***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

Jer

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Does anybody else feel like between the rapid ramp up in weather extremes the past several years, the nasty forecasts for tornadoes and hurricanes this year, the political environment, election year, and state of college athletics - that it's like a small-scale simulation for the end times? Half joking, but seriously is the world a ****** up place nowadays.
 

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I believe the Corps wants to dredge Saylorville but has run into a funding gap as well as a lack of interested parties on taking all that fill..

It'd be awesome if the could approve piling it into dunes like they do on the Mississippi River..

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I don't know anything about any of this...but that was all good Iowa topsoil at one time, right? Can it not be repurposed for new construction projects? Does being submerged like that degrade its quality?

I see a lot of local building projects importing tons of soil to raise and/or level its elevation, even in places where it doesn't look like it needs to be elevated. I always wonder where that comes from.
 

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I don't know anything about any of this...but that was all good Iowa topsoil at one time, right? Can it not be repurposed for new construction projects? Does being submerged like that degrade its quality?

I see a lot of local building projects importing tons of soil to raise and/or level its elevation, even in places where it doesn't look like it needs to be elevated. I always wonder where that comes from.
The soil can be reused, but it takes time to dry out. We work on several dredging projects and the slurry often gets pumped or trucked into a nearby basin. Over time, a lot of the water drains out of it and it can be usable again. The quality of the dirt can vary and it isn't suitable for all applications.
 

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Does anybody else feel like between the rapid ramp up in weather extremes the past several years, the nasty forecasts for tornadoes and hurricanes this year, the political environment, election year, and state of college athletics - that it's like a small-scale simulation for the end times? Half joking, but seriously is the world a ****** up place nowadays.
You mean it's NOT the end times?
 
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Does anybody else feel like between the rapid ramp up in weather extremes the past several years, the nasty forecasts for tornadoes and hurricanes this year, the political environment, election year, and state of college athletics - that it's like a small-scale simulation for the end times? Half joking, but seriously is the world a ****** up place nowadays.
You just realizing this now? That's old news.
 
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Does anybody else feel like between the rapid ramp up in weather extremes the past several years, the nasty forecasts for tornadoes and hurricanes this year, the political environment, election year, and state of college athletics - that it's like a small-scale simulation for the end times? Half joking, but seriously is the world a ****** up place nowadays.
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Does anybody else feel like between the rapid ramp up in weather extremes the past several years, the nasty forecasts for tornadoes and hurricanes this year, the political environment, election year, and state of college athletics - that it's like a small-scale simulation for the end times? Half joking, but seriously is the world a ****** up place nowadays.

Meh, it's somewhat overblown.

Is the weather getting worse? Yes, but you're also being told about it LOUDLY 24/7.
Are politics getting worse? Probably, but its been worse before, and you're being told about it LOUDLY 24/7.
Are college athletics getting worse? Maybe, but its been worse before, and you're being told about it LOUDLY 24/7.

Our generation is just the latest to need to adjust to the availability of information. I think information is kinda like sun exposure; you need to get outside sometimes, but many of us need to stop sunning our perineum.
 

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Does anybody else feel like between the rapid ramp up in weather extremes the past several years, the nasty forecasts for tornadoes and hurricanes this year, the political environment, election year, and state of college athletics - that it's like a small-scale simulation for the end times? Half joking, but seriously is the world a ****** up place nowadays.
Yes and no. I mean in the mid 80s it was assumed WW3 was coming within weeks for like a decade.
 

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Does anybody else feel like between the rapid ramp up in weather extremes the past several years, the nasty forecasts for tornadoes and hurricanes this year, the political environment, election year, and state of college athletics - that it's like a small-scale simulation for the end times? Half joking, but seriously is the world a ****** up place nowadays.

Team Meteorite reporting.