We even got some excessive wind in Chicagoland, which was obviously from the hurricane, because it was coming from the east. Normally, the wind here comes from the west.

[–] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 15 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Reminds me of youtuber LGR's latest video, he didn't prepare much because the storms don't normally reach that far inland, and unfortunately he had a lot of his collection damaged because 2 massive trees sliced his house clean in half. Makes me think that the midwest will soon get more populated due to its position away from coastlines

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Makes me think that the midwest will soon get more populated due to its position away from coastlines

We have our own shit show of extreme weather. For example, derechos (an oceanless, inland hurricane essentially) used to be rare. We've had 2 massive ones in the last 4 years. This summer alone there were hundreds of tornados hitting places that rarely ever see them. Hell, it's god damn October and we're still having ~90°F days, which hardly ever used to happen.

[–] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In nebraska here under a Red Flag warning and a high of 91 today

EDIT : Correction, forecast updated with a high of 102... in fucking october. Holy shit

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Hell, I think northern Nebraska had widespread, massive flooding a few years ago due to extreme weather causing one of the dams to fail. Wiped out several communities.

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