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Video: This is how storm chasers stay safe (even when inside an actual tornado)

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I’m sure you’ve heard of storm chasers, the brave (and some would say off-their-rocker) individuals who seek out tornadoes instead of hunkering down and hoping they pass them by.

These folks capture both breathtaking video and important scientific data every time they encounter a twister, and the closer they can get to the action the better (at least from their perspective).

Most storm chasers know to remain a safe distance away from the funnel cloud, and for the most part they manage to do so. But if the tornado decides to take a sudden and unexpected turn in direction the results can be catastrophic.  [Read more…]

This device could literally save your life (and the lives of your loved ones)

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I don’t know about you but I’ve definitely noticed a shift in weather patterns over the years. Places that used to rarely get hit with tornadoes and other terrible storms are now getting hit with greater frequency.

Two incidents that immediately come to mind are the powerful tornado that ravaged parts of my region on April 28, 2011 and Hurricane Helene that literally washed entire Appalachian towns away in September 2026.  [Read more…]

Yes, it really does rain cats and dogs.

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I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “It’s raining cats and dogs out there!”

Of course that sentence is usually said simply to drive home the point that it’s raining really, really hard, but it can actually be true in the literal sense on occasion.

Not only has it been known to “rain” cats and dogs, but also fish, frogs, cows and even human beings.

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