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tornado

noun as in weather event

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When the tornado happens, the tech changes hit us like a cyclone.

Even if the federal government, largely through our taxes, was able to pick up the tab for every tornado, hurricane and wildfire, our current administration has made it clear it does not want to.

An after-action report by the weather service from the Joplin, Mo., tornado disaster in 2011 found that most residents didn’t immediately head to shelter after hearing the first warning.

Shelters built to protect people from tornadoes were brandished as “proof” that the prison camps were coming.

From Salon

He said that about six years ago, before he took office, the county had looked into a flood warning system along the river, similar to a tornado warning siren.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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