This is not normal weather for Istanbul: A tornado..
With it came heavy rains and high winds on Saturday..
Some roads were submerged.. firefighters worked through the weekend to pull cars out of water..
The tornado hit after an excessively hot week in the nation..
But though it’s rare, it’s not the first time in very recent memory that Istanbul got hit with a twister..
Back in June, another tornado hit the Eastern part of the nation..
Weather indeed in a changin’…
Master Sgt. Dan ‘Bud’ Wassom II’s last action in this life was using his body to shield his 5-year-old daughter Lorelai as a tornado demolished his house on Sunday, said his mother, Pamela Wassom.
Stories like this always get me emotional.
This man was a Master Sgt. but the true bravery he showcased in life was not in the air or in battle, it was against a weather system that had no sympathy for human life.
His daughter is alive because of his actions.. He is not.
The money quote:
“Lorelai kept telling the emergency room people, she said, ‘My daddy saved me; the house exploded and my daddy saved me; he’s a hero,’” Pamela said. “And he is. He’s a true hero.”
Maybe this Friday night, take a second to appreciate your own life just more..
And pray or hope there’s a better place after this planet takes us—if so Dan Wassom is in it.
Rare scare …
It’s beyond rare for this to happen in France, but it did: A tornado waterspout ripped through the South of France, shocking locals and tourists in the area.. There is video..
This is an extremely significant and dangerous weather situation developing for Thursday.. (Warnings like this are not common for the area where the purple shaded color on the map is) .. big thunderstorms with high winds are likely.. In the purple: Tornadoes are not only possible but likely—and there will be massive power outages if storms truly knock these areas..
The threat is Baltimore/DC/Philly.. a lesser threat but still potent exists back to Harrisburg PA and the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania..
Places like New York City, New Jersey, and other areas along the coast line could see wind gusts topping 50mph.. 37 million people are in the area where the most dangerous weather could occur Thursday..
Tomorrow is Tornado Thursday for someone, and maybe more than one city.
As I wrote here on Coal Speaker only yesterday *(about this upcoming threat as a matter of fact)*, we see now that tornadoes don’t care if you’re a populated area or a trailer park.
Pay attention to your favorite source of weather today and especially tomorrow. This could be a very bad day for millions of people, let’s hope it’s not.
This Oklahoma tornado story has been making me feel quite down this week. The horror and heartache that occurred is overwhelming. And now these sad funerals taking place only add insult to the injury… Any time a child loses a life is beyond distressing to me since I had my own …
And I’ve been doing a lot of deep contemplation lately about life.. Lots of prayer, perhaps you can say. But I just don’t know what I’m praying to anymore…
The AP is now broadcasting this to the world: KFOR-TV reports that up to 24 children are believed dead at the Plaza Towers Elementary School and that it has turned into a search and recovery effort
This is a worst case scenario ..
This brutal tornado has now etched itself into the annals of weather history… And with its short presence in Moore Oklahoma it also stole the lives of so many..
Block after block is only debris. Winds cracked and demolished all in its path.. So many lives tonight now undone. So many people hurt. So many killed.
This is terrible and heartbreaking news… May God ease their suffering immediately and keep them.. If he’s there..
Earthquakes.. tsunamis.. nuclear disaster.. and now this!? Tornado rips through area near Tokyo..
The world is just getting .. scary.
The town of Marysville Indiana, a town of less than 2,000 people, has practically been wiped off the map by the tornado outbreak this week..
Recovery seems to be far away..
Some homes were dropped 100 yards away from where they were.. the noises of chainsaws have now replaced the roar of the tornadoes.
The cleanup process now starting..
A young baby was found alone in a field.. alive. She is in critical condition but word now has come that the baby girl’s family perished in the tornado.
More than 100 tornadoes on Friday—a record for March and as many as we see in an entier month. All in one day.. All in one day……
The total number of tornadoes yesterday? 95
Global warming? Nah
I was wrong earlier.. well not wrong but way off. I said 70+ tornadoes but didn’t realize it was up to 95.
The previous record was set in 2006 (not long ago, eh?) .. Broken now if all these are confirmed.
A record that I don’t think anyone really wanted to beat..
Not out of the woods yet with this storm system.. And the death toll sadly isn’t done rising..
But even more: the storms continue today. So despite the media reports of the storm being written in past tense, don’t let your guard down if the sky above is stormy.. Follow your local weather—and maybe it’s time to get a NOAA weather radio. Good investment for times like yesterday and today..
Lives and limbs lost due to the tornado outbreak.. And even more, an entire town has been wiped off the landscape due to severe weather—severe weather that just doesn’t seem right happening this late in winter.. or early in spring, depending on what your view of the seasonal change is.
As a matter of fact, the 70+ tornado reports (if all confirmed) will blow away the typical overall number for March in general—70 plus in just one day with an entire month to go.
And speaking of not being out of the woods yet, tornado warnings yet again abound: All the way from Alabama to parts of Northern Florida.
It goes without saying but I’ll say it anyway: Prepare and be aware. Watch what is above and know what is below.
This may be a very long and drawn out spring and summer of severe weather. Don’t be surprised if someone today believes that the Mayan calender is right after all..
An Ocean City tornado today. Yes, you read that right.
Pretty strange times in the weather department continue.. Severe weather.. tornado miles high strikes New England ..
It was miles high and it struck Springfield as it barreled through the state of Massachusetts.
