History Main / PerpetualStorm

* One entry on an old internet list of "Things that never happen on ''StarTrek''":

** There is talk of "the Everstorm" that is yet to come, which seems to be a metaphor for the FinalBattle (see also AStormIsComing). However, given that the world is periodically wracked by powerful "highstorms" which may or may not be sent by the BigBad, there might be a literal storm in the offing.
** We get to see it in ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance''. [[spoiler: It's an EvilCounterpart of the highstorms (which are sent by a powerful but good spren known as the Stormfather) which blows the wrong way and transforms the Parshendi shapeshifter race into [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Voidbringers]].]]

* Book 14 of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', "Broken Wind", features a planet-sized gigahabitat that rotates to provide gravity. The resulting coriolis force has produced a permanent "sideways hurricane" in one part of the habitat. [[spoiler:Notably, every other part has gigantic baffles that stop these from occurring, but the habitat AI knocked that baffle down herself because ''maybe'' it'd lead to enough evolutionary pressure for something intelligent to evolve. She was [[TimeAbyss old and lonely enough that this looked like a good idea to finally have someone to talk to]]]].

* In the third ''VideoGame/GearsofWar'' game, the island which Marcus must get to is surrounded by a man-made storm to protect it from the Locusts.

* As revealed in ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', the world of Eora features Ondra's Mortar, a constant system of storms east/north-east of the Deadfire Archipelago, blocking off travel to whatever may lay east ([[spoiler: which a shipwreck survivor you can find along the eastern edge of the map reveals is Yezuha, a culture that worships a ''single'' god]]). The nation of Rauatai (outside the map of the game) suffers from storms that while not ''quite'' as literally constant as Ondra's Mortar nevertheless are quite persistent. [[spoiler: This is not unrelated -- when Ondra's Mortar is shut off at the end of the game, the storms over Rauatai cease as well.]]

* Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a storm two to three times the size of Earth. It's been raging for at least 200 Earth years.

* Neptune has Great Dark Spots similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

** Portions of the Gerudo Desert are also perpetuated by sandstorms, most of which can be dispelled by clearing shrines located somewhere inside each of them. One of them, however, is being stirred up by the movements of Divine Beast Vah Naboris, complete with DramaticThunder, and runs the risk of engulfing the nearby Gerudo Town unless it's stopped.

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* Book 14 of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', "Broken Wind", features a planet-sized gigahabitat that rotates to provide gravity. The resulting coriolis force has produced a permanent "sideways hurricane" in one part of the habitat.

** The Thundra Plains and a portion of the Faron region in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' have non-stop thunderstorms, the former of which can be seen many miles away. Both areas have hidden Shrines, with the latter needing to be unlocked by using the lightning itself. The storms stop once you access the Shrines.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Warp storms are NegativeSpaceWedgies that can cut off FTLTravel for centuries at a time. The biggest one that nearly wiped out humanity (who had started conquering a sizeable chunk of the galaxy by then) was caused by the birth of the Chaos god/dess of excess Slaanesh in the 30th millenium.

* On a smaller scale, the Tri State Tornado in 1925 lasted 3.5 hours, which may not seem like enough for this trope but is actually incredibly long for a tornado as a tornado's lifespan rarely ever exceeds an hour, most only lasting 10 minutes or less. Though this fact has led some to believe the Tri State Tornado was actually a tornado family, a series of tornadoes spawned from the same supercell.

* On a smaller scale, the Tri State Tornado in 1925 lasted 3.5 hours, which is incredibly long for a tornado as a tornado's lifespan rarely exceeds an hour, average lifespan being around 10 minutes. Though this fact has led some to believe the Tri State Tornado was actually a tornado family, a series of tornadoes spawned from the same supercell.

* In ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'', the Lutari Island was previously a bonus area awarded to those who subscribed to the Neopets Mobile service and was the sole habitat of the exclusive Lutari species. Ever since [[SerendipityWritesThePlot the service shut down in 2009]], though, attempting to visit the island would greet you with a brutal and constant maelstrom. Things [[InferredHolocaust don't look good for the inhabitants]], either, as they remain the rarest species on the site and cannot be transferred to other users.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'': Warp storms are NegativeSpaceWedgies that can cut off FTLTravel for centuries at a time. The biggest one that nearly wiped out humanity (who had started conquering a sizeable chunk of the galaxy by then) was caused by the birth of the Chaos god/dess of excess Slaanesh in the 30th millenium.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' there is a segment wherein Ganondorf curses the Great Sea, causing an endless stormy night in order to hinder Link. Jabun lifts the curse when he deems Link worthy to enter the Tower of the Gods.