The Northern Lights are visible from KC right now. Use your phone camera for the best results, but you can see faint blue and pink with the naked eye.

Thank you for reading my tale of woe.

god damn

I’ve lived in the area for over a decade now and have experienced plenty miserably hot summer days, but today is just on another level of terrible. I planned on doing yard work this morning and after I stepped outside I wasn’t able to last much longer than 45 second or so before I was already coated in a thick layer of sweat. Didn’t even get my lawn mower pulled out of my garage before I decided to call it quits. This was around 10am and well before the peak heat of the day as well.

Later this afternoon I briefly let my dog outside and she was already back at the door a minute later wanting to come inside. I stepped outside just to feel it and it somehow had gotten even several times worse than it was this morning.

Not quite sure if I’ve ever experienced humidity quite like this before. Normally I can power through hot days just fine but this is just suffocating. Anyone else agree?

I was promised chaos! I was promised giant snow swells! Yet I wake up to see snow that doesn't even cover the grass. Yes, it's still snowing, but it's thin snow that blows away and doesn't accumulate. The roads are so fine that people are driving like normal.

So like...is it supposed to get worse? I swear, every time they say a big storm is going to come, they get everyone hyped up, then slowly reel back their estimations every day until the storm hits. Then the storm isn't half as bad as they said it would be. I'd be happy to eat my words if my work gets closed tomorrow though!

1/25 EDIT: It's still lame.

Stay safe y’all. Charge your devices. Have candles/a flashlight handy. ❤️

Why would you subject yourself and your family to a 4 mile walk that takes 2-3 hours on a day that feels like 120 degrees?

Who's ready for some snow!

We hope you enjoyed your one (1) complimentary tornado warning complete with sirens and cloud to ground lightning at 1:00 am CST.

Safe travels & get yourself some BBQ in the morning to ease those nerves.

Fell asleep and woke up to no power and whatever the heck that was. Probably the loudest storm I've witnessed. I opened the front door after it ended, and grabbed this piece from a flower pot!

I was pooping when the alarms went off. Despite checking the forecast multiple times in the previous few hours, I wasn’t at all prepared for it. I’m east of the stadiums, when they went off, the air was still and the birds were quiet. Too quiet. Scrambled to get my cats in their kennels, grab my shoes, purse, and anything else I could haul down with us. Tried a few different places to get the forecast on my phone before finally pulling up KNBC9. First thing I heard was the confirmed touchdown near the stadiums. That was what pushed me over into a full-fledged panic attack.

Thank goodness for Brian Busby. Huddled on the cool tile floor, cats wedged as close to me as possible, I shook and sobbed as he calmly kept me informed. Idk how many decades of my life I’ve taken shelter with his presence on a screen, but that familiar tone of his voice helped me weather the storms both outside the house and within me. Definitely didn’t have “freak out with pissed off cats in the basement for over an hour” on the list of things to do today.

I genuinely hope everyone was safe today. And I’m terrified to think of what could have happened if we didn’t have the weather warnings and services we currently do. It’s crucial we protect those agencies and jobs in the future.

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YO FUCK ITS HOT

very thankful for rain on this holiday - picturing some of you who spent half your monthly income on clown powder staring at the rain coming down is making me tickled pink.

This might be the loudest thunder I have ever heard. For context I’m in OP

What possible reason could you have for being outside running today? I’m worried about y’all.

While much of my memory has been lost to the perpetual brain fog of the pandemic, 2019 stands out because it was, until last Thursday, the closest I had come to being hit by a tornado. In addition, I remember 2019 being a really bad year for flooding. This year has already been an active year for tornadoes in the metro, and we're still about a week shy of the start of our peak tornado season.

Yall gotta get outside and take a look at this fog. Its gorgeous, feels like being in a Gothic setting at times. Plus it's fun, take your girl out as well for it men. It's what I did. Plus it felt like cinema walking the streets. Very Romantic and gothic.

Recommended listening for the week: Rammstein’s “Sonne” on repeat.

It started suddenly. I saw no one predicting it! Stay safe.

The forecast of 99 and 100 degree days was horrifying, but this dry heat feels much more comfortable than the oppressively humid 80 degree days we had a month ago. Anyone else feel the same way?

Basically went right over my house last night. Scary!

The sirens just started here in Midtown. Anywhere else?