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Music or older to purchase. Let's talk about the weather, shall we?

In D.C., it's been warm, almost summer-like.

But the sun, it shines on all of us.

Weather impacts nearly everyone, nearly every day, from the mundane,

like deciding what to wear in the morning, to the downright scary. But all of Cook County under

tornado warning right now. I can't recall this ever happening. We're looking at the debris signatures

and there's tornadoes touching down. We could have a half dozen tornadoes touching down at the same time along this line here.

Now, thankfully, there are people whose job is to take massive amounts of weather data

and make it easy to digest for the rest of us.

Day in and day out, meteorologists and newscasters bring you the information that you

need to plan your day.

Right now, kind of hung up just a little bit. Oh, I moved the map. I didn't know. I can do that.

No way. Today will be sunny highs creeping into the upper 60s near 70 degrees. Tonight,

partly cloudy lows falling to the... So some reports are about planning your day. Other reports are about staying safe in the aftermath of

Hurricane Selene and Milton. People on social media to government officials, they've spread

misinformation regarding not only cleanup and aid efforts, but also about the storms themselves,

including where they

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