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“! There is a likely risk of severe weather today. Stay aware and be prepared.”
From CNN’s 5 Things newsletter this morning (not online at this hour):
Extreme weather
More than 120 million people in the Eastern US are at risk of severe thunderstorms today, while heat waves in the South continue their record streaks. The worst of the storms are expected to impact a zone stretching from northern Alabama to southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charlotte, Washington, DC, Atlanta and Raleigh. The area is under enhanced risk, level 3 out of 5, for severe storms, forecasters said. Meanwhile, excessive heat warnings remain in effect “for the foreseeable future” across the southern part of the country, from southeast California into Florida, the National Weather Service said. And in Phoenix, Arizona, officials are trying a unique approach to reduce the temperature of pavement using a form of sunscreen, but for roads.
Don’t forget to unplug your electronics. A guy who lived up near the ridge where Blue Ridge Parkway runs once related that that was standard practice when lightning was in the area. Except that one time when he said ball lighting came through the living room wall, skittered across the floor, and vanished when it hit the plug of his stereo where it lay on the floor. Stereo goes POOF!
When your time is up, it’s up.