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Tornadoes destroyed homes in Arkansas and Missouri and also caused damage in Oklahoma as severe storms threatened much of the South over the weekend, officials said.
More than 10,000 people were without power close to noon Saturday in New Orleans, according to reports.
In Mississippi, straight-line wind reportedly knocked at least 30 train cars off the tracks.
https://www.ajc.com/news/tornadoes-destroy-homes-south/GgaOj8TYWqZqw4wcTEg2sO/
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)I wonder what's happening to the climate, you know...
And Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri are red, Bible-believing states. How could climate change affect them there?
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)I came out of a bar in Memphis one December night in about 1978.
It was 95 degrees! Me and my girlfriends took one look at that stormy sky, and we decided that we better get our butts headed west across the river toot sweet! We made it the sixty miles home, but it was rough goin, what with lightning, thunder, and downpour rain flooding the delta farmland and highway.
In the winter of about 1982, it rained and stormed so much that the saturated ground couldnt support the poles for overhead power lines. The poles would just fall right over.
I remember lots of stormy winters in the south in the 70s and 80s
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)It's hardly unheard of.
Siwsan
(26,308 posts)We're still watching the weather, here, to see if we're going to get another ice armageddon. Unfortunately, we probably won't know until after dark. Right now, we're switching between rain and sleet. I predict a sleepless night.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)Siwsan
(26,308 posts)I've seen all sorts of precip, today, and my back yard is starting to look like a lake.
backtoblue
(11,346 posts)No damage from the storms in my area, just some wind debree and mild flooding.
Just now outside...its snowing.
Bayard
(22,181 posts)70 degrees here in southern KY today, with really high winds, pouring rain, and tornado watch. In a few days, it'll be back in the 30's.
A good day to take down the xmas tree.
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)in SoCal. Sunny, mid-60s during the day.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,621 posts)I came out of Memphis this morning and crossed the bridge into Arkansas. It was surreal. Blinding sheets of water going sideways. Lightning.
When I got up north a ways on 55 I saw a couple trucks blown over.
I knew this stuff happened out west but didnt realize it could happen in the middle of the country.