u/bigguskiddus

Literally no matter what platform, no matter the age range, the damage, the strength or size of tornado, like 50% of the Australian population refuses to call a tornado a tornado. A whirly wind, or willy willy, are Australian colloquial terms for dust devils, not tornadoes!! Dust devils form from the ground up, do not connect to the cloud base, form on hot and clear days, whilst tornadoes form from the cloud down, come during thunderstorms or QLCS/squalls, and can cause absolutely catastrophic damage.

The best part is when you correctly point out to them that it is not a willy willy and is in fact a tornado, and that they are two completely different things, they lose their shit. "well thats what its been called in Australia forever and because im so scared of change and fancy words i can't comprehend i will never call it a tornado because they only happen in America". what?

you present to them a clear 4k video of a tornado, and they will still deny it. matter of fact, I have seen people presented with video of the 2021 clear creek/peel/bathurst tornado, one of the most meanacing loking tornadoes australia has seen in recent years, and will deny that tornadoes even occur in Australia? like my brother use your eyes and critical thinking skills its right there you absolute sausage.

what is not understood is that by hundreds of thousands of Australians maintaining this attitude towards tornadoes, almost no one will heed warning about them, either thinking that they don't happen in Australia or are weak and don't cause damage like dust devils.

i simply dont understand what is stopping these people from doing a quick lil google, or even then using their eyes, and why they are so aggressively and confidently wrong.

apologies for the rant im just genuinely sick of the state of tornado awareness in this country.

hi everyone,

would anyone with radarscope pro tier 2 be able to tell me the availability of archived radar in australia? how far back would i be able to go? plus just overall as someone interested in doing original research into tornado events (predominantly australian ones, occasionally overseas) would radarscope pro tier 2 be worth it? it’s kinda expensive and i’m chronically unemployed.

thanks

Last year on this day, my doctor officially banned me from running for 10 weeks. After serving my 10 weeks, i needed a surgery, and was out for another 5 weeks. Then i came back, and in two weeks i injured my foot and was out for another 5 weeks. then i came back, and 2 weeks after i injured my leg, and ive been stuck with this injury since (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome). I take 10 weeks off, go for a super easy short run, and it would immediately return after no pain or discomfort for at least the past 3-4 weeks. My mum has been refusing to take me to a sports doctor, which in fairness I'm not sure he's going to do much, but my physio has been very little help on how to actually return to running, rather giving me calf muscle strengthening exercises, which i feel only help prevent, not ideal for actually still being injured. I've tried orthotics, no orthotics, every running surface under the sun, and nothing has helped.

I have dreams of being elite. Dreams, mainly because they're fairly unattainable but yk let a man dream lol. Before I got injured I was freshly 16, biting sub 19 in the 5km after only around 3 months of training with minimal speed work, and was preparing for my first proper running season. I've had to sit on the sidelines at what feels like the prime age for getting into tip top fitness (especially for getting elite/sub-elite level), and I've watched as my friends who were minutes slower than me have now beaten my pbs, which of course i'm happy for them but it still makes me feel like im missing out on it all. ive missed 1 season already and I'm about to miss a second if this doesnt heal up asap. if the sport doctor says this injury is as bad as i suspect it to be i could be out for potentially another 6 months and i think i might genuinely lose my mind if that is the case.

has anyone else here been chronically injured at my age and went on to run sub 15 5km by 20? ik thats specific but thats goals at the end of the day.

if anyone has any stories of being injured at around my age and having a successful come back in late teens please share because i have no one around my with similar experiences (no coach and no one else in my family runs seriously)

hi mods im asking for stories i can relate to im not asking for medical advice thank you bye

thank you all