared to hold primary elections for the 2008 Presidential election cycle. Known as Super Tuesday, it was the biggest number of state presidential primaries held on the same day up to that point. As the heat pulsed into the country a strong storm roared out of the plains states and warmth added fuel to what would become known as the Super Tuesday Severe Weather Outbreak. Temperatures soared into the 80s and beyond all across the southern states. The mercury reached 85 in San Antonio, 82 in Austin, 83 in Baton Rouge and 81 in Augusta George – all records. As the heat reached its peak the storm from the west started to act on the hot air and also moisture moving out of the Gulf of Mexico as the storm started to do it’s work it sparked an outbreak of severe storms from northeast Texas to the lower Ohio valley. The strongest thunderstorms spawned deadly and destructive tornadoes, which resulted in numerous injuries and at least 55 fatalities. One of the strongest tornadoes measured and EF4 on the enhanced Fujita scale, tore through eastern Jackson County, Alabama late that election Tuesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

November 17, 2013 was a difficult day for many people across the Midwest and Great Lakes region with a major outbreak of severe weather that is usually associated with the Spring season. All told there were over 750 reports of severe weather incidents and of those 136 reports were from tornados. Of the remaining reports there were 579 from wind and 42 from hail. The storm damage extended far and wide from eastern Iowa and Missouri eastward to New Jersey. The worst of this day was in Washington Illinois, a suburb to the east of Peoria. This is where an EF4 tornado moves through destroying several homes. This tornado was responsible for 122 injuries and 1 fatality.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Prekenserie fra Efeserbrevet: Én for alle - alle for én! 7. Ef4,1-6   Metodistkirken i Flekkefjord En relasjonsbyggende menighet med Jesus i hjertet www.metodisten.no

After a glorious summer Sunday, expect a stormy and wet start to the work week. Climatologist Kenny Blumenfeld and Jim du Bois discuss the potential for severe weather from Monday afternoon into Tuesday. Also, a look at last week's deadly EF4 tornado in northwestern Minnesota and the history behind a photo and painting depicting a tornado that struck the Little Canada area in 1890.

Welcome to The Storm Report Podcast, part of The Storm Report Radio Network!  In this episode, Tommy Castor is joined by President & Meteorologist of The Storm Report Radio Network, Dan Holiday.  Dan and Tommy take a look back on the 1 year anniversary of the May 28, 2019 EF4 tornado that impacted parts of Lawrence, KS and heavily damaged Linwood, KS before dissipating just before it impacted parts of the western Kansas City metro area. Dan discusses his on air coverage that day and how the Kansas City metro area dodged a bullet.  He also discusses how the severe weather season in 2020 has been significantly slower than it was in 2019.    Visit www.thestormreport.com for more information and follow The Storm Report on Facebook @TheStormReportRadioNetwork and on Twitter @TheStormReport.  You can also follow Tommy on Twitter @TweetsFromTommy.

Brought to you by Remarkably Remote, a microcast from GoToMeeting. Looking for a few pointers on keeping you and your team motivated? Head to gotomeeting.com/tips or listen on your favorite podcasting platform. May 20, 1916, 1917 and 1918: Tornadoes are a weather reality that millions of Americans have learned to live with. Those living in the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States have come to expect at least a few twisters every year. Depending on the intensity, the path, tornadoes result in varying degrees of damage, and sometimes, most tragically, even in death. According to statistics from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration the odds of being killed in a tornado in a given year are 1 in 5,693,092. Only 2% of tornadoes result in the loss of human life. 1 in 1,000 tornadoes documented in the United States are the strongest level, Category 5 tornadoes. While the combined totals of EF4 and EF5 tornadoes make up less than 1% of all tornadoes, together they contribute nearly 70% of all of the deaths caused by tornadoes. Odds focusing on a particular location getting hit by a tornado more than once are hard to come by. Some would argue that the odds never change, that’s it like flipping a coin and each separate weather situation presents the same odds. But don’t talk to the folks in Cordell, Kansas about tornado odds. For 3 consecutive years on May 20, 1916, May 20 1917 and May 20 1918 incredibly a tornado struck the town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we talk about the Outbreak that occured in the south on Easter Sunday. Everything from the EF4 that hit Soso, to the 141 Tornado Warnings stretching across hundreds of miles. Social Media: -Twitter: EF_Meteorology -Instagram: EF_Network_Photography

Hello! And welcome to another episode of Inside The Newsroom. It’s April, which means we’re officially inside the 2020 U.S. tornado season, so today we have WEATHER ROYALTY on the podcast. James Spann is chief meteorologist at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama, and an absolute God within the severe weather community. I visited James in-person a couple of years ago to talk about his more than 40 years as a broadcast meteorologist, as well as his troubled upbringing growing up without his father. James recently published his autobiography which can be found on all the usual websites. This time around James and I spoke about what the 2020 tornado season may have in store for us, and what tornado preparation his and other states are doing amid the coronavirus.Below is a rundown of everything we talked about and more, but first a quick shoutout to friend of the show (and former guest) Andrea Jones-Rooy who is the funniest data scientist alive today. Right, let’s get to it! ✊Picks of the WeekDonate To Journalists — Seattle Times journalist Paige Cornwell has set up a Go Fund Me page to help laid off and furloughed journalists. I donated $20 yesterday. Not much, but it all helps.Brian Kemp — While the entire world knew we can carry symptoms of the coronavirus without showing them, Georgia’s Governor announced this week that he didn’t know such a thing, which will directly cost lives in his state. U.S. Unemployment — The second major rise in unemployment claims was announced yesterday, something we’ll be addressing next week.James 👇Will You Like Me?Before you read on, please like this edition of Inside The Newsroom by clicking the ❤️ up top. That way I’ll appear in clever algorithms and more people will be able to read. Cheers.2020 Tornado Season ForecastWe’re “officially” inside the U.S. tornado season, which typically runs from the start of April to the end of June. I say “officially” because tornadoes can and do strike in any month of the year and in every single U.S. state. Last year was above average with a reported 1,676 tornadoes compared with an average of 1,306 per year since 2000. And 2020 could be another above average year, according to experts from AccuWeather:“AccuWeather forecasts a normal to slightly above-normal number of tornadoes in 2020 with a range of 1,350 to 1,450. That range is close to what occurred in 2019 and 5 to 15 percent more than the U.S. annual average.”Already there have been 180 tornado reports so far this year, including unusually high reports in January and February, and a modest amount in March. But April is where things typically kick off, as warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico rises west across the U.S. until it meets the cold dry air from the Rockies, typically somewhere in Tornado Alley — Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas — or Dixie Alley — Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.The deadliest tornado outbreak so far this year was on March 3 and produced two separate EF3 (winds up to 165mph) and EF4 (up to 200 mph) tornadoes, according to the Enhanced Fujita Scale, including one that ripped through downtown Nashville. Twenty-four people have been confirmed dead and three people are still missing. Good chance to point out that tornadoes CAN AND DO hit large cities. Don’t believe otherwise.Long-Term Tornado TrendsLike with any weather phenomena, we can’t definitively say whether tornadoes are becoming more frequent or powerful based on a single event. Nor can we absolutely say whether the number of tornadoes is increasing from just a handful of years of data. Instead, we can accurately say that climate change has and will continue to make the chances of tornadoes more likely, especially those super duper EF4 and EF5 twisters that can flatten entire towns and cities. But even then, there are so many moving parts — better radar technology, more tornado spotters, more populated cities — that the data is never going to be 100 percent the same comparing one year to another. That said, there are a couple of critical long-term trends that I’ve written about before.First up is the Expanding Bulls-Eye Effect affecting every city in every state. It’s effectively the urban sprawl problem: As more people flock to cities in tornado prone areas, the larger the target for tornadoes to strike. The likes of Oklahoma City (more on that later), Dallas and Atlanta are all among the most vulnerable cities of a large-scale disaster. Credit: Stephen M. Strader and Walker S. AshleyAnd the effects are already being felt. In Forney, a suburb 20 miles east of Dallas, the population has grown 390 percent to more than 20,000 people in the past 30 years. On this very day eight years ago, 17 tornadoes touched down in North Texas including one that completely destroyed Crosby Elementary School in Forney. Had it happened just a decade before, the tornado would have hit an open field. Credit: Yours TrulyLess simple is the rise in tornadoes being reported in the southeastern states. In recent decades, the percentage of total twisters in the U.S. to touch down in Dixie Alley has dramatically increased, and when it comes to number of lives lost, Dixie Alley is now the deadliest tornado region in the entire world. That’s due to a combination of more populous cities than Tornado Alley (see above), but also the detached attitudes of people in the south. I was talking to a friend who studied in Atlanta just before the 2008 tornado that ripped up downtown and he had no idea tornadoes even hit Georgia, let alone in the very city he was living. Unfortunately that’s still the case in many southeastern cities, though the more tornadoes that do hit, the more people will have no other choice than to pay attention.Credit: Yours TrulyIn terms of the annual number of tornadoes increasing, that also has many nuances. Like we spoke about above, climate change is and will have a real impact on the size and frequency of tornadoes. But radar technology has also dramatically increased since the mid-1990s, and the popularity of the movie Twister unleashed storm chasing as a cult, which means more tornadoes are being spotted and reported than ever before.States’ Tornado PreparednessStates in Tornado and Dixie Alley will need to make impossible decisions in the coming days, if they haven’t already done so. The dilemma of prioritising safety from tornadoes or coronavirus isolation will likely mean new confirmed cases, as some states have opened community tornado shelters. But a tornado rolling through town is the more immediate threat. Alternatively, some states face leaving some residents without the extremely expensive personal tornado shelter high and dry.In James’ state, the Alabama Public Health Department released a statement saying that tornadoes took first priority, but “educated decisions” should be made to avoid contracting the coronavirus. In Missouri, which too sees it’s fair share of tornadoes, Springfield-Greene County also urged people to take personal safety in community shelters if needed. But in Oklahoma, it’ll be left up to local jurisdictions to decide whether to open public shelters or uphold recommendations against gatherings of more than 10 people. Without sounding like a local TV meteorologist myself, each state will differ in its policy so please check your local listings for more information. How the OKC Weather War Advanced Warning SystemsLike journalists, meteorologists struggle to get their message through to readers and viewers because of all the noise in today’s media world. Social media has both helped and harmed James’ work, as he’s now able to connect directly with people in his market and constantly pump out warnings and other information. But the distrust in, well, everything right now means some people don’t believe warnings until it’s too late.I’ve been in tornado warnings in three states and every time I was glued to the TV screen. Heck, I even tune in sometimes from the UK for fun. Still, if you’re like me then you’ll know all about the colorful radar maps and high-tech wind velocities and strength measures used on air. And if you’re in Oklahoma City, you’ll likely get a birds-eye view of the action via helicopters that hover a mile or two away from the actual tornado. The below video is from the historic EF5 Moore Tornado from May 2013.There might not be a larger city that sees more tornadoes in the U.S. than Oklahoma City does and, because of that, there may not be a more knowledgable and eager audience yearning for wall-to-wall coverage of tornado events than Oklahomans. That thirst resulted in an all-out ratings war between KFOR and KWTV during the nineties and noughties, led by weather Gods Gary England and Mike Morgan, respectively. In the past decade, friend of the podcast Damon Lane of KOCO joined the scene after his Herculean coverage of the Moore Tornado in 2013 that saw him live on air for around 13 hours straight. Anyway, much what of what we see on TV these days when it comes to severe weather can be traced back to little old Oklahoma City. If you’re interested in this stuff, I can’t recommend Holly Bailey’s The Mercy of the Sky enough.Tornado Communication TodayResearch on how and why tornadoes exist is critical, as we still don’t really know the answers to these questions. An exciting new breakthrough from scientists at the University of Mississippi, Oklahoma State University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln involves what’s known as ‘infrasound’, which might be able to more accurately predict tornadoes and dramatically reduce the false alarm rate that could be as high as 75 percent. The idea being that the ‘fluid mechanics’ of a tornado create noise too quiet for the human ear to hear, but loud enough for tiny microphones to pick up. Below is an interview with one of the scientists from Ole Miss, Dr. Roger Waxler, on James’ own podcast, WeatherBrains, in which the research is delved into with great detail. If the technology can be proven successful, it could revolutionize the entire weather industry.Tornadoes Around the GlobeWe have to be careful when looking at the countries most prone to tornadoes, because some people misinterpret simple data, like these scum who say England is the tornado capital of the world. It’s not. Instead, I prefer to listen to the experts, like Dr. Harold Brooks, senior scientist at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. Because of the ripe conditions — a mix of warm moist air with cold dry air — the likes of Canada, Italy, India and Brazil are among the countries to get the most twisters. Many other South American and Southern Asian countries also see vast amounts of twisters because of the mountainous regions that allow different air types to meet. So no, England isn’t anywhere near the tornado capital.Related Podcasts#60 — Michael Mann (Penn State) on spending his sabbatical observing wildfires in Australia#53 — Emily Atkin (Heated) on starting the most popular newsletter on climate change#42 — Kait Parker (Weather.com) on the link between hurricanes and climate change#37 — Josh Morgerman and Caroline Menzies (Hurricane Man) on shooting the wildly popular documentary Hurricane Man#17 — James Spann (ABC 33/40) on 40 years forecasting weather and his fatherless upbringing #2 — Damon Lane (KOCO) on inside covering the 2013 Moore Tornado and the emotional toll it has to this dayLast Time…Pandemics That Changed History#68 — Mckayla Wilkes (U.S. House) on taking on No. 2 House Democrat Steny Hoyer and why the U.S. needs Universal Basic Income… Next TimeNext week we’ll quantitative futurist and CEO on Future Today Institute Amy Webb to talk about why governments and businesses weren’t more prepared for a pandemic, as well what tech trends will hit the world in 2020.Job CornerThe Inside The Newsroom Job Board will be launched on Monday. Stay tuned!Thanks for making it all the way to the bottom. Please like and share this edition of Inside The Newsroom by clicking the ❤️ below. That way I’ll appear in clever algorithms and more people will be able to read.If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing to get a newsletter about a cool news topic in your inbox every time I publish (1-2 times a week). You can find me on Twitter at @DanielLevitt32 and email me corrections/feedback or even a guest you’d like me to get on the podcast at daniellevitt32@gmail.com. Get on the email list at insidethenewsroom.substack.com

Dr. Ben Burnett served as a school administrator through Hurricane Katrina but he never imagined he would face two more powerful tornadoes later in his career. In Part 1 of our interview about what to do when a natural disaster strikes your school district, Dr. Ben Burnett reflected on how he and his colleagues kept students and teachers focused after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Burnett was the principal of a middle school in Lamar County Mississippi during the devasting hurricane, but a few years later he took on the responsibilities of Lamar County Superintendent. But even Hurricane Katrina could not fully prepare Burnett for what happened to one of his high schools just eight years after Katrina. Dr. Ben Burnett On February 10, 2013, Oak Grove High School, near Hattiesburg Mississippi was struck by a powerful EF4 tornado that cut a path three-quarters of a mile wide and had maximum sustained winds of 170 mph. The tornado demolished a field house and caused significant damage to much of the large high school. Burnett says that as he first rounded the corner to survey the damage at Oak Grove High School, he thought, nobody ever prepared him on how to manage in this situation. Fortunately, the storm struck on a Sunday, and while there were a few people in the school, there were no fatalities or injuries. However, the cleanup expenses would run into the millions and the disruptions to instructional time and extracurricular activities had to be addressed. By 2017 Burnett had retired as Superintendent and he was now the Dean of Education at William Carey University. Unbelievably, a powerful EF3 tornado struck at Burnett's new job site. It was his third natural disaster. In the early morning hours of January 21st. The tornado packed winds of 145mph and damaged 58 of the 60 buildings on WCU's campus. Remarkably, Burnett's William Carey University story is one of resileence. They adminstration moved quickly and had students back in class in just two days. To hear the full story on how Dr. Ben Burnett responded to both tornadoes, listen to Episode 139 of the Class Dismissed Podcast. This is part two of a two-part interview. Tune in to Episode 138 to hear Burnett talk about Hurricane Katrina. You can listen to the latest episode of Class Dismissed on iTunes here. All Rights Reserved. Class Dismissed Podcast 2017 – 2020

McCall and Kirstie and survey the damage from the tornadoes, chat with Assurant storm damage Analyst Bryan Wood and listen to the story of one woman in Trotwood who lived through an EF4 tornado.

McCall and Kirstie and survey the damage from the tornadoes, chat with Assurant storm damage Analyst Bryan Wood and listen to the story of one woman in Trotwood who lived through an EF4 tornado.

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele has made a clear abortion rights message in his latest Cruise collection, as the debate over abortion heats up once again in the United States. The collection, shown to a VIP crowd Tuesday evening in Rome’s Capitoline Museum, featured a purple jacket with the slogan “My Body, My Choice” on the back, and a sweater emblazoned with the date “May 22, 1978,” marking the day that abortion became legal in Italy. A belted gown was embroidered with a flowering uterus. Michele said new restrictions on abortion in the United States “made me consider how much women should be highly respected.” e EF0, EF1 and EF2s on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. But 23 were classified as EF3 tornadoes, with wind speeds of 136-165 mph. The strongest confirmed tornado this year was the EF4 tornado that killed 23 people in Alabama in March. So far this year, 38 people have died in 10 tornadoes in the United States, including a combined seven within the last week in Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma and Ohio. The relative quiet in recent years followed the massive tornado that killed 161 people and injured more than 1,100 in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011. The EF5 storm packed winds in excess of 200 mph and was on the ground for more than 22 miles. Monday’s outbreak was unusual because it occurred over a particularly wide geographic area. Eight states were affected by two regional outbreaks, in the high Plains and the Ohio River Valley.

Once upon a time there lived a Golden Age gay icon, who whiled away her pre-waxing years sitting atop a split-rail fence in some dour, nondescript American Midwest landscape. Her dreams of a more outrageously fierce existence in the big city (wearing roller skates and one-foot-diameter afro wigs and dancing to Army of Lovers in between lines of blow) were hemmed in on all sides by rusted farm equipment, NAPA Auto Parts Stores, and a lone, dejected Applebee’s out on the turnpike. Kansas didn’t even have a meth lab yet. Or a Sally Beauty Supply. Her nascent fabulousness was imprisoned by voluminous swaths of gingham, satin ribbons, and fussy lace collars -- none of them, unfortunately, worn ironically, with a lollipop or a pacifier or Harajuku-style -- at the behest of Aunt Em, a woman whose character is explained by the shocking fact that the better part of her non-church wardrobe was purchased at Quality Farm & Fleet. (I know.  Couldn’t you just die?)   This girl, as yet scarcely old enough to have a couple of cherries or a leaping dolphin tattooed near her cameltoe, was named Dorothy. One day, like so many dreamy-eyed girls, she donned her Skechers and her discount department store jeans and waited for a meteorological disaster to rescue her from her sad, glitterless rural life.   As luck would have it, one day, an especially violent cyclone (rated EF4 by the local weather service) carved a bloody path of destruction, misery, and death through central Kansas, carrying Dorothy’s trailer (with her and her dog Toto inside, watching Judge Judy) high into the troposphere. At first, Dorothy mistook the rhythmic vibrations for a circuit party and looked under the bed for her whistle, but soon enough she realized she was airborne. And it felt Fab. U. Lous. She thought she even spotted a cross-country Virgin America flight with Diana Ross sitting in first class refusing a skunky glass of Chardonnay and calling the stewardess an uppity white bitch. (She’ll have Dershowitz on the phone when she gets to LAX.) But maybe Dorothy was unconscious and imagining it all. At any rate, she was immune to the ghastly, soul-rending shrieks, rising from below, of a Kansas mother cradling her dead baby who was impaled by a windswept awl in the cyclone. She was busy listening to “Yahoo!” by Erasure on her iPod.    Eventually, after floating around earth’s gaseous atmosphere for a couple of hours, dreaming of Barney’s Co-op Sale, Dorothy landed in some unknown land, flat-ironed her hair, and repositioned her training thong. Outside her trailer a bunch of ghetto midgets were milling around with some old witchy broad. No, it wasn’t that überfem Glinda – like in the movie – it was some tired-ass old mannish thing, looking like Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously. Basically, this bitch is no help at all. She’s supposedly a witch, and you’d think she’d know the way to the Meatpacking District, but all she does is give her some cheap-ass silver shoes (Steve Madden – yuck) and kiss Dorothy on the forehead leaving this “magical” lipmark. Dorothy suspects it’s herpes simplex one and hightails it outta there before the witch gives her boxed wine and has her pose for “art” photographs. (Yes, I remember the very special episode of Diff’rent Strokes with Gordon Jump very well, thank you very much.)   Okay, you know the rest of the story (for the most part). Dorothy seeks out the Wizard of Oz by mapquesting Emerald City (or, alternately, the City of Emeralds) and on the way she meets a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Lion, who are all needy and want to bask in the glow of her super-hot blinding aura and fierce fantabulousness (and bum a few amphetamines). The Wizard, who likes to mix up his corporeal manifestations, appears to them in his Emerald City throne room (Picture Antwan “Big Boi” Patton’s house on Cribs but with fewer stripper poles and lots more green marble ) in the forms of a giant Little Richard-sized head, a Sears catalog swimsuit model, a vaguely menacing monster, and a talking ball of fire. Obviously, the Wizard has been to see Cirque de Soleil and knows the power of a little Québécois razzle-dazzle. Whilst filing his nails and reading the latest issue of Interview with Drew Barrymore on the cover, the Wizard tells his motley supplicants that, yeah, yeah, sure, he will grant their stupid, retarded wishes if they murder the Wicked Witch of the West, a Tribeca scenester who is always bogarting Page Six with her leather-daddy winged monkey warehouse parties. Dorothy & Crew reluctantly agree – an act of volition which effectively makes Dorothy the youngest hit girl in the history of YA literature, and the only one to ever wear lace-trimmed socklets. Eventually, during a wet t-shirt contest, the witch melts and Dorothy, still flush with her first taste of killing… sweet killing, returns with her entourage to the Wizard to claim her payoff. But then, gosh golly, gee whiz… in a startling atheistic allegory, the all-powerful Wizard is revealed to be an impotent little Wallace Shawn-type standing behind a screen fiddling with some sound board knobs. Nietzsche couldn’t’ve said it any better. The Wizard, who realizes he’s dealing with a bunch of saps here, pretends to grant everyone’s wishes (except Dorothy’s – cuz he’s totally jealous of her fabulousness) and they actually fall for it. Dorothy, burnt-out on the Emerald City scene and suffering from dehydration and exhaustion, longs to return to Kansas to start her autobiographical blog. A bunch of stupid stuff happens, some of which involve a hot air balloon and bitch-slapping trees, and the quartet make their way to Glinda, the Witch of the South, to see if she can grant Dorothy’s wish and thereby prove that she’s at least somewhat less worthless than everybody else in Oz   On the way to the Glinda’s ‘hood, the posse comes across a village where all the people are made of china and break easily (Gee, I wonder why they left that great episode out of the film), and after the Lion accidentally destroys one of their china churches with his tail (I’m not kidding), giving impetus to hate crime legislation the world over, the Tin Woodman decapitates some wolves with his ax. Dorothy skips and frolics through the gory pools of matted fur, blood, and steaming viscera and asks Glinda, who appears to be on Quaaludes, for a trip home. Glinda, as useless as every other allegedly magical person in Oz, tells her that the cheap-ass Steve Madden shoes she’s been wearing could’ve gotten her back to Kansas all along. (And, by the way, when she returns to the Sticks, she should really take off those Chinese panda-skin leatherette things. They’ll give her fatal foot rash.)   So Dorothy uses the magic of those shoes made in China under the brand name of a man imprisoned for magical tax evasion to return to Kansas, where her Aunt and Uncle have long since forgotten about her and adopted a more attractive, Latvian girl who’s not too prissy to hand-inseminate the cows. Dorothy overdoses one night in a dilapidated feed barn on a potent mixture of Robitussin and Gas-X, and Judy Davis plays her in a television movie that no one remembers long enough to have forgotten.

In This Episode Guests: Storm Chasers Aaron Rigsby and Greg Johnson Tracker Chat with the Tornado Trackers – Chasing on a Budget Lightning Round: Match Game Tornado Talk with Jen Narramore – 1957 Ruskin Heights F5 Tornado #WeatherFools-We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations Freak Fan Box - we check in with our fans Brought to you by Extreme Tornado Tours at www.extremetornadotours.com Our Guests Aaron Rigsby, Storm Chaser Aaron has been chasing storms for 8 years, including category 5 hurricane Michael, Cat 4 Harvey, the historic buffalo blizzard, and over 100 tornadoes including the Pilger Nebraska twin EF4 tornadoes. Aaron is a professional photographer and when he's not chasing storms, he's chasing landscapes to photograph. Greg Johnson, Storm Chaser Greg Johnson, is a former guest on Episode 43 and one of North America’s top professional storm-chasers and severe weather experts.  He is also an accomplished photographer, speaker and workshop leader. Having graduated from Canada’s renowned Acadia University, Greg is also a part of the Tornado Hunters television series currently on Netflix. Follow Aaron Rigsby: Twitter @AaronRigsbyOSC Follow Greg Johnson: Twitter @TornadoGreg Drive Weather App is from the family of Official Weather Apps of the Storm Front Freaks on iOS and Android To learn more about the Tornado Trackers visit them at www.TornadoTrackers.org Visit Helicity.co for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of merchandise.  Use code: SFF at check-out for 10% off your entire order Get hooked on tornado history at www.TornadoTalk.com Weather Fools Links Kim-Family and kids rescued from car in flooded road in Hobbs, NM Phil-Morton, MS woman records split second tornado removing her wall Submit your questions or comments about this show to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com and we may read it on our next episode! Next Episode records on May 30.  Guest TBA. Credits Opening Music: Brett Epstein Closing Music: Gabe Cox Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them. Episode 240 features State of Alabama Market Manager with INdigital, Caleb. In this episode we visit his public safety background along with a look at the devastation caused by the EF4 tornado that hit Lee County, Alabama on March 3, 2019. This is an episode you do not want to miss! Supported by: INdigital Episode topics – Caleb’s 9-1-1 story Responding as an EMT after the destruction of a tornado in 2011 EF4 tornado in Lee County, Alabama on March 3, 2019 As always, if you have any comments, questions, or you would like to be a guest on the show, please email me at wttpodcast@gmail.com.

This past Sunday, March 3rd, twenty-three lives were lost due to a devastating EF4 tornado...the most lives lost from a single tornado in nearly six years. In today's episode, Sarah and Kaiti discuss the events that led up to the tragedy and tackle the challenges of forecasting and warning for such an event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part two of Stephanie Decker’s story, she takes us through the moment she woke up in the hospital after surviving a horrific EF4 tornado, and learning both of her legs had been amputated. Plus, she shares how she is using her situation for good through the Stephanie Decker Foundation.

On March 2, 2012, Stephanie Decker was hunkered down in her basement, lying over top of her kids, shielding them from an EF4 tornado. The main beam of their house fell on Stephanie, crushing and pinning her legs. Her two children made it out safely. Stephanie lost both of her legs. In part one of Stephanie's story, she takes us through each harrowing moment: riding out the storm, fighting to stay alive, and the will to not die in front of her children.

This week Dan meets storm chaser Warren Causey, founder of The Sirens Project. Causey, an engineer with a lifelong passion for weather, studies tornadoes from a safe distance, using unmanned aerial vehicles, drones. In the interview, Causey describes growing up in Georgia and chasing storms in the mountainous Southeast, in Dixie Alley. Hoping to design weather research systems, he studied mechanical engineering, including 3D modeling and drone development. Chemistry gelled with college classmates Nolan Lunsford and Brent Bouthiller, he says, “And it escalated from there.” The three formed The Sirens Project. They study supercells and tornadoes by guiding UAVs directly into the storms. Causey details how Sirens started as a Kickstarter project, and he discusses the team’s partnership with Ag Eagle, a UAV manufacturer specializing in rugged UAVs used in farming applications. As citizen scientists, the team is careful to avoid intercepting tornadoes near populated areas. He describes the ideal intercept: a slow-moving EF4 tornado in Kansas, in the middle of nowhere. He relates his experience with the El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado on May 31, 2013. Several storm chasers lost their lives that day, including the respected meteorologist Tim Samaras, when the storm made an unexpected change-of-course. The tragic incident spurred Causey to start The Sirens Project, a safer way to study storms. Causey says working with fellow researchers is necessary for gathering more data — data that will lead to improved forecasting and storm-resistant structures. Ultimately, he wants to create models for forecasting convection, which would allow for mapping how and where tornadoes will “fire” — which would reduce false-alarms. The supercell storms that spawn tornadoes change abruptly, require many variables to generate a tornado, and are very short-lived, all of which makes tornadoes more difficult to forecast than hurricanes. The Sirens Project team is prepping for the 2018 storm season and producing a documentary on stormchasing. Causey encourages fellow weather enthusiasts to contact the group. “We love interacting with other stormchasers,” he says.

In This Episode Guest: Brantley Hargrove, Author Helicity Designs and discount code Lightning Round: Minute to Win It – Top 30 greatest cartoon cats Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner Discussion: Will we ever be able to forecast tornadoes for a specific neighborhood? Wx Resources: We provide some great weather sites, apps and equipment Weather Fools: We share the foolish things people do in bad weather situations Who will be our next guest? Visit www.HelicityDesigns.com for our Storm Front Freaks lineup of drinking containers.  Use code: PODCAST at check-out for 5% off your entire order Our Guest Brantley Hargrove, Author of The Man Who Caught the Storm (The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras) Brantley Hargrove is a journalist who has written for Wired, Popular Mechanics, and Texas Monthly. In his reporting, he has explored the world of South American jewel thieves who terrorize diamond dealers in South Florida. He's gone inside the effort to reverse-engineer supertornadoes using supercomputers. And he has chased violent storms from the Great Plains down to the Texas coast, including a land-falling Category 4 hurricane and one of the rarest tornadic events in recent memory: twin EF4 tornadoes that chewed through a small Nebraskan farming village. He lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Renee, and their two cats. The Man Who Caught the Storm is his first book. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hbrantleyhargrove/ Twitter: @BrantHargrove Find his book at: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Your local bookstore Titan U Minute with Chris Sanner:  www.TorndaoTitans.com Wx Resources Links Kim – The Weatherman Umbrella Dina – Intellicast: Customizable, interactive map Weather Fools Links Dina – Driving through flooded streets is a bad idea! Kim – Man fired after leaving vulnerable adults in a hot van MJ – Boating through a water spout (Thanks to Warran Madden!) Submit your questions or comments about this show to questions@stormfrontfreaks.com and we may read it on our next episode! Next episode (57), we’ll visit with legendary Alabama meteorologist and Weather Brain, James Spann! Credits Opening and Closing Music:  Andrew Slotta

David Hunter is the CEO and Co-Founder of Optimal Labs a company that applies cutting-edge deep reinforcement learning to create intelligent autopilots for farms, improving the efficiency, reliability and quality of food production.  High tech greenhouses can produce 10-40x yield of traditional farming and they’re universally scalable and deployable anywhere. And the implications of AI controlled farms are potentially huge – with higher quality food, produced faster and more reliably, people will be able to live better for longer. David is one of the famous cases of someone who did EF twice – he was on EF4 and after met his Co-Founder Joao on EF7 the idea for Optimal Labs became a reality and before they knew it, they were following farmers around greenhouses in Holland and building solutions to their problems. He studied AeroNautical Engineering at Imperial and trained as a pilot in the Royal Airforce before going into the banking industry, where he eventually ended up running Deutsche Bank’s quantitative strategies team where his algorithms traded more than 5% of the European stock market volume. After going through EF4 he took some time off to earn a PhD in Deep Reinforcement Learning at Oxford before returning to join EF7. In this episode David and I discuss: - Why he left his well-paid job at Deutsche Bank to start a company - What he learned from doing EF and how he applied this knowledge second time around  - The challenges he’s overcome along the way and his tips on hiring and seeking advice This was a fascinating conversation that will not only give you an insight into the future of nutrition but will also show you the resilience and continuous learning that entrepreneurs have to apply in their lives.

REFERÊNCIAS: Ap 5:9-10 - Eles cantavam esta nova canção: “Tu és digno de pegar o livro e de quebrar os selos. Pois foste morto na cruz e, por meio da tua morte, compraste para Deus pessoas de todas as tribos, línguas, nações e raças. Tu fizeste com que essas pessoas fossem um reino de sacerdotes que servem ao nosso Deus; e elas governarão o mundo inteiro.” Mateus 11:12 - Desde os dias em que João anunciava a sua mensagem, até hoje, o Reino do Céu tem sido atacado com violência, e as pessoas violentas tentam conquistá-lo. Ef4:24 - Vistam-se com a nova natureza, criada por Deus, que é parecida com a sua própria natureza e que se mostra na vida verdadeira, a qual é correta e dedicada a ele. Mateus 6:20 - Pelo contrário, ajuntem riquezas no céu, onde as traças e a ferrugem não podem destruí-las, e os ladrões não podem arrombar e roubá-las. Mateus 6:33 - Portanto, ponham em primeiro lugar na sua vida o Reino de Deus e aquilo que Deus quer, e ele lhes dará todas essas coisas.

Mostafa El Sayed, Co-Founder of Automata, which is working to make robotics affordable and accessible by installing it in the workplace. Mostafa and his co-founder Suryansh were on EF4 and their first product, Eva is a bench top robot arm that can be set up in minutes, costs a fraction of other industrial arms, and can be used in a range of industries including metals, pharmaceuticals and electronics manufacturing. Mostafa didn’t have a have a history in robotics before starting Automata and trained as an architect, working for Zaha Hadid, the designer of the London Olympics Aquatics Centre, before pivoting onto the startup path. In this conversation we dive into Mostafa’s personal story, everything he’s learned about finding product market fit, hiring and funding in the process of building Automata and what he’s learned about himself along the way.

In part two of our interview with hazards engineer John van de Lindt, we learn how his career expanded from earthquake engineering to other hazards.   After the NEESsoft project, van de Lindt won a grant for investigating sustainable buildings, looking at tornado loading, trying to reduce damage and injury in expansive soils. The team’s structure provided safety by devising shelter in basement with sustainable backfill that prevents basement walls from being damaged. Ironically, during this time, his own family lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was caught in the famous 2011 EF4 tornado that ripped through the area. Although his house was not damaged, he worked on an NSF RAPID grant to do reconnaissance on the area damage. (NHERI’s own David Prevatt led that work, showing what a small world it is for natural hazards engineers.)   He explains that, interestingly, mitigation methods in one hazard can translate to other hazards, which is why collaborative work is so beneficial. He says it is a popular PhD dissertation topic these days: showing how it’s possible to port a method from one hazard to another.   Currently, van de Lindt is co-director of the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning, a NIST-funded center at Colorado State University.   And he is still working on wood projects. He describes wrapping up a project focused on cross laminated timber, which he describes as plywood on steroids. (Take 2x6 planks, laminated with epoxy, and build a large wall) Like the Tall Wood project, it shows that wood is strong enough to be used for building 10 10-18 story structures.   FEMA P69 analysis, “rational” approach to establish perf factors. For CLT. To establish update to building code in ASCE 2022.   Although he admits engineers grumble about building codes, and the amount of work involved in creating them, but they are what make buildings in the U.S. and Japan the safest in the world.   He describes how, in hazards engineering, multiple fundamental projects often lead to one really focused project. Or sometimes it’s just a matter of an ASCE committee doing the work to return to other, related codes, or talk to engineering groups in other countries, to “find the missing pieces.” Committees try to fill in the gaps, he says, so the world can share the data that codes are based on. “It’s how stuff becomes code,” he says.   Indeed, Van de Lindt gives back to the engineering community in these important ways. As a member of NHERI’s Network Independent Advisory Committee (NIAC), he sits with academics and practitioners to review the NHERI quarterly reports and independent advice for the grant managers and NSF.   NHERI CENTRIFUGE USERS' WORKSHOP Hosted by the UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling Friday, May 18, 8AM-5PM PST Register on the DesignSafe website:  https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/workshops/3rd-annual-centrifuge-users/ WORKSHOP DETAILS: The Center for Geotechnical Modeling will be hosting a one-day centrifuge users’ workshop at the NHERI equipment facility at UC Davis on Friday, May 18th, 2018. The workshop will include tours and lectures by UC Davis personnel and outside users that will allow participants to understand the capabilities of the centrifuge facility, explore research opportunities and challenges, and discuss specific details toward developing proposals. Participation will be limited and priority registration will be given to: faculty planning to submit or participate in the development of NSF proposals to use the centrifuge facility at UC Davis; research team members currently funded to use the centrifuge facility; other individuals interested in learning about the NHERI equipment facility at UC Davis. Limited travel support will be available for workshop participants and those interested in receiving travel support should indicate so using the workshop registration form on this page. Participants receiving funds will be reimbursed for actual expenses up to a pre-assigned threshold of $1000 (junior faculty) or $500 (senior faculty). Currently funded NSF research teams are expected to support their travel costs within their existing research funds.

This week Dan meets storm chaser Warren Causey, founder of The Sirens Project. Causey, an engineer with a lifelong passion for weather, studies tornadoes from a safe distance, using unmanned aerial vehicles, drones. In the interview, Causey describes growing up in Georgia and chasing storms in the mountainous Southeast, in Dixie Alley. Hoping to design weather research systems, he studied mechanical engineering, including 3D modeling and drone development. Chemistry gelled with college classmates Nolan Lunsford and Brent Bouthiller, he says, “And it escalated from there.” The three formed The Sirens Project. They study supercells and tornadoes by guiding UAVs directly into the storms. Causey details how Sirens started as a Kickstarter project, and he discusses the team’s partnership with Ag Eagle, a UAV manufacturer specializing in rugged UAVs used in farming applications. As citizen scientists, the team is careful to avoid intercepting tornadoes near populated areas. He describes the ideal intercept: a slow-moving EF4 tornado in Kansas, in the middle of nowhere. He relates his experience with the El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado on May 31, 2013. Several storm chasers lost their lives that day, including the respected meteorologist Tim Samaras, when the storm made an unexpected change-of-course. The tragic incident spurred Causey to start The Sirens Project, a safer way to study storms. Causey says working with fellow researchers is necessary for gathering more data — data that will lead to improved forecasting and storm-resistant structures. Ultimately, he wants to create models for forecasting convection, which would allow for mapping how and where tornadoes will “fire” — which would reduce false-alarms. The supercell storms that spawn tornadoes change abruptly, require many variables to generate a tornado, and are very short-lived, all of which makes tornadoes more difficult to forecast than hurricanes. The Sirens Project team is prepping for the 2018 storm season and producing a documentary on stormchasing. Causey encourages fellow weather enthusiasts to contact the group. “We love interacting with other stormchasers,” he says.

When an EF4 tornado hit Garland, Texas on the day after Christmas, nine people lost their lives along a major highway interchange. David Schechter joins the show to talk about taking over almost an entire newscast to tell the story of what happened that night. http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/night-on-the-bridge-a-forgotten-tragedy/56402085

What do you get when you pair Stewart Halcomb and Holly Helms together? Along with tight harmonies, sure-footed songwriting direction, high energy shows, authenticity, and undeniable chemistry, you ultimately get - The Springs. At just 23 and 25, the driven pair is carving out a place of longevity in Music City. Featuring both male and female vocals, The Springs come packed with an always growing fan base. The versatile multi-award winning duo delivers Country, Southern Rock, and traditional favorites, offering something for the whole family.Some things are just meant to be, and the divine pairing of Stewart and Holly serves as a perfect example. The two Alabama natives met at the world famous Bluebird Café shortly after they each moved to Nashville. They both moved to town with a dream and a moving story. During their high school days, both Stewart and Holly found healing and comfort in music as they each had endured tragedies – Stewart survived an EF4 tornado hitting his school and taking the lives of eight of his friends, while Holly lost her grandmother and cousin in drunk driving accidents.FacebookInstagramYouTubeTwitterClick Banner For 7 Free SongsThe Springs Band ™ © 2014 All Rights ReservedMore Info: Call Randy at 334-763-0179NixaDesign.com“These tragic events helped us know that music was what we wanted to do with our lives,” shared Holly.“I realized it could make a difference in other people's lives, and that you can touch the life of someone you've never met,” added Stewart.Holly made it to the third round of the preliminaries of NBC's “The Voice, while Stewart brought several impressive awards to the table. The future duo began co-writing, and both approached their music with a “live life to the fullest” outlook. Sparks flew between the two, and it became certain that their chemistry onstage and offstage set them apart in a large pool of aspiring artists. They began working with Rick Barker, who managed Taylor Swift when she got her record deal. Barker witnessed their unwavering work ethic and their obvious connection. Subsequently he encouraged them to work as a team. From taking his advice and following his model, they continue to watch their careers flourish.The Springs have shared the stage with some of country music's top recording acts including Florida Georgia Line, Thompson Square, Jake Owen, Josh Turner, Gary Allan, Hunter Hayes, Love and Theft, Mark Wills, Little Big Town, Eric Church, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Charlie Daniels and Easton Corbin.Alongside their CD's and merchandise which can be found on their website, The Springs also have a new CD slated for release this year. In the studio they work with Shayne Hill (lead guitar of Sawyer Brown).As down to earth as they are talented, The Springs enjoy interacting with their fans of all ages. They've done “Inside The Springs” episodes in which they keep their listeners involved in what they're doing. They name a “Fan of the Week” and they have giveaways.Offstage, Holly accepted Stewart's marriage proposal on December 20, 2013. Stewart popped the question at the Bluebird where the pair first met on January 23, 2011. He was successful in closing the Bluebird down for 2 hours and successful in getting that “Yes.” Besides the future bride and groom, the only other people present for the memorable moment were Stewart and Holly's parents and a photographer.Their faith, individuality and unwavering work ethic, positively places them in a league of their own in the midst of an ever competitive industry. They believe in family-friendly shows and their songs reflect those values. The standout duo has tirelessly performed over 200 shows, while personally engaging with their audiences.As their careers continue to rise, they remember where they came from. They're just doing what they love and loving what they do…..and they're inviting everyone along for the ride.

Igerész: Efézus4,17-24 Lelkész: Ritter Nándor Lejátszás közvetlen fájlból (hiba esetén): https://krek.hu/media/files/igehirdetesek/130101_0h_RN_ujuljatok_meg_Ef4_17_24.mp3 Becsült hossz: 1593 mp Generálta: ScrapeCast by Fodor Benedek UUID: db1eca2d-c899-4726-93ca-eef91a97485d

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Scott is in Redmond this week and talks to Jeff Derstadt, the Lead Developer on Entity Framework Code First (or, as Scott says, EF Magic Unicorn). What's the deal with this new feature in Entity Framework? What about the bad rap that EF got back in the day? What's new in EF4 and how does EF Code First sit on that? Which is the right choice, Model First, Database First or Code First? All of this plus demos in this off-the-cuff interview.(Sorry the first part of the video is dark, it gets lighter halfway through.)

We’ve brought you a few stories on Enterprise, Alabama, and all the good things going on in that area through the last few months.  Something you may not know is that the area is still recovering from a major tornado that ripped through the town almost three years ago.  The EF4 twister tore apart the local high school in the middle of the day, killing eight teenagers.  Developer Ronnie Gilley knew he needed to do something to help, and brought together a few of his friends in the music business to contribute to his hometown. ‘We Are Enterprise’ has already raised thousands of dollars, which is a small drop in the bucket compared to the over $300 million dollars in damage the community suffered.  The album includes tracks from Clint Black, Daryl Worley, Lorrie Morgan, and George Jones, among others.  

Carl and Richard talk to Julie Lerman about Entity Framework. Julie talks about her Entity Framework books - one for EF1, the other for EF4. The conversation digs into Entity Framework 4.1 and the key features added, as well as the June CTP which added even more. Julie talks about enum support in the CTP, which was the most demanded feature, but then goes onto the other cool areas of the CTP, including new model support, spatial, table-value functions and support for stored procedures that return multiple record sets. Julie gets us up to date on Entity Framework!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations