Environment & Energy

Uncle Joe

(65,401 posts) Sat May 2, 2026, 03:34 PM 19 hrs ago

Tornado Alley Is MOVING and That's a HUGE Problem

The United States is the tornado capital of the world, but the "Tornado Alley" we all grew up learning about is changing. While frequency is dropping in the Great Plains, a new, much deadlier threat is rising somewhere else...

In this episode, we travel to Wingo, Kentucky, to meet a survivor of the deadliest December tornado on record in the US and speak with atmospheric scientists Victor Gensini and Stephen Strader. We explore why America’s unique geography creates these storms, the atmospheric "cap" that is shifting the risk, and why this new "Tornado Alley" is significantly more dangerous than the original.

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Tornado Alley Is MOVING and That's a HUGE Problem (Original Post) Uncle Joe 19 hrs ago OP

Not a problem if you live in the Great Plains Bluestocking 19 hrs ago #1

I hear you, but I'm also thinking those same changing climate dynamics Uncle Joe 19 hrs ago #2

Since the Great Plains are red States Bluestocking 19 hrs ago #3

There is only the United States. I don't view states as red or blue Uncle Joe 18 hrs ago #4

Thank you, Uncle Joe HighFired49 14 hrs ago #5

Bluestocking

(740 posts)

1. Not a problem if you live in the Great Plains

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 03:45 PM

19 hrs ago

Uncle Joe

(65,401 posts)

2. I hear you, but I'm also thinking those same changing climate dynamics

Reply to Bluestocking (Reply #1)

Sat May 2, 2026, 03:57 PM

19 hrs ago

mentioned in the OP will likely increase drought throughout the Great Plains states.

Bluestocking

(740 posts)

3. Since the Great Plains are red States

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #2)

Sat May 2, 2026, 04:10 PM

19 hrs ago

they don’t need to worry since they don’t believe climate change is real.

Sorry but I can’t feel sorry for these people. Al Gore would have set us on the right track and Hilary and Kamala would have continued it. Think about it, We would all be driving electric cars, have solar panels on our houses. We would have national health care. There would be no debt crisis. No 911. No wars in the Middle East and we no longer would be dependent on middle eastern oil. COVID would not have killed a million Americans. The CDC had scientists in Wuhan 6 months before COVID started but Trump removed them before COVID hit.

Dumb red Americans did this to us.

Uncle Joe

(65,401 posts)

4. There is only the United States. I don't view states as red or blue

Reply to Bluestocking (Reply #3)

Sat May 2, 2026, 04:24 PM

18 hrs ago

that's just succumbing to oligarch divide and conquer marketing strategy as hundreds of thousands if not millions of the opposing political view live in the same state.

Above that my empathy for anyone isn't based on when or if they become aware, we all learn at different stages.

I also don't think anyone is immune to being brainwashed given the right circumstances.

HighFired49

(509 posts)

5. Thank you, Uncle Joe

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #4)

Sat May 2, 2026, 08:43 PM

14 hrs ago

from a true blue voter in Oklahoma! It's rather small minded to think that everyone in the red states are Republicans, especially in looking at their percentages of votes by party. Gets a bit old being lumped in with people for which I have very little affinity.

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