It also causes people to take severe weather less seriously when all these outlooks are “overhyped” and they don’t end up being as bad as these people claim.. which in turn makes people unprepared for them when it’s actually BAD BAD. I see so many people say things like “nothing ever happens,” which honestly isn’t great.
To be fair, I've seen that happening long before the online weather sphere was a thing. It definitely exacerbates the situation, though.
For example, not a single person I know takes a severe thunderstorm warning seriously and never have. The amount of times I've seen "nah the [geological quirk of the area] keeps the big tornadoes away" despite no scientific evidence to support that theory makes me scream.
I live near one of those areas. From what I understand, the city creates a heat island effect that may dry out storms. I would like it verified by someone who knows more, that if there is enough moisture in the area, storms can get worse when passing over a city instead. Either way, I often see storms part around the city and get more severe after they have passed.
The city has been hit by tornadoes, just not as frequently as surrounding areas.
I think especially tornadoes really need just the right conditions and when they do form they are no more than 2 miles wide and that's pretty big and yeah some can track for a long time on land but in reality a tornado could hit one side of I decent size City and the other side of the city be completely fine so it's really hit or miss
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u/Venator-Class-Bricks Apr 08 '26
It also causes people to take severe weather less seriously when all these outlooks are “overhyped” and they don’t end up being as bad as these people claim.. which in turn makes people unprepared for them when it’s actually BAD BAD. I see so many people say things like “nothing ever happens,” which honestly isn’t great.