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I loathe to defend NBC, but, while 'alleged" is a poor choice of words in this situation, over the last decade or so, it has become common practice to not call a weather event a "tornado" until there has been confirmation, usually from the National Weather Service that an actual, defined tornado touched down.  Typically the word is "unconfirmed" tornado.

Straight line winds can be just as devastating as small tornadoes, and I'm sure insurance companies are checking carefully whether tornado damage is covered vs other wind and storm damage.

I get it, just found the verbiage unusual.

Lost power for apparently about 5 hours yesterday afternoon, yet went to run my trivia gig in a nearby suburb and the power never went out.

Here's the details from the National Weather Service:

The National Weather Service in Des Moines says that the tornado that swept across Greenfield, Iowa on Tuesday afternoon was at least an EF tornado

Additional damage assessments will continue over the next several days and results are subject to change, the NWS said in a social media post. It has not yet provided an exact path for the tornado.

EF3 tornados have wind gusts of at least 136 mph, according to NWS' website. The EF scale is a set of wind estimates, not measurements, based on damage.

EF ratings begin a 0, with wind gusts of 65 to 85 mph. The highest rating a tornado can have is EF-5, with wind gusts of 200 mph or more.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/weather/2024/05/22/iowa-may-21-tornado-ratings-ef-scale-greenfield-nevada/73804505007/

NBC News Apparently Has No Idea What the Damage from a Tornado Looks Like

Now, when a news agency is talking about a crime, it is appropriate to say 'alleged' as the person may not be convicted as of yet. There are some things, however, that can be said with certainty. A town leveled by a tornado is one of them. NBC News wasn't so sure and wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt.

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DEVELOPING: Drone footage from Greenfield, Iowa shows the damage after an alleged Tornado leveled the community

 

https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/05/21/nbc-alleged-tornado-damage-n2396481

Moot point. President Trump will win handily and then the question becomes  will YOU accept the results? 

AlGore didn't.

John Kerry didn't.

HilLIARy doesn't.

Stacey Abrams doesn't.

Why would DU-folk break with a quarter century of Dem tradition?

Canadian cancer treatment and euthanasia are now the same thing.  Do it!!

You beat me to it.

She needs to go back where the grass is greener and everything is free.

Nevilledog (51,413 posts)

What Will You Do If the Election Is Stolen?
https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-will-you-do-if-the-election

The US presidential election is less than six months away. I do not know what the outcome will be, and neither do you. What we do know, however, is the range of what very well might happen. Let’s talk about one scenario in particular: Trump loses, but refuses to concede, and makes a concerted effort to steal the election. The time to make a plan for this is now.

Moot point. President Trump will win handily and then the question becomes  will YOU accept the results?