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President Reagan traveled to Fort Wayne to view the massive flooding that was occurring on March 16, 1982. A tornado touched down about 10 miles from Baer Field (now Ft Wayne International)10 minutes before Air Force One landed.

The long term forecaster at IND this morning mentioned the possibility of a "strong" system in that timeframe. Made me look.

I agree, but it is always differentiated as weather vs climate.

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"British Columbia’s chief coroner, Lisa Lapointe, said her office received reports of at least 486 “sudden and unexpected deaths” between Friday and 1 p.m. Wednesday. Normally, she said about 165 people would die in the province over a five-day period."

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Nine years ago today was this big dog. I'm sure Northern IN and Ohio posters have fond memories.

Still just a wee bit of disagreement between models for the 4th.

I have absolutely no problem with low to mid 70's on Independence Day.

There is model agreement in depicting below normal temps going into the first weekend of July, but quickly diverge with the Euro dropping in a high pressure over the sub and a quick temperature recovery for the 4th-5th holiday, while the GFS cuts off a low over the Great Lakes, with accompanying well below normal temperatures through the 5th.

Didn't take long for that to verify... SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE 1202 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2021 ILC063-099-105-261730- /O.CON.KLOT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210626T1730Z/ LIVINGSTON IL-LA SALLE IL-GRUNDY IL- 1202 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2021 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON...EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE AND SOUTHERN GRUNDY COUNTIES... AT 1201 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DWIGHT, GARDNER, MAZON, CORNELL, SOUTH WILMINGTON, RANSOM, VERONA AND KINSMAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Lol. City Sunny Partly Sunny Total Days With Sun Akron 68 99 167 Cleveland 66 97 163 Columbus 72 103 175 Dayton 77 100 177 Mansfield 73 101 174 Toledo 73 107 180 City % Sun Cleveland 49 Columbus 50 Dayton 53 Toledo 52

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The cell crossing 57 down by Danforth is looking interesting

Looking good. Which storm are you on?

No matter what long-term effects the vaccine MAY have on the body in RARE cases, to me it was no-brainer to get vaccinated when staring at the short-term risk of not being vaccinated and contracting the virus, especially with the more dangerous variants spreading in our country. It's been clear for the past several weeks that almost all of the new cases are among the non-vaccinated. Is my thinking simplistic? Maybe, but so are the arguments of the anti-vaxxers, the people who still will not get the shot because of the unknown horrible things it might do to the body, because it's all a hoax, because the government can't make me take it, because it's no worse that a cold, because...because...because.

RFD?

That GFS precip map reminds me of winter storm clowns with those kind of numbers. You know the ones I'm talking about, where we say congrats ORD, and Ohio gets shut out.

I am also not immunosuppressed, although I am a lot older (63) and a former smoker, and as such I am really concerned with developing pneumonia as a result of the flu. I am planning on wearing a mask when in crowded company in the winter to hopefully help ward off it off, even though I annually get a flu shot. However, a flu shot is just an educated guess of the possible strains expected to circulate. As you alluded to, there shouldn't be as many sideways looks when wearing a mask.

The science apparently hasn't advanced much in the past 50 years...

...and a second Indiana QLCS TOR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 417 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2021 /317 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2021/ ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/21/2021 TORNADO EVENT... ...OVERVIEW... .WYATT TORNADO JUNE 21 2021... EMBEDDED WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, A BRIEF TORNADO DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF WYATT. ACCORDING TO PHOTOS, A NUMBER OF HEALTHY TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH AND A BARN LOST ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF OSBORNE RD AND GUMWOOD RD. HEALTHY TREES WERE UPROOTED AT THIS LOCATION. IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST, HEALTHY TREES WERE SNAPPED. AFTER CROSSING GUMWOOD RD, A LARGE PORTION OF A BARN ROOF WAS REMOVED, LOFTED AND DEBRIS SCATTERED TOWARD OSBORNE RD TO THE NORTH. IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THIS, A GROVE OF HEALTHY PINE TREES WERE ALL SNAPPED. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED BEFORE CROSSING FIR RD. ..TORNADO NORTH OF WYATT... RATING: EF1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.0102 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100.0 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 06/21/2021 START TIME: 02:07 AM EDT START LOCATION: 1 S WOODLAND / ST. JOSEPH COUNTY / IN START LAT/LON: 41.5505 / -86.1788 END DATE: 06/21/2021 END TIME: 02:09 AM EDT END LOCATION: 1 NNE WYATT / ST. JOSEPH COUNTY / IN END LAT/LON: 41.5458 / -86.1604 SURVEY SUMMARY: PRELIMINARY DATA.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 350 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2021 /250 PM CDT MON JUN 21 2021/ ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/21/2021 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW... .FREMONT TORNADO JUNE 21 2021... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. IN ADDITION A BRIEF TORNADO WAS SPAWNED JUST WEST OF I-69 NEAR SR127. THIS TORNADO TRACKED EAST HITTING THE COUNTRY MEADOWS GOLF COURSE CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND DESTROYED A BARN JUST WEST OF FREMONT. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED RIGHT, TRACKING THROUGH FREMONT SOUTH OF US127 SNAPPING TREES AND DAMAGING ROOFS OF SEVERAL STRUCTURES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY OPEN FIELDS, SNAPPING TREES ALONG THE WAY BEFORE HEAVILY DAMAGING ANOTHER BARN AND DESTROYING SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS ON A FARM RESIDENCE SOUTH OF CLEAR LAKE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TOWARD THE INDIANA OHIO STATELINE BEFORE DISSIPATING IN AN OPEN FIELD. RATING: EF1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.1212 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100.0 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 06/20/2021 START TIME: 02:52 AM EDT START LOCATION: 3 NE LAKE JAMES / STEUBEN COUNTY / IN START LAT/LON: 41.7307 / -85.003 END DATE: 06/20/2021 END TIME: 03:04 AM EDT END LOCATION: 1 NNE YORK / STEUBEN COUNTY / IN END LAT/LON: 41.703 / -84.8126 SURVEY SUMMARY: PRELIMINARY DATA. Covered quite a bit of territory at 50 MPH

See, if I had followed my plan, I would be within striking distance:

Fill up now. That's my advice for the day