Thinking more about that deadly AR tornado last night, I would like to remind any lurking wingnuts that once again, an agency of the federal government (the Storm Prediction Center) did a bang-up job of predicting it and warning people of it. They put Arkansas on the highest level of alert before the storms even started (“high risk” convective outlook, “particularly dangerous situation” tornado watch) and then, once the twister had actually formed, sent out the highest level warnings possible (a “tornado emergency”) to tell people to not mess around and take cover.

So if there are any employees of SPC (or any part of the National Weather Service) reading this, thank you for your hard work and dedication. You save countless lives every year.