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Chicago resident here. Not disputing the methodology, but our state is the nation's leader in tornadoes (by more than a factor of 2) due to Niña/Niño this year

Chicago resident here. Not disputing the methodology, but our state is the nation's leader in tornadoes (by more than a factor of 2) due to Niña/Niño this year, and Chicago spent a few days this summer with the world's worst air quality due to Canadian wildfire smoke. Obviously, "resilient" ⍯ "unaffected".

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chasd00 23d ago
Not the leader yet and not anywhere close to "factor of 2" also the effects of el nino this year haven't even started really. It's more of a winter weather phenomenon. Current tornado count for Illinois: 210 ( as of 8/29 ) Current record holder is Texas: 244 in 2015 However, Texas is big i don't have the math handy but I bet Illinois is well ahead in terms of tornados/square mile. ..maybe that's where your "factor of 2" comes from? Or maybe people affected since most Tornados in Texas don't affect much except maybe fences and powerlines.
- robinson7d 23d ago
  I don’t have stats to speak to the validity of their claims, but I think that we parsed their comment in different ways: - number of “tornadoes due to Niña/Niño“ (my reading) - “number of tornadoes” (total for the year), with Niña/Niño being why it’s that way (sounds like your reading, since those numbers are the overall)
rawgabbit 23d ago
I have a hard time believing this site also. When I looked at their methodology at how this list was created, it said "Please fill out our Methodology Request Form, and a member of our team will get back to you, typically within one business day.". As far am I am concerned, I can safely ignore this site. https://docs.alphageo.ai/climate-resilience-suite/climate-risk-and-resilience-index#our-approach-resilience-adjusted-risk https://docs.alphageo.ai/climate-resilience-suite/climate-ri...

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Chicago resident here. Not disputing the methodology, but our state is the nation's leader in tornadoes (by more than a factor of 2) due to Niña/Niño this year

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chasd00 23d ago
Not the leader yet and not anywhere close to "factor of 2" also the effects of el nino this year haven't even started really. It's more of a winter weather phenomenon. Current tornado count for Illinois: 210 ( as of 8/29 ) Current record holder is Texas: 244 in 2015 However, Texas is big i don't have the math handy but I bet Illinois is well ahead in terms of tornados/square mile. ..maybe that's where your "factor of 2" comes from? Or maybe people affected since most Tornados in Texas don't affect much except maybe fences and powerlines.
- robinson7d 23d ago
  I don’t have stats to speak to the validity of their claims, but I think that we parsed their comment in different ways: - number of “tornadoes due to Niña/Niño“ (my reading) - “number of tornadoes” (total for the year), with Niña/Niño being why it’s that way (sounds like your reading, since those numbers are the overall)
rawgabbit 23d ago
I have a hard time believing this site also. When I looked at their methodology at how this list was created, it said "Please fill out our Methodology Request Form, and a member of our team will get back to you, typically within one business day.". As far am I am concerned, I can safely ignore this site. https://docs.alphageo.ai/climate-resilience-suite/climate-risk-and-resilience-index#our-approach-resilience-adjusted-risk https://docs.alphageo.ai/climate-resilience-suite/climate-ri...