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County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

Lots of failures and lessons here. From NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

About as supercellular as it got yesterday. Northwest of Osage, IA. 6/25/25 #iawx

Rinse and repeat today.

"What a zoo this is...there are literally 50 cars out here probably."🤣

Great footage!

The Weather God of Oklahoma City (Gift Article) You know a storm is going to be bad, people in Oklahoma will tell you, when Gary England removes his jacket.

Here's Sam Anderson's excellent 2013 profile of Gary England in the NYT Magazine, which was published a couple of months after Moore and El Reno:

www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/m...

Congratulations, Jeff - richly deserved!

Thanks for sharing this. I was waiting at a small airstrip near North Loup in 2012 when David pulled up and started chatting amicably with me. My wife called later to ask if I saw anything and I shouted into the phone "I MET DAVID HOADLEY!" I wish him the very best.

Slapout, OK, supercell from the evening of Wed 5/28, right before it bowed out too much to fit in my 14mm frame.

Yes - remarkable how similar both these chases were! I picked up the target on both days southwest of Springfield, navigated around the city on I-72, and then blasted east on the interstate to Decatur. Thought that 5/20 was the better chase but was skeptical of the reported tor south of Latham.

YouTube video by Tornado Stories Joplin Tornado. Emergency Services Radio. BEST QUALITY AUDIO. EF5 Tornado 22nd May 2011

35 minutes of radio traffic of the emergency response to the Joplin, MO 5/22/11 tornado. A remarkable - and chilling - listen.

youtu.be/S6RQ5qeO96k?...

Looking to talk to current or former federal workers at NOAA for a story for The Economist.

Please share far and wide! I’m on signal at abraun.99

Forecasters fear job cuts in severe weather season could be devastating In Tornado Alley, meteorologists say the Trump administration’s efforts could endanger the warning system residents rely on for safety.

WaPo article on cuts at the National Weather Center and affiliated offices - full text here:

wapo.st/4jBaFhl

I've taught international trade theory to undergrads for nearly 30 years. For my friends in the weather enterprise who might be unsure just how crazy Trump's tariffs are, start with Hurricane Dorian Sharpie-gate and 2014 "Tornado Wall" physicist levels of craziness and go up from there.

Twisterss

Yes. Would love to see young Ed take the Foreign Service exam.

Well, I for one look forward to making tornadoes great again with all that rich, deep Gulf of America moisture.

The snow forecast for Mt. Marcus Baker during an atmospheric river never disappoints. ❄️

Migrating from Twitter. For my first post on Bluesky, two of my favorite shots from last year's chase season (5/21/24 Houghton, IA and 7/1/24 Ragan, NE).