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[taeric]

I'd hazard that, with cars, you are traveling far farther from your local area than most people could ever do in the past.

[hotnfresh → taeric]

Dust devils are also another thing. I’ve spent tens of hours driving in the southwest and mountain west and have seen several. Years and years living in, and hundreds of hours on long drives through, tornado ally and adjacent still-tornado-heavy areas, and I’ve never seen a tornado.