Letter from the Editor: Don't expect summer to be calm – bad weather can crop up at any time

Livonia Tornado Damage

Livonia neighborhood damaged by EF 1 tornado on June 6, 2024.Santino Mattioli | MLive

The good news is that truly extreme weather only happens sporadically in Michigan. The bad news is that it can be deadly, as we saw this month when a fast-forming EF-1 tornado felled a tree onto a house in Livonia, killing a child.

“Most people only face killer weather for about 2 minutes of their life, so that’s why they really don’t understand it,” said Mark Torregrossa, chief meteorologist for MLive.

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