rrfan
Posts: 1,922
Jan 27, 2015 11:02am
It is freaking winter and the news stations make everything life and death now to feel important! It is a joke...I saw a news lady talking to a guy on a snowmobile this morning on the news and she said what are you doing out here in these life threatening conditions...the man laughed and said it is great snowmobiling weather you can't ride in the summer! Amen.
Uz2Bon36
Posts: 1,135
Jan 27, 2015 11:07am
Yea most news stations do a great job blowing everything out of proportion.rrfan;1700278 wrote:I saw a news lady talking to a guy on a snowmobile this morning on the news and she said what are you doing out here in these life threatening conditions...the man laughed and said it is great snowmobiling weather you can't ride in the summer! Amen.
Uz2Bon36
Posts: 1,135
Jan 27, 2015 4:34pm
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From a few minutes ago.
From a few minutes ago.
HitsRus
Posts: 9,206
Jan 27, 2015 6:40pm
It might have missd NYC but Massachussetts getting hammered.... A portion of the seawall has collapsed by the pounding surf sending water surging thru the town...it is so cold the water is not receding but freezing in place.:huh:
https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/scenes_from_juno_marshfield_seawall_crumbling_homes_condemned
https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/scenes_from_juno_marshfield_seawall_crumbling_homes_condemned
Uz2Bon36
Posts: 1,135
Jan 27, 2015 6:42pm
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Pick6
Posts: 14,946
Jan 27, 2015 8:03pm
I wish I could be a fucking meteorologist. You can be wrong over and over again and affect millions of people and billions of dollars and there are no repercussions for it.
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Jan 27, 2015 9:31pm
So, kind of like a politician?Pick6;1700482 wrote:I wish I could be a fucking meteorologist. You can be wrong over and over again and affect millions of people and billions of dollars and there are no repercussions for it.
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Jan 27, 2015 9:42pm
Long Island and further north still got rocked, they were just wrong about the predicted accumulation for NYC. People are still pissed about it though due to the MTA shutdown and travel ban.
HitsRus
Posts: 9,206
Jan 27, 2015 9:51pm
Better to be wrong by erring on the side of caution.... if they miss it the other way, people die and there's a real clusterf***.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Jan 27, 2015 10:46pm
I think the problem with forecasting these days is they try to be way too accurate. If they would generalize more or be more broad, they wouldn't be so "wrong" all the time.Pick6;1700482 wrote:I wish I could be a fucking meteorologist. You can be wrong over and over again and affect millions of people and billions of dollars and there are no repercussions for it.
Classyposter58
Posts: 6,321
Jan 28, 2015 11:36am
They do generalize. The storm had such a sharp western cutoff however so wobble off to the east cut snowfall totals drastically. Trust me if they tried to actually be spot on they could, 3-6" is a broad sweep with the forecast model shows .5" of liquidWebFire;1700544 wrote:I think the problem with forecasting these days is they try to be way too accurate. If they would generalize more or be more broad, they wouldn't be so "wrong" all the time.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Jan 28, 2015 12:23pm
Wasn't talking specifically this storm. But I disagree. They try to pinpoint which areas will get 1-3", which ones gets 3-5", 4-6", etc. So if someone is in 4-6" and gets 2" they are pissed!Classyposter58;1700636 wrote:They do generalize. The storm had such a sharp western cutoff however so wobble off to the east cut snowfall totals drastically. Trust me if they tried to actually be spot on they could, 3-6" is a broad sweep with the forecast model shows .5" of liquid
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Jan 28, 2015 1:08pm
Just shows how difficult it can be to predict.
I would rather have them predict more and get less than vice versa, but yeah, the blizzard mobile was a joke.
I would rather have them predict more and get less than vice versa, but yeah, the blizzard mobile was a joke.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Jan 28, 2015 1:12pm
Seems this "overpredicting" has started with rain as well. Your forecast used to be something like "Mostly cloudy with a 70% chance of rain. Some areas could see heavy rain." Now you get maps that predict the amount you will get down to the tenth of an inch. And they are hardly ever accurate.
That's the kind of stuff I'm referring to.
That's the kind of stuff I'm referring to.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Jan 28, 2015 1:21pm
Still priceless to see the jackass DeBlasio look like the complete fool that he is.
Automatik
Posts: 14,632
Jan 28, 2015 1:25pm
They will always over prepare for stuff like this now.
Do recall what happened 4 years ago? We got fucking hammered and they were very unprepared and Bloomberg took a lot of heat.
Do recall what happened 4 years ago? We got fucking hammered and they were very unprepared and Bloomberg took a lot of heat.