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Who Will Apologize for D.C.’s Tornado Bust?

Who Will Apologize for D.C.’s Tornado Bust?

Tornadoes did not hit the nation’s capital yesterday, and many meteorologists on the internet are extremely sorry. “What a HORRIBLE forecast by meteorologists—especially myself,” Matthew Cappucci, of the weather app MyRadar, posted on X yesterday after the tornado warnings that prompted schools, businesses, and museums to close across the Washington region had fizzled into your average rainy day. Brady Harris, who calls himself “Weathers #1 HYPE Man,” wrote that meteorologists had “screwed up the Forecast BIG Time today.” He pledged to do better. In wraparound shades and a T-shirt featuring a kitty cat in a lightning storm (his handle is “StormCat5_”), Harris explained to his followers in a video: “I made the prediction. You have to own it. And you have to tell people, you know, publicly, that, ‘Hey, I messed up.’” Surely, the weathermen of the world hold some sincere remorse here for a situation that alarmed the mid-Atlantic, sent parents scurrying to retrieve their kids, grounded hundreds of flights, and disrupted daily life for millions of people. But the abject tenor of some …

If Your Little Boy Is Basically A Human Tornado, These 7 Wild Truths Will Feel Way Too Familiar

If Your Little Boy Is Basically A Human Tornado, These 7 Wild Truths Will Feel Way Too Familiar

“Boys are different.” It was a refrain I heard many times when I was pregnant with my now 21-month-old son, Sam. My daughter was almost 3 when he was born, and because she was my first and only, I figured all kids were pretty much like her. Adventurous but initially cautious of new situations, overtly emotional (or should I say erratic?), and in my mind, wild. Wild, because she was into everything, was constantly dancing and gyrating, and was often seen wearing few, if any, clothes. But, almost two years later, I’ve learned there’s a difference between spirited and wild. My daughter is the former, and my son is most definitely the latter. He’s all boy, and man, boys are different. Here (in my experience, which has been corroborated with many a mom-of-boys friend) is why. If your little boy is basically a human tornado, these 7 wild truths will feel way too familiar: 1. Little boys keep you running Bricolage via Shutterstock My daughter was busy, but she didn’t have nearly the speed my …

Man rides out tornado inside van. See the footage

Man rides out tornado inside van. See the footage

Man rides out tornado inside van. See the footage Cody Coombes recounts riding out a tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas, inside his pest control van. The National Weather Service reported that an EF-3 tornado had roared through Pulaski and Lonoke counties with estimated peak winds of 165 mph, killing one person in North Little Rock and four people in Wynne. Source link