Where's The Tornado?

We had a catastrophic round of tornado warnings yesterday that failed to produce little more than a smattering of rain here. South of us though got hammered pretty hard. I listened to the company wide weather warnings all afternoon yesterday at work and rushed home after clocking out to make sure my family was safe only to find that the storm was dissipating above us. A little rain, not even heavy at any time, a little thunder, lots of lightning, and then it was just over.

Heavy damage for many other towns though. Many homes were torn apart by massive tornadoes, hail, and high winds. That's just part of living in this state I guess. We see these things, experience them, and I can tell you that there are millions of residents in other states that have no clue what a wall cloud is, a hook echo, a dry line, or power flashes. We see them and pretty much learn it by osmosis.

The devastating amount of tornadic activity however would keep right in line with the devastating level of events that have happened this year. Japan's troubles, Alabama, Minnesota, Missouri, and now Oklahoma have all had towns destroyed by weather events. Then we have once in two centuries style flooding in Mississippi and Louisiana that has destroyed millions of acres of crops and homes. New Zealand's earthquake.

It seems I'm forgetting something but if you think about it then you can add it to the list, the rather long list. The intensity of weather events has dramatically risen lately. Yes we've always had bad weather and earthquakes but the size and scale of them lately is way higher than previous events it would appear.

I believe we are in the clear right now for a few days, a couple of states need to catch their breath.