re: Weather forecasting is out of control!

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And I’ll ask again. Did the fear mongering save anyone?

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Do you know it didn’t save anyone? Do YOU have any data? Here’s a thought exercise for you. What if someone in Taylorsville was invited to go out of town for the weekend had initially declined for whatever reason. Then upon hearing of the weather threat, decided to ere on the side of caution and changed their mind and left town. That “thought experiment “ goes both ways.

It’s not to scare anyone. If you let weathermen who are trying to inform you on potential deadly weather in your area “scare” you, then that’s a you problem. The majority of people understand how weather forecasts work. If you are one of the people who think just because you are in a warned area that it means your town is going to get wiped off the map, then you are the problem and need to educate yourself.

There were 4 large, long track tornadoes less than 25 miles from my house. Three on the ground at the same time. Does that mean it was a nothingburger, and the weathermen overhyped this??

I think it was more social media that played a part in the panic than meteorologists.

I was shocked to see people who live in all brick houses asking where the nearest shelter is, people talking about leaving the state to get away from the storms, etc).

People were comparing this to April 27 (I don’t think that ever came from NOAA or our local guys). It came from people sharing fake/sensationalized info graphics.

“FIRST DAY 2 LEVEL 5 RISK SINCE APRIL 27!!!!!”

Early yesterday, Spann was comparing it to the 2021 outbreak, which was more similar.

We had a small tornado pass about a mile north of my house and did some pretty good damage.

I was ok with how the storm was presented by our meteorologists. They can’t control the panic that ensued by soccer moms and boomers that get all riled up on Facebook.

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Then people like Spann can stop with the whole “Any day can be your April 27th if a tornado hits your house” line. That doesn’t promote caution. It promotes hysteria. And like clockwork Spann is doing the “Good morning to everyone but this guy” thing this morning where he goes engagement fishing by doxxing people who call him out. He does it literally after every storm.

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I don’t necessarily disagree here.

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The drama is amplified by social media.

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You people criticizing the weather reporting are total clowns. 32 deaths spread out over the SE merits making everyone aware of the potential storm threats.

There were like 39 tornados across the southeast over the course of the Fri to Sat storm window. It was the right move to get the word out if for no other reason than to make folks aware that there's a threat and they should track the weather, stay closer to a TV or radio, or travel less than they normally would.

THAT SAID, when the shite is actually hitting and thankfully not as bad as expected, there's nothing worse than these mets with the doom porn during their tv spots. One of our local guys kept talking about 70mph winds all over the metro...which just wasn't the case. They'd cut in to show a picture someone sent in of a little tree down, taking down a small section of wooden fence..."oh wow, we have damage!". STFU. I could give them the benefit of the doubt and just say that these storms are their Super Bowls with adrenaline pumping but, c'mon, quit scaring people for no reason.

WDSU in New Orleans started the loss of power fear mongering yesterday when the storms didn’t pan out. They actually flashed this message. “ what to do when the power goes out….turn on a flashlight…”

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But it’s not cancelling outdoor events it’s shutting everything down. Archdiocese of New Orleans recommended cancellation of any extra curricular school activity including indoor events for an abundance of caution and risking people out and about in the weather. And everything points to the big scary map with the arse tip of the moderate level starting around New Orleans . With no discussion of an actual weather forecast and some winds

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Sorry it didn’t end up worse in your area.

ETA - these are always posted after the fact when things ended up better than feared in a certain area. It’s ridiculous. Man up and bitch before it happens. Don’t wait until the coast is clear to play armchair quarterback.

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New Orleans

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Currently under flood advisory until 8pm and it has drizzled for 5 minutes.

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To be fair a drizzle is all it takes in New Orleans

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You people criticizing the weather reporting are total clowns. 32 deaths spread out over the SE merits making everyone aware of the potential storm threats.

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I’m not criticizing the weather reporting, I am just saying that the forecast for South La. was wrong. Beginning Sunday and on through the week weather forecasters here and at the NWS spike of an historic event. They showed graphics indicating that the situation ws very serious and rare. Last weekend they issued historic wind warnings and yes it was windy, but it wasn’t a calamity.

The point is as time goes on no one is going to pay attention to all of this if their area is repeatedly without severe weather.

And I know some folks had a terrible day, horrific; however, those areas typical get a lot of tornadoes. I don’t know just what the pre storm graphics indicated for those unfortunate folks, but if the graphics were accurate they should have shown worse weather for those areas than shown for Laf., BR and NO.