re: Southern Severe Weather Threat (Thursday/Friday)

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They shut down schools, sent people home from work, killed all kinds of productivity, for a tiny tornado that knocked down a few trees, and left a handful of people without electricity. I guess TV ratings were great though.

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So what’s your request?

That they not warn civil authorities that there’s an ____% chance of severe tornadoes during the school/business day?

Sounds like the meteorologists knew the ingredients were all there for major storms and the civil authorities and media decided how they wanted to play it to me.

This time of year is pretty serious in many parts of the south. After 2011 most people know or were personally involved with a tornado especially in AL.

With lawsuits, lazy people who expect the government to hold their hand all the time and parents who are forced to send their kids to school during these events it’s never going to be perfect, but the weather prediction people have never been more accurate than they are now and I for one am thankful for the info regardless of how I decide to use it.

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They shut down schools, sent people home from work, killed all kinds of productivity, for a tiny tornado that knocked down a few trees, and left a handful of people without electricity.
I guess TV ratings were great though.

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sigh - always 1 in every weather thread