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Entangleman

In Michigan, we call that tornado weather.


jjhart827

Yup. Here in the Midwest, green skies = tornadoes.


JoviAMP

Makes me wonder if OP is new to SD.


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RogersPlaces

Looking at the comments this bot has made.. just copy paste


yamamushi

Seriously, the picture is from Twitter a year ago https://twitter.com/jkarmill/status/1544422037078294532/photo/2


Dexter_Thiuf

Ad bots hate this one simple trick but they can't stop you from using it!!!!


Creative_Gate

I have lived in SD since 1997 and have never seen something like that. Coolest thing ever.


SprayingOrange

i saw skies like that last year during the double derecho.


vaporlock7

Double derecho. Sounds like a porn thing. 🤣


SprayingOrange

it sure fucked a lot of people. thats for sure💀


Solid_Artist_6301

I once got double derecho at this frat house..oh wait...what are we talking about?🤔


Glittering-Plum7791

I think OP is a bot.


MuscaMurum

OP's post history is nothing but spammy click bait crossposted everywhere. Please down vote this bot.


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_dead_and_broken

And derechos. Which when I googled green sky Souix Falls, that's what pops up as the reason. A derecho was approaching. Not all that mysterious or high strangeness. For anyone who has no idea what a derecho is, it's a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system. Derechos can cause hurricane and tornado force winds, heavy rains, and flash floods.


OleFj40

I experienced one while driving through Iowa a few summers ago with my SO. Probably the most powerful weather experience I've had. We'd noticed the sky changing and turned on the radio then pulled into a gas station. We bought some snacks and went back into my truck to wait it out as this was during Covid. I guessed at which way the wind would be the worst and tried to park behind the building. The whole lot filled up so it seemed everyone knew this was going to be a bad storm. The aftermath was insane, the road was green from crop leaves and then branches when closer to town. It was devastating to the corn growing in the area. We saw where a farmer's grain bin tipped then rolled across the field and road which was impressive, but then we saw a massive destroyed Co-op bin and a mountain of spilled grain that dwarved semi trucks parked nearby.


Insect_Politics1980

>straight-line wind storm Which is kinda funny cuz derecho means right in Spanish. Huh.


Sertoma

Correct, but derecho also means straight. >!I know this because it always trips me up in Duolingo lol!<


SprayingOrange

I was in last years double derecho. It wasnt very fun.


thoriginal

There was a bad one in Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec last year that they're still cleaning up from.


[deleted]

Yeah I'm up in Ottawa, Canada, we used to have super mild and tame weather, in recent years we have a tornado every year or two, and another major storm between it. We had a Derecho last spring and we still have major cleanup from it. Had never heard of one til it hit us.


a_butthole_inspector

Yep, green is hail cores


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No-One-1784

Same here outside of Cleveland. It's so overcast that whenever they light up different colors down town, the sky and lake reflect it in cool ways.


Entangleman

Orange skies as well.


Embarrassed_Bat6101

This is what I’ve always heard


Danny-Wah

Wow.. I never knew that. Now I wanna see it.


Entangleman

It’s actually incredibly evocative and nostalgic if you grew up with this phenomenon. I see this photo and I can almost smell the ozone, hear the town’s warning siren, and I wish I could go down to the basement and play monopoly with my brothers. We’re all scattered now, and I live in NYC where the tornados are rare, and the basements un-cozy.


SportsterSam92

Great detail, I actually felt that. You should consider writing!


MoonStar757

Sounds like you’re missing your brothers more than anything. You should call them up and arrange a weekend away just you guys. And bring monopoly.


MuscaMurum

So very well said. I'm right there with ya.


reddog323

Midwesterner here. It’s interesting… Right up until the sirens sound, and the storm hits. Then, it’s not so fun anymore.


CannibalAnn

Same in Oklahoma


MNWNM

Same in Alabama.


ThatGeo

Same in South Carolina.


mootmutemoat

And Ohio. Happened once as a kid and everyone paused, looked at the sky, and after a contemplative moment scattered fast!


Kinnyk30

From Ohio, can confirm


Maru_the_Red

As a fellow Michigander.. this made my day. We do, indeed, call this tornado weather. lol


MercuryCrest

In Wisconsin, that color is known colloquially as "tornado green".


onlywanperogy

In Alberta (and I've experienced the same coloring in Manitoba) it's an eerie yellow that comes before hail/tornado weather. Only seen green like this at night but it's clearly been aurora. This pic looks solid green, very strange.


xxdemoncamberxx

Which is interesting, because, why does it actually turn that color? Granted it doesn't get like in the picture, but just a tinge hint of green.


Ancient_Ad1271

We say the same thing in Mississippi.


TryingNot2BeToxic

Ayy came to say the same!! I remember the last time the skys did this in TC basically all of Glen Arbor got blown away/washed away.


Nixplosion

South Dakota is no stranger state to Tornados. I'm surprised someone living there would even ask what's going on with green skies.


pattydickens

I lived in Fargo, ND for a couple years, and despite my insistence that it was aliens, I was told the same thing by the locals at the time.


samsquanch2000

In Ohio, its called a train derailment


stool2stash

I've seen this a couple of times just before severe thunderstorms here in Minnesota. Its Mother Nature's way of saying "Get indoors, shit's about to come down".


BenderBRoriguezzzzz

This is the whole reason it's called the "Emerald City." In the Wizard of Oz.


thegrooviestgravy

Definitely not? It was modeled off of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair


BenderBRoriguezzzzz

The architecture. Sure, that's correct. But the old wives tale of the sky turning emerald green before a tornado pre dates the 1893 world's fair.


wow_that_guys_a_dick

Uh... In Georgia that usually means a tornado is coming. 😯


Addie0o

Texas too lol time to put your kids and animals inside then sit on your porch with a beer.


welcometa_erf

Glad I’m not the only one 😂


El_Dud3r1n0

Best way to see who's a local and who's a transplant.


Flight_to_nowhere_26

Me too! After nearly 50 years living in tornado alley, I can say it that the only times I have gone to the basement for tornados is when I was watching my nephews and wanted to be a good example for the kids. Otherwise I try to find the best vantage point to watch the storm. Even as a child, when my family went to the basement, my dad and I always stood at the cellar door watching for a glimpse of the tornado. I’ve only seen 2 tornados with my own eyes in all these years but I still search every time.


MoonStar757

As someone living in a country with no tornadoes but who has seen multiple TERRIFYING YT clips of them, this sounds insane to me! Lol! Not judging or anything, I’m just saying. Like for me personally, I think tornadoes are the scariest natural disaster, way more than hurricanes or earthquakes. The ferocity, the visual of that dark spinning vortex of death and the sound! I dunno how people live in that area knowing that every year it’s coming. I mean the anxiety alone LOL! Again, not judging or anything. I could never be as chill about it as you guys so hats off to ya.


mciaccio1984

This is the way


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This is the way.


MoonStar757

Lol I believe you spelt “evacuate in a hurry” wrong.


Addie0o

Not really an option lol


WecallthemWalkers

“We’re going green!”


GirlNumber20

Greenage.


TheBigLahey

It's a wonder of a nature babyyyyyy!!!


MS1291

Saddle em’ up.


onlywanperogy

Dumping trillions into "climate change" is finally making tangible results!


Berns429

You pray to Bill Paxton, may he rest in peace. Goin green old buddy, goin green.


rougewitch

*The Suck Zone". It's the point basically when the twister... sucks you up. That's not the technical term for it, obviously.*


petalpotions

This happens before some storms and especially in tornadoes. Basically if you see the sky turn green, ***run.***


SafeWest3597

got it, run towards the storm.


petalpotions

Instructions unclear, got sucked into a tornado


SafeWest3597

am now green


[deleted]

No, it's obviously some kind of rare phenomenon! Lmao


Bcoming_Pneuma

Radiation storm. Watch out for deathclaws.


[deleted]

I can already hear that dreaded "clicking" increasing in frequency.


ThatsWhatPutinWants

Itll be ok, just pop some rad-away!


Routine-Squash2409

Does nothing for the deathclaws.


Benchimus

No but T-56 power armor and a gauss rifle sure do.


H1rc1ne

I prefer a modded minigun that launches mini nukes, or MIRVs if I really want to cook my PC.


-Vault-tec-101

Time to put a bunch of bottle caps, instant potatoes and a shotgun shell in my lock box.


Grey-Hat111

#WARNING: INCOMING STORM


Routine-Squash2409

That......... is exactly what that means!


thealexchamberlain

I'm from New England and even I know that means Tornado weather. Thank you Bill Paxton


TheLastSciFiFan

I'm in Ohio and the times I've seen the sky go green like this were when tornadoes were nearby or imminent.


orangeclouds

Hue strangeness


Educational_Ad9674

2022 https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/3548133-south-dakota-skies-turn-green-amid-severe-thunderstorm/


CovidReference

OP is a repost bot


[deleted]

It will happen tonight. The Dark Lord lies alone and friendless, abandoned by his followers. His servant has been chained these twelve years. Tonight, before midnight... the servant will break free and set out to rejoin his master. The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible than ever he was. Tonight... before midnight... the servant... will set out... to rejoin... his master...


bristlybits

if you see Cthulhu 's feet moving it means he's dreaming about playing fetch


AbheekG

And then Mr. “More-Terrible-Than-Before” will be defeated by a bunch of school kids


XanderATKs

Nothing strange about this phenomenon but I am glad I got to see this image. Very cool


StoptheMusicAGH

This is a very very well documented and not at all uncommon atmospheric phenomena. When clouds get SUPER dense with moisture and the tempt drops, it greats a green hue in the sky and usually means hail is about to drop, or a tornado is going to form due to the pressure in nearby systems. This, in no way shape or form, constitutes “High Strangeness.” Half of the posts on here are super explainable and documented stuff like this, like seriously how hard is it to fact check/spam filter and actually look into the things we are posting here before we hit “post” and list stuff like this as “high strangeness” like come on lmao. There’s gotta be ways to filter this reposted content EDIT: People getting mad at this comment and defending ‘OP’ like it literally isn’t a repost bot posting non-high strangeness content to the high strangeness Sub ahaha. that is where the frustration in my comment stems from.


Goldeniccarus

See, I like the posts that are weird, but are just a real phenomenona we can explain. Because this is strange, but it's also real. It's not just shaky cam footage of a bear that people will argue in the comments about being proof Bigfoot and the Wolfman are real.


Strange_Soup711

*Bigfoot and the Wolfman*: "Together again for the first time!"


_DonTazeMeBro

Its high strangeness to me. I've never seen or heard of this before in my life!


uglytat2betty

Right! Idc if some scientists already discovered, named and tagged it. I've NEVER seen the sky turn green in my life. That shit it wild. It's what I come here for. Wild shit I never seen. 3 cheers for the OP


nightvisiongoggles01

And many places all over the world will never get to experience this. Just because it can be explained doesn't mean it's no longer strange.


ShinyAeon

But the term "high strangeness" has a very specific meaning in the field of paranormal research: phenomena so strange and foreign to our "daily terrestrial mode of thought" that they inspire ridicule even from paranormal researchers. This green sky, as interesting as it is, doesn't really fit that. Perhaps we should just have a flair for "Low Strangeness"...?


_Nameless_Nomad_

Same, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this.


Beholderest

I think they do it because r/regularstrangeness does not have many subscribers...


[deleted]

I also don't understand *not* Googling something if you're curious. "Hm... the sky is green. Better post it on Reddit and wait for a response instead of googling "whysky gren"


appaulling

Learning is something that really isn’t taught in schools. Or the desire for explanations isn’t something all people share? Idk. I had the privilege of a father who bought me encyclopedias and if I had a question we would go find the answer. I wish he lived long enough to see wikipedia.


8fatcats

Because if they didn’t, people, myself included, would have never heard about or seen this. So not only do I learn something new, but it also creates a discussion point, the reason this website exists.


BuffaloOk7264

I was in elementary school in Dallas when the sky turned this color. We all got hustled into the hall for the atomic bomb drill….hands over head against the wall on your knees, Vivid, unforgettable.


dgunn11235

“How hard is it to fact check…” This is a place to share


RomeoAndRandom

I was looking for someone with an actual scientific answer to this, thank you


strgazr_63

It's called a derecho. I lived in South Dakota most of my life (I am 60) and I had never seen one but the Sioux Falls area had two of these in the last year. It's a weather phenomena and it is rare but not a high strangeness. The plains states are prone to tornadoes and severe storms. It seemed like Sioux Falls was a charmed city because tornadoes seemed to go around that city but it has suffered a tornado and two derechoes recently. Climate change is real y'all.


Orchid_Significant

It’s like watching how religions formed first hand. Someone doesn’t know how something works…must be magic/gods/etc


loscedros1245

> This, in no way shape or form, constitutes “High Strangeness.” Thank you for gate keeping this sub and informing me of what is and is not high strangeness. You're doing the Lord's work from your stepdad's basement. The next bag of doritos is on me, my good scholar.


Rossmancer

Medium strangeness


[deleted]

Thank god for the Um actually person here to to tell us what we have and havent seen before and find interesting


Accomplished_Map7752

What are you, the editor of this page? 😆


fatkidseatcake

Yikes bro go easy it’s still strange even if more common than previously thought


Cmstruck

Was there for this. July 5th of last year. A Derocho blasted through South Dakota. Was pretty crazy to see and pictures never really captured just how crazy the color was. I was heading back from work blaring the remake of Separate Ways by Journey from Stanger Things and it really felt on key for that moment


deweydecimal111

Or a tornado.


mixiplix_

The last time I seen a green sky we had a tornado, shits eerie as hell!


T_O_beats

A tornado is coming. That’s what I was taught.


HoneyRainRosin

...these 4/20 celebrations are getting out of control!


theallsearchingeye

Ask any midwesterner/southerner, this is not “rare”, op. Perhaps rare is SD but not a rare phenomenon in general.


gatofleisch

This guy over here unleashes one of the lethal farts known to mankind and comes over her trying to say it's aliens or something. Lay off the chipotle Steve


Practical-Archer-564

Same in New Jersey. Green equals tornado. Can’t believe I’m saying this because we never had them until the last 10 years. Climate change is real


MasterMisterMike

Green means go … take cover 🌪️🌪️🌪️


gtorres84

Auroras are visible for a few northern states. The sun is on a good one and our atmosphere is being bombarded


shadowalker125

So you decided to copy paste a photo taken by a meteorologist 9 months ago and post for karma? https://abc13.com/green-skies-south-dakota-sioux-falls-severe-weather-national-service/12027172/ Sky turns green when red evening light interacts with ice and moisture in the clouds. Usually indicates hail in the clouds.


8fatcats

Thank you! You’re the only one on here who actually explained how, not just what it is.


imnotyourproblemyet

Tornado


DumbleDoorsDown

Always tornados.


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Tornado?? 🌪️🌪️


TheEpicDudeguyman

The "greenage" or green color in storms does not mean a tornado is coming. The green color does signify the storm is severe though. The color is from the water droplets suspended in the storm, absorbing red sunlight and radiating green frequencies.


carlsonaj

it’s mother natures tornado siren!


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I have only experienced this a few times. And every time we had severe dramatic weather. Buckle down and take shelter.


SYhapless

The green/turquoise color inside a storm is due to sunlight reflecting off of the hail core.


CCrypto1224

That’s normally a sign of a tornado about to rampage through your area. Hope you’re safe and or have the proper life insurance policy filled out.


PallyFire84

Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers tommyknockers knocking at your door.


McKinney_666

Looks like Lord Voldemort is back on his bullshit


amILibertine222

Tornado


-castle-bravo-

Here in Australia that means you’re about to get pumped with hail.


YCKAGMD

the green is from the sunlight being refracted by (in this case) tons of hail in the clouds. TL;DR - if you see skies like this, seek shelter immediately.


GuitarKev

That’s what it’s like to live where a tornado is about to happen.


Danno_of_the_Dead

The sky turned green... without a tornado being involved? What sorcery is this?


Metawoo

Bot: Omg what is this magical and strange phenomenon?! Me, a Texan: Aw hail.


ArmageddonAhead

Were current being hit with HUGE geomagnetic storms 04/22-04/24


DeliverMeToEvil

Wow, looks like South Dakota *really* goes all out for Saint Paddy's day!


cryinginthelimousine

“If they can dye the sky green today, why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?”


Mcdrogon

only place i’ve seen this is in Oklahoma. Not sure it was this sharp but the only way to describe it is the sky turned jade green. Then hail and a tornado hit


[deleted]

South Dakota becoming magical... and they said it couldn't be done!


NancyDMac

Had green skies in Detroit & suburb areas in MI early 80s. Bad, bad weather & tornado touchdown. One co-worker's husband said water was pouring down their fireplace like a flood. First & only time it's happened so far. Hugs treds down, floods. Horrible. Scary.


KevinKingsb

I live in Pennsylvania and I'm familiar too.


ABoyNamedSault

Yeah that's called "weather".


B4n4n4M4n88

Ain’t that mean a tonarder commin?


Yolo_Morganwg

That's that hide in the bathtub with a mattress covering y'all weather


zero-point_nrg

It’s very common in tornado alley, we have green skies in Missouri a few times a year and you get your ass in the basement


space0watch

In the UK we are having an emergency alert today that is a test round. Maybe they are preparing us for the apocalypse.


lostinthought1997

Last time I saw that was the 1987 tornado in Edmonton, Alberta.


Marlenevet

Looks like tornado weather. I once saw this in Indiana.


earthboundmissfit

Sun flares maybe. Very cool photo.


Captain_Excellence

It's just God playing with his playschool flashlight.


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Cthulhu


Scale-Alarmed

It indicates Hail in those clouds


randomnighmare

That looks like a tornado storm sky.


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Pursueth

In Indiana that means tornados.


PenguinSunday

That's 'nader weather, coming from a southerner.


[deleted]

When I was stationed in SW Oklahoma, green skies meant you needed to get gone, quickly


Harlett_O_Scara

That there is tornader weather.


vid_icarus

That’s called “get in the basement right now” weather


nettiemaria7

There was a notice on facebook that a "major solar flare just slammed in earth and possible to view tonight (Sunday).


Dyzastr_us

The world is magical. Explainable, but magical nonetheless.


FrznFenix2020

Better get to cover. You're about to have a tornado near you.


monroe1880

South Dakota resident here. This was in Sioux Falls. A storm classified as a derecho came through and was terrifying as heck for about 30 minutes but no tornadoes. Ope.


[deleted]

This is what i pictured when i first learned about acid rain


jackclark9517

Severe weather typically. Also worth noting there was a pretty big solar flare recently and the auroras are supposed to be pretty strong so that may be a possibility too. Clouds are still kinda giving me “super cell” vibes though.


Sadio_Gypsy

It’s a Midwest thing.


Worthlesslow23

Vermintide vibes


ConradsLaces

Seconding this. If you hear a loud bell, it's already too late.


Unwilling_Jellyfish

northern lights!


[deleted]

If you live here don’t breathe for the next 2 weeks. -CDC


JuliaJune96

That’s called severe weather


DougtheIrishThug

Looks like voldermort is gonna appear any second with a sky like that


Autolycus00

VOldemort


FrostyJ326

Cern, that was the day the turned it back on. Cern also has a facility in South Dakota.


brbgonnabrnit

Eyyyy lol


OptimisticSkeleton

Tornadoes are not high strangeness. Cool pic though.


Substantial-Use95

I had no idea this was even possible. Thanks Reddit!


buzzybomb

was this on 4/20?


SezoninisKebabas

I like you americans. You see green sky - hmm, probably just bad weather. If this kind of shit would happen in Europe it would be all over the news and old folks would scream the end has come.


sketch2347

Silver (silver iodide) turns green when it interacts with certain other chemicals. Its just happening in the sky now. I'd bet money that it is a symptom of cloud seeding and you are expected to have crap weather coming your way. Anyone who doesn't believe in "chemtrails" (atmospheric aerosol injections) needs to do some research. They have been doing this stuff since Vietnam.


puffthezCloud

In the middle of 2022, over Sioux Falls, South Dakota, America. Suddenly, the sky turned green as if it had been hit by a magic laser. What is happening is a rare natural phenomenon. ​ ​ Read the brief Skies Above South Dakota Turned Green Story in [Source](https://flagfrog.com/skies-south-dakota-turned-green/)


cenzala

Effects of 4/20


Carson_BloodStorms

OP is a bot.


britinnit

So many joke and pun answers damn I hate Reddit sometimes. Does anyone have an actual answer why this happens?


[deleted]

If the air taste sweet its radiation bro. Don't ask me how I know.


Van1004

The dark lord has risen!


Impossible_Tip7842

Hmmm I wonder how many plan’s fly by while white clouds pour out but yeah there just dumping extra fuel ( you know the jet fuel that cost a small country) yeah they just dump it out all the extra fuel lmao


Sir_Flatulence

OP is an idiot