<story><title>Eleven Straight Days of Tornadoes Have U.S. Approaching ‘Uncharted Territory’</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/tornadoes-usa.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>madengr</author><text>Considering there were over 1000 tornados last year (and it was a low year), I’d say they are sensationalizing.&lt;p&gt;As I type this, there is a 1 mile wide one just 20 miles from here.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jussij</author><text>From the article:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Federal government weather forecasters logged preliminary reports of more than 500 tornadoes in a 30-day period — a rare figure, if the reports are ultimately verified — after the start of the year proved mercifully quiet.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Monday, Dr. Marsh said, was the 11th consecutive day with at least eight tornado reports, tying the record.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;That reads to me more like the exception than the norm.</text></comment>
<story><title>Eleven Straight Days of Tornadoes Have U.S. Approaching ‘Uncharted Territory’</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/tornadoes-usa.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>madengr</author><text>Considering there were over 1000 tornados last year (and it was a low year), I’d say they are sensationalizing.&lt;p&gt;As I type this, there is a 1 mile wide one just 20 miles from here.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>threeseed</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a quote from the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.&lt;p&gt;And it&amp;#x27;s not about the number of tornados. But the fact that there has been no break between them i.e. 11 consecutive days.</text></comment>