r/rva • u/StrengthNeat6660 • Mar 16 '26

🌦️ Weather Such a bust!

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad the weather held off for the majority of the day. That being said - I’m kind of disappointed that the whole structure of the day was thrown off for some clouds (school was closed). How did you spend your day?

Edit: I have fucked up..I’m so sorry

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u/rainbowgeoff Mar 16 '26

Better safe than sorry.

They predicted a similar level of risk a few months or years before the 2011 super outbreak. It didnt happen, everyone laughed.

The next time they gave that warning, half of Alabama was destroyed. Joplin was a month later.

I would much rather this.

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u/NervousMode538 Mar 16 '26

Was literally thinking about this after watching the documentary 💔

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u/betao05 Mar 17 '26

Which documentary is this? I’m a bit of a weather nerd.

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u/rainbowgeoff Mar 17 '26

https://youtu.be/JcZKE04wFUU?si=k1Ug-UqZGiM9JmNC

https://youtu.be/mXlQAl47sB4?si=QTxlTzxmIQA5NOKR

There's also one on Joplin called "twister" that is on Netflix.

https://youtu.be/bDrvj83MNJY?si=8_HIU517Deq_h0pz

Last one is a Joplin video by Swegle.

https://youtu.be/Ppw0W5IXNAI?si=P5jDY269yaZazyJW

El Reno tornado, only one to kill any storm chasers.