(recommended, weather)

I was curious about the weather that happened in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas yesterday, happy there wasn't a headline about a tornado flattening some town on the NY Times. Ah-ha! https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/archive/event.php?date=20240506  That gives an idea of the drama.

Oh, and it looks like the Associated Press  stories are just coming in -- presumably the Times depends on the news services for coverage. An AP story dateline Oklahoma city May 7, 2024 at 6:19 AM has reports of one death. I would like to see photos of the "apple-sized hail 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) " or as reported via CNN "hail report of 4 inches in diameter reported in Moonlight, Kansas." (Also, looks like the Times had stories, just not prominently, and from their own staff.)

The neat thing about this URL-- https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/archive/event.php?date=20240506 -- is that the date can go back to June 1st 1999.

I like the using this mesoscale page to see the large weather systems: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/ I like going to the national weather service to get past the breathless coverage of video reporters. I can google the acronyms i don't know.

Irises! (yard, garden, critters, perpetual calendar)

Due to "popular" demand, here's some iris photos, and links to more:

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