The Weather Channel @TWC uses large rodent to warn of Tornadoes – no joke

Sometimes you just have to laugh, this is one of those times. This is both hilarious and sad at the same time. Perhaps they are trying for some sort of “Punxatwaney Phil” weather alert?

Really, it’s not a joke, and not a Photoshop job. See the original Tweet here.

Dr. Ryan Maue comments:

https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/967575897350995968

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Sara
February 25, 2018 6:42 am

Where’s the Pied Piper when you need one?

Tom Judd
February 25, 2018 7:41 am

Ratnado

JimG1
February 25, 2018 8:22 am

Nutria, just another rat to me. They should have called prairie dogs prairie rats and possibly we wouldn’t get all the flack we do about shooting the little buggers. But what in god’s name has such a critter got to do with weather and/or how would we masses of unwashed regular folks know?

February 25, 2018 12:12 pm

A large rodent now but as CAGW gets closer they’ll start using ……..
https://youtu.be/fONQK87h1X0

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Reply to  Gunga Din
February 25, 2018 2:48 pm

Keuull.
Some good work for the early SFX folk.
Auto – not a cineaste! With or without the e acute!

beachbum
February 25, 2018 2:51 pm

They’re headed for our “Sanctuary” cities….free from global warming!

u.k.(us)
February 25, 2018 6:52 pm

Cute pictures like that, it is how the roderants weasel themselves back in !!

February 26, 2018 3:41 pm

Not rodent related but TWC related, this morning they were going on about the flooding of the Ohio River in Cincinnati. In order to be able to use a superlative, they said the Ohio was the highest it’s been since 1997!
I checked. It was. It crested at 60.53 feet. It was higher in 1997, 64.70 feet.
But it’s been higher 21 other times. Most long before the “CAGW” meme.
Here’s the top 25 (less this one). from here https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=ILN&gage=ccno1

Historic Crests
(1) 80.00 ft on 01/26/1937
(2) 71.10 ft on 02/14/1884
(3) 69.90 ft on 04/01/1913
(4) 69.20 ft on 03/07/1945
(5) 66.30 ft on 02/15/1883
(6) 66.20 ft on 03/11/1964
(7) 65.20 ft on 01/21/1907
(8) 64.80 ft on 04/18/1948
(9) 64.70 ft on 03/05/1997
(10) 63.60 ft on 03/21/1933
(11) 62.20 ft on 01/14/1913
(12) 62.10 ft on 03/18/1907
(13) 61.80 ft on 02/12/1918
(14) 61.40 ft on 03/29/1898
(15) 61.32 ft on 03/03/1962
(16) 61.27 ft on 03/01/1962
(17) 61.20 ft on 02/26/1897
(18) 61.20 ft on 02/01/1918
(19) 61.00 ft on 03/10/1955
(20) 60.80 ft on 01/04/1943
(21) 60.60 ft on 03/28/1936
(22) 60.04 ft on 04/24/1940
(23) 59.90 ft on 03/23/1943
(24) 59.80 ft on 03/11/1967
(25) 59.70 ft on 04/27/1901

And just for giggles, here are the top..er…bottom records.

Low Water Records
(1) 1.90 ft on 09/17/1881
(2) 2.30 ft on 10/08/1862
(3) 2.30 ft on 09/22/1874
(4) 2.30 ft on 10/27/1895
(5) 2.40 ft on 10/23/1879