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I know the winds aren't as backed as would be preferred, but the speed shear is very high. I think there is not only a tornado potential, but strong tornado potential today for the MichIndOh area. Just plenty of moisture (dew is 74 in Toledo), winds aloft, and instability to fuel these storms.

Well what's interesting is that Myrtle Beach & Charleston haven't really spiked much, it's Columbia & Greenville that have. The thought is protests at the Capitol & lots of minorities in crowded homes up in Greenville are the causes but that is just the theory the state is saying. At the end of the day what's hurting us is no one cared about the virus here except old people. No one is wearing masks and social places are packed to the gills. Even in a more progressive place like Charleston it's noticeable how little people care about their health in general compared to Michigan & Ohio. Just about everything is fried, smoked or grilled and I've had multiple people confused that I use that Emergen-C powder in my water here at work. It's like the thought of a flu season is completely foreign here. Lets hope this thing fades out like the Spanish Flu but it seems like it's all aboard the train at this point

Hit 77° as a dew today. Cristobal is a humidity machine

A night I'll never forget. An F2 & F4 hurling around Toledo, I actually chased the the F4. Saw it from an overpass clearly through the lightning strikes. Largest tornado I have ever seen in person. The wind rowing was so intense that Lake HS had to install turf due to the amount of debris lodged into the ground of their football field

Meh hasn’t been too much to this point, but we will see what happens if the protests accelerate it. I think as a country we did pretty good overall adjusting to life with it in such short time, and current market data has been very robust.

Yeah I’m thinking it’s going to spike like crazy here shortly

To be honest lol I’m obviously an avid weather follower so myself. But the Alexa is good because it will wake you up in the night if something occurs

It's insane how much the body adjusts to the climate it is in. The cold front dried things up pretty good today, and dropped the dew to 58. Went out for my daily jog and was so incredibly thirsty from the lack of humidity in the air that I was really hurting in the lungs. Feels terrific out but it is quite weird to feel humidity below a dew of 65.

Ahh low humidity. How I missed you

Amazon Alexa! Mine not only notifies my phone but goes off at my house

Absolutely. When you have 41 million people laid off that’s a lot of unhappy people with free time on their hands. I do worry these protests are going to lead to a huge increase in the virus, in 1918 the war bond drive parades and anti-war demonstrations spurred the Spanish Flu on significantly

What a horrible night nationally. I’d say it is safe to say this is the worst night for riots since the King assassination in our country. Apparently 50% of Charleston businesses have been vandalized

Is that a ring of fire setup building? Lol talk about completely skipping Spring

Well I guess this thread is done. Lol social distancing pretty much took a nose dive with the nation going full 1968 race riots. Stay safe people, this year keeps rolling down hill

It is. I mean I won't lie I admire the fact that you and other meteorologists on this board actually went into this field. I personally love weather and history, and considered strongly becoming a history teacher/coach. Ultimately I couldn't refuse the allure of money and the opportunities in life it offers. There isn't much you can do about the way things are. I think ultimately major reform is needed in the public school systems as opportunities are stunningly unequal based on where you live. But this past presidential primary season was a good example of how something like Beavis said could never be accepted here. Bernie Sanders was absolutely railroaded by the democratic establishment for long time favorites such as Hillary and now Joe Biden. When even the liberal party doesn't allow itself to go in that direction well you have your answer

It's got its downsides for sure but that wealth is a product of that ruthless nature. Its not perfect but it makes us so resilient towards major disruptions which is why the American economy has lapped the world. I understand this is an unsettling thought to many, especially if you have a more left wing view of the world. I by no means am saying this to brag but my first offer out of college was $65K with a $5K signing bonus and was one of the lower paid people among my friends. One girl I was friends with got $80K from Dow Chemical lol. Could things be better? Yes. But even going to Canada it's shocking how much more personal wealth we have than them.

I saw that! Heck Monday-Wednesday show dews in the mid 50s for the Charleston area which will be welcome relief. Right now I've got a dew of 75 at my house

Very cool photos. I see the condensation level was ground scraping yesterday with Bertha

That has to be jarring. I was looking on Google Maps and it was crazy how many streets were closed in town.

See this is the one problem I have, strict measures need to be in place, but a lockdown is just too far. I understand your personal worry, but at the end of the day business has to run in some function. I mean personally we are working with sales desperately to outpace their drop due to this virus, and if our team cannot reduce costs at a greater value than our sales dip then it's not I the supply chain analyst that will be jobless, it's the guy making $23 an hour in a plant that will. I by no means grew up with money, so it's a tough burden I take personally. Also I have two $200K approx. projects happening in Michigan that I need to fly into Detroit for. It doesn't matter if I have to wear scuba diver suit, we have to get the ball rolling in the meeting room to hammer out a good deal for these projects. You can only do so much over a Zoom call, so one way or another I'll be in Detroit in July. The reason the lockdown is so damaging is because it is a small business killer, and that is wildly important because small businesses cannot be outsourced. Your local hardware stores, restaurants, bars, construction (HVAC, roofing etc.) are huge to local economies, so keeping things entirely closed is going to be devastating to an area that does not need more of it. Lol the last thing Michigan needs is more blight

Hopefully we do see an increase in cases as that means more people are getting tests. I was reading something by Nate Silver where it seems as though now we have an abundance of tests but people are not caring to do them. I mean heck if folks are politicizing and protesting against mask wearing, I can't feel as though they would be all that willing to subject to a test. If anything with all of these crazy rules I cannot see why it isn't required that all people must get a test once a month. It's concerning we seem more hellbent on keeping things closed than actually doing things to address issues (mandating a mask in all stores, mandating a test once a month)

I've noticed an uptick in the wind here as well. Would've been something if this thing had just 10 more hours, absolutely would've been a Cat 1 and made our day considerably more interesting

Agreed. You can see it tightening and the convection strengthening just east of IOP.

You should see it here. Absolute buckets falling from Bertha at the moment. Wouldn't be shocked if we see 5" today

Raining buckets here