re: Shepard Smith claims that the National Weather Service lied

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Well now the public has lost confidence in the official forecast, and the next time people might not react properly and there will be a big mess.

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Agree with this, although it is probably more of a concern in places that don't get a certain type of severe weather often. Atlanta, for example, where 4-5 inches of snow became zero earlier this year. It's the second year in a row predictions of significant winter weather were totally off, and we're probably going to end up with another gridlock nightmare in the next few years because people aren't going to heed the warnings.

On the other hand, I expect it is more difficult for NWS to predict for places like Atlanta, where often the line between 6 inches and absolutely nothing is dependent on a swing of 3-4 degrees and precise timing.