A couple of weeks ago right before I went into the hospital for two weeks I was at my parents house in MS and they had a major tornado outbreak. 14 total. I was up that night and I didn't hear anything. A small community maybe 15 miles away just disappeared. I did hear before daylight when I went outside chainsaws running. The cajun navy came from LA which is just minutes away and cleared I-55 since it was closed due to downed trees.
This week the state of MS released that they had 40,000 acres of timber down to the outbreak. It started near natchez on the MS river and went all across the state in a wide path to Alabama. My parents never lost power which is odd for them on co-op power. Entergy does everyone else and they were saying weeks. I assume they got it all done now. The one that put trees down on I-55 was listed as a F4. Lincoln county got it bad but I'd have to look at a map. Seems like the first day they said 200+ houses were unlivable.
The Louisiana-based volunteer aid group has deployed to Mississippi after tornadoes hit parts of the state, damaging more than 500 homes and cutting power.
this has been one of the most annoying weeks in a long time.
"expect rain and thunderstorms, chance of rain 90%" no rain, but 100% humidity
"expect rain from 8am to 10am, then clearing up" no rain, till noon then rains for 8 hours.
"sunny with some clouds" random downpours that last 10-15 mins throughout the day
tomorrow it is either going to be partly cloudy and 80's or thunderstorms all day.
Glad it's not just here in Florida. The forecast has been all over the place. This is in the panhandle, and not the main part of Florida known for random downpours.
Not just this year though. My wife actually mocks me anytime I say it's forecast to rain on any particular day. Heck, I'll track radar maps with big systems in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama that look like they're going to soak us, and then nothing happens.
At this point I don't even know if it's worth checking the forecast because it doesn't seem to reflect reality ever.
I've been hearing a lot about the drought in Florida lately which is pretty unusual as I understand. There are a shitload of cattle in Florida and the drought is part of the reason the cattle herd isn't being rebuilt and prices are staying so high. Starting to look like we're in a drought up here as well but there's a good chance of rain this weekend. We have gotten basically zero precipitation in May.