"Roger Long" wrote in message
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The people the good doctor answers to in the real world and not on the
organizational chart (because they can have him replaced) are not
concerned with the micro scale accuracy of weather reports. If
hurricanes are under predicted, the deep pocket insurance companies take a
big hit. If over predicted, they sell more policies.

The biggest ratings for local TV news now come from snowstorms. Every
dusting now seems to be the "Storm of the Century" with the hype beginning
three days in advance. Similar dynamics.

Back when I was flying, I noticed that the FAA weather was always much
more pessimistic and less accurate than the TV stuff. The FAA is focused
more on keeping pilots from being caught and killed by weather than by
their rate of prediction accuracy.

You'll get you best weather reports from objective sources. Those will
not always be the most "official".

--
Roger Long


Weather prognostication has slowly become just another example of the
liberal Nanny State. Predictions are regularly sensationalized, hyped and
"in your face" to instill fear and misunderstanding of the weather to the
fore. I think the reason for this is those in power wish to control the
actions of people by fomenting uncertainty and fear so people become more
reliant on government bureaucracies like NOAA. Dr. Wm. Gray is part of that
system. He's a disgrace and he's definitely brainwashed and out of touch
with reality other than his local reality of government propaganda that says
the poor ignorant populace needs to have their little hands held and made to
feel individuals cannot understand weather and are going to become victims
of weather if they don't pay close attention to what the government tells
them to do.

I'm happy to state that the majority of folks around where I live have
pretty much stopped paying attention to the hype. Most of them laugh at it
and stay put when there is a so-called "mandatory evacuation" which isn't
mandatory at all since people still have the freedom to stay or to go of
their own volition. If and when it comes to the point where a mandatory
evacuation is really mandatory, this country will be well on the way towards
becoming a complete police state.

The authorities are working on trending towards this goal and the hyped-up,
dire and apocalyptic hurricane forecasts so early in the year are a good
example of this. Another is the abused power of the authorities to keep
people who evacuated from returning to their homes after a storm. If there
are just a few downed power lines people are kept out waiting on the
roadside until authorities deem conditions are 'safe.' Give me a frigging
break! Who is some stupid, obese, 30-year-old cop to tell me what's safe for
me? He might be stupid enough to grab hold of a downed power line but I'm
smarter than that.

Wilbur Hubbard