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I've got relatives around Cocoa Florida. They don't seem to concerned about the hurricane.
Tv watchers are the most dumbed down people on the planet. I find Tv offensive.Our Houston TV weather people are pathetic. They lecture you like a child. Scolding you DON'T leave home without your umbrella! DO NOT go outside, its too hot! STAY OFF the roads. Sorry Houston TV, I don't need your permission to live my life the way I want. Then, they hype and whine to the extreme. Every day its TOO-something. Too hot, too cold, too windy, too dry, too humid, etc. All summer they have purposely obscured the actual temp. They push the "feels like" temps in large fonts across the screen, then maybe at the very last moment they finally show the real temp in small font for 1-2 seconds just before the forecast ends. Thats because "feels like" 103 looks way worse than an actual 92. Every hurricane they tell us "its really worse than the cat it really is. If a Cat 1 hits, they are going to tell us it really has effects like a cat 3 or whatever. I am so sick of their daily manipulation.
Well @bbhero you OP is starting to look like it is going to come true.
NHC is now saying 90% chance of reaching category 4 and will not discount stronger before landfall.
Interesting storm to watch, it’s moving rapidly so maybe it won’t make it much past four before hitting land, but it certainly going to punch into the land pretty deeply.
Part of the Wednesday 4 PM Eastern standard time NHC discussion
“ Some of the
Rapid Intensification (RI) indices, particular DTOPS, respond to
this environment by indicating at least a 90 percent chance of a
35-kt increase in intensity over the next 24 hours. The NHC
intensity forecast now shows an intensity of 115 kt (Category 4) at
24 hours, which is mirrored by several of the regional hurricane
models and the SHIPS guidance. It should be noted that additional
strengthening is possible beyond 24 hours before Helene makes
landfall Thursday evening.”
The US government does very little well, but the National Weather Service and NHC are exceptions. Why bother with anyplace else?Thank you, glad I am not the only one.it's for our new pop tart culture. Got to LOVE that "feels like" temperature. Sometimes it hard to actually find out what the real temperature is if you watch those clowns on TV.
Yeah, everything in media is potentially, possibly, could have and every other use of words like them. Then I run into people who actually think like, its 106 degrees out when its 94 *LOL* ohhh and lets not get into wind chill, that one drives me nuts. IN the winter I say to my wife, so I am outside standing out of the wind, now what is the temperature??>?!!!! *LOL*
Ill tell ya, we are all doomed *LOL*
This is not to say hurricanes are not serious but it does dumb down the people by insinuating something is worse then it is because what happens is, once something truly is worse then it is, people are not prepared because they dont believe it.
The US government does very little well, but the National Weather Service and NHC are exceptions. Why bother with anyplace else?
www.Weather.gov
www.nhc.noaa.
Yup every other site is just speculation...NHC is the facts....and only the facts...The US government does very little well, but the National Weather Service and NHC are exceptions. Why bother with anyplace else?
www.Weather.gov
www.nhc.noaa.gov/
YES ^^^ Even as a kid and wow that was a long time ago. I had a Realistic Weather Radio (cube below) to listen to the NOAA forecasts, had it for the longest time, before the internet, was also important as I got old to listen to the marine weather forecast as we were big boaters on the South Shore of Long Island. Weather permitting I would plan early morning fishing trips well outside the bay into the ocean depending on the marine forecast. I was always into the weather and NOAA was always the place I would go to. Knowing, even more so, back then, the media was simply re-using their information to report.The US government does very little well, but the National Weather Service and NHC are exceptions. Why bother with anyplace else?
www.Weather.gov
www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Wow you bring back memories. I purchased this in 1969 in Cleveland OH where I grew up. I got interested in weather in the 4th grade and stayed with it...1973 to 1985 USAF weather observer then a forecaster... Then 30 years in the NWS....Retired in 2017...YES ^^^ Even as a kid and wow that was a long time ago. I had a Realistic Weather Radio (cube below) to listen to the NOAA forecasts, had it for the longest time, before the internet, was also important as I got old to listen to the marine weather forecast as we were big boaters on the South Shore of Long Island. Weather permitting I would plan early morning fishing trips well outside the bay into the ocean depending on the marine forecast. I was always into the weather and NOAA was always the place I would go to. Knowing, even more so, back then, the media was simply re-using their information to report.
I just did an image search, this was it! The antenna fully extends and the white bar was actually the bar you would push down to turn it on.
(I THINK before this my dad had a AM/FM radio plus weather band and marine bands to listen on to the charter boats to see where they were fishing.)
We do have a more modern one now, very infrequently we turn it on standby during a bad storm where we would want to know about a tornado. Though phones to that to, something tells me this would be more reliable. The problem with them now is you cant leave it on standby because now a days everything is an emergency almost ... (thunderstorms, amber alerts as an example)
Anyway, yes, NOAA to me is the read deal minus most fluff even though they have become a little more fluffy it's still very good. I just learned from my wife last night, there is a NOAA live person report, at least for this storm. Wife showed it to me yesterday, not bad, only is done when the report comes out in standard form too.
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I was always interested in the weather maybe around the same age 4th grade. I used to put up outdoor thermometers at my house, first it was a Springfield with that coil in the middle from a local store, then onto alcohol tube indoor/outdoor.Wow you bring back memories. I purchased this in 1969 in Cleveland OH where I grew up. I got interested in weather in the 4th grade and stayed with it...1973 to 1985 USAF weather observer then a forecaster... Then 30 years in the NWS....Retired in 2017...