We can communicate with each other on a scale never before seen with an ease unimaginable in prior decades.

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It should be noted, however, that even with modern radar technology detecting more minor tornadoes that could be detected in prior decades, the number of F2-to-F5 tornadoes (in other words, all but the very weakest of tornadoes) has similarly been declining since the mid-1970s.

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They nevertheless stabilized it better than they had done in the decades prior or have done during the recent economic crisis and weak recovery.

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