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DoomsdaysCW

Big March storm fans wildfires and flips trucks as forecasters fear weekend tornado outbreak

By RUSS BYNUM and SEAN MURPHY
Updated 9:02 PM EDT, March 14, 2025

"Tornadoes likely amid storm outbreak

"The Storm Prediction Center said fast-moving storms could spawn twisters and hail as large as baseballs Friday, but the greatest threat would come from straight-line winds near or exceeding hurricane force, with gusts of 100 mph (160 kph) possible.

"A #TornadoWatch was issued until 11 p.m. for central and eastern #Missouri, including St. Louis, as well as parts of #Illinois and #Arkansas.

"The National Weather Service said it observed an evening tornado in the south-central Missouri city of #Grovespring.

"Other areas at risk included parts of #Iowa, #Kentucky, #Tennessee and #Mississippi.

"About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, #Wisconsin, to Birmingham, #Alabama.

"Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.

"The Storm Prediction Center said parts of #Mississippi including Jackson and Hattiesburg and areas of #Alabama including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa will be at a high risk. Severe storms and tornadoes are also possible across eastern #Louisiana, western #Georgia, central #Tennessee and the western #Florida Panhandle.

"'We have a lot of confidence that we most likely will have a tornado outbreak tomorrow,' Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Evan Bentley said in an online briefing."

apnews.com/article/severe-weat
#ExtremeWeather #Polycrisis #USWx #Tornadoes TornadoWarnings #TornadoOutbreak #BadDOGE #NWS
WE NEED #NationalWeatherService
#NoCutsToNWS #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Disasters

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Jason Beets

The number of gay US adults is closest to the population of South Carolina, which is home to 5.5 million people.

From 2023 to ’24, the number of gay US adults surpassed the populations of Oklahoma, Oregon, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Alabama.

39/x

A bar graph showing the number of gay US adults is between the populations of South Carolina and Alabama.
#Gay#LGBT#SouthCarolina
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Jeff McLaughlin

My institution just concluded its presidential search and our next leader will be the first Black university president in #Kentucky at a public institution outside of our primary HBCU. I'm cynical as hell, but I have to tip my cap to the committee for bucking the times. Good luck to Dr. Ron K. Patterson! #academicchatter

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Francisca Sinn

Canadian Premiers are pulling US spirits off of shelves in their Provinces, making them unavailable for sale.

“Canada is Kentucky’s top export destination, shipping over $9.3 billion in products in 2024.”

cp24.com/news/2025/03/09/far-r

Kentucky voters voted for Trump, Comer, and Massie. They knew what they were voting for.

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elec

This is the find-out part.

A graphic image representing the state of Kentucky, withe electoral districts marked in red to indicate Trump won the area, or in blue to indicate where Harris won. Only two areas are blue. The entire rest of the map is red.
#FAFO#Kentucky#TradeWar
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ken Tucky Swinson

Celebrating a small victory!

I stopped using Amazon or Walmart for the obvious reasons. I live in a small rural town, so this has not been easy.

I found an amazon alternative to ship my hard to find locally (and not inexpensive) dog vitamins.

They sell at the same price as Amazon and offer subscriptions! I'm surprised at how much joy this brings me :)

Painting by me

an acrylic painting by ken swinson depicting two dogs playing on a hill. there are birds in the sky and an outhouse at the top of the hill
#dogs#art#boycott
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Charles Gaba

📣 NEW STATE ADDED: I've completed pie charts breaking out total population enrollment in #MEDICAID, #CHIP, #MEDICARE & #ACA exchange plans for every Congressional District in #KENTUCKY:

acasignups.net/cd-pie-charts/ky

ACA Signups · Congressional District Enrollment: KentuckyNOTE: THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT; IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO ADD EVERY STATE. CHECK BACK SOON. Over the past couple of months I've compiled a master spreadsheet breaking out enrollment in ACA plans (Qualified Health Plans & Basic Health Plans), Medicaid/CHIP coverage (both traditional & via ACA expansion) and Medicare (both Fee-for-Services & Advantage) at the Congressional District levels. With the pending dire threat to several of these programs (primarily Medicaid & the ACA) from the House Republican Budget Proposal which recently passed, I'm going a step further and am generating pie charts which visualize just how much of every Congressional District's total population is at risk of losing healthcare coverage. USE THE DROP-DOWN MENU ABOVE TO FIND YOUR STATE & DISTRICT. You can find the data sources & methodology explanation links here. ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​
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Miss Gayle

@helenczerski

In many Kentucky counties, 117 out of 120 of which are Red, the school system is the biggest employer.

It will absolutely collapse without the federal funds that keep them open.

All these people will lose their jobs, will only be hired back at sub-living wage rates, and the kid's learning will be disrupted for months if not years while the state legislators try to get fairy tale spewing for-profit scammers to take it all over.

A pile of schoolbooks on a green background. Caption reads: Teach Don't Preach Respect our Rights
#Kentucky#RedStateHellhole#Education
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Nonilex

This is absolutely outrageous. 🤬During a hearing on #SanctuaryCities today, Republican #JamesComer of #Kentucky refuses to let Democrat Congresswoman #AyannaPressley of #Massachusetts to enter into the record an article correctly reporting that US citizens commit #crimes far in excess of crimes committed by #immigrants. He refuses to even allow her to enter the title of the article. This is #censorship. This is #oppression. This is #WhiteMaleSupremacy. F*** Comer & f*** #HouseRepublicans.

#law
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🏳️‍⚧️ The Notorious Kyo 🇵🇸

I have a family of 4 with a #transgender child in critical need of #mutualaid

In addition to their child facing discrimination in #Kentucky, the mother has lost access to medications she needs to live and is starting to die as her immune system attacks her whenever she eats.

They have a solid plan for how they are going to move to #Washington , and they do not need a lot. Timing, however, is critical!

Let’s get these folks out!

$2755/3000

gofund.me/9f3d42d9

#gtfomystate #transcrowdfund #disabilitycrowdfund #protecttransyouth @gtfomystate @mutualaid

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