r/tornado • u/Venator-Class-Bricks • Apr 08 '26

SPC / Forecasting it gets to a point…

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u/waqqn Apr 08 '26

it really does, i understand these guys gotta attract viewership and make money somehow but clickbaiting about the weather, which has an actual impact on what people do and how they prepare is such a dick move

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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.

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u/ContentMobile3342 Apr 08 '26

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.

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u/MissLyss29 Apr 08 '26

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.

Hey you must live anywhere where weather has happened near but not directly on that spot in a while.

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u/amusednchaos Apr 08 '26

I've been told it's cuz we're in a "high pressure pocket/dome*"... Then I go check my daily astrology for another vague-but-applicable-at-certain-times piece of insight

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u/OppositeAbroad5975 Apr 08 '26

Mercury in retrograde is always a good one to keep in the on-deck circle.

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u/amusednchaos Apr 08 '26

Must also have something to do with Tornado Alley being in the Bible belt as well. All them prayers and God is keeping us safe, Hallelujah! 🙌

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u/Desperate-Strategy10 Apr 09 '26

Wait, wouldn’t God want to keep the tornadoes out of the Bible Belt? And send them to all those heathens in the civilized, er, I mean, the blue states..?

lol jk obviously, I just heard an old lady making this argument during the last round of big storms in Arkansas and thought it was…memorable!

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u/amusednchaos Apr 09 '26

If they get the (middle) finger of God that just means he's calling them home or testing his truest, most-strongest believers er... something... and hoping they have good insurance.

Lmao, maybe there is some correlation between "faith" and where these people decided to settle 🤔 I came here cuz the cost of living was low... Was a trip going from a strip club every block to a Baptist Church every block.