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We made it through hurricane Earl, some with little action, some with damage typical for a hurricane.

When Officials Warn

I can’t figure for the life of me, why, when police and other authorities prohibit people from going near the beach, waterfronts or on wharves, that there are exceptions made for media people.

We all like to see pictures from various areas showing the high waves, downed trees and so on. With today’s electronics and telephoto lens, this can be done from a safe distance quite easily.

I’m talking about the ding a ling announcers standing on the edge of the wharf in rain gear, barely able to hang on, and difficult to understand because of wind noise. I am talking about the ones standing on the edge of the cliff, describing others who try to do the same. And those live pictures of news people driving on roads that police have already asked people to stay off of.

Then later they ask guest officials on their show what they propose to do about people who refused to comply with the safety request.

Each Agency Has Its Own Prediction

For each of these types of events I tend to check three different agencies for updates as to a storms progress. What I can’t figure out, is how these experts can be so far apart on their predictions of what is going to happen in the next hours. They are all experts are they not?

For example one source was predicting winds of only 35 kph, 20 to 30 mm of rain. Another said all along, 100 kph winds or more, and 70 mm of rain.

How can such an analysis be so far apart. I can understand the storm track changing, that isn’t hard to figure out. But that much difference in rain and wind prediction? Somebody needs more homework.

Red Screen Warning Cover Up

Then there’s these red screen warning that are put up during the local weather forecasts.

The local forecast ends, and the host begins to describe pictures of what is going on in the local area, and talking about the radar picture on the left side of your screen.

The only problem is the red warning screen lags for 30 sec. to a minute. By the time the red screen warning disappears, the host has moved on to another topic and we never did see the pictures he/she was describing. Professional broadcasting at its best.

This happens not once, but continually. It shouldn’t be that hard to fix if they really care.

And so we wait for the next one with more of the same. That’s one prediction that will likely be correct.

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