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the boy who cried wolf? damookster Send a noteboard - 12/09/2017 04:25:07 PM

the problem with worst-case scenario predictions is that sooner or later people stop listening. How about realistic warnings rather than everything being Stormageddon?

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Hurricanes are dumb nossy - 11/09/2017 10:07:01 AM 683 Views
Were they on the coast? random thoughts - 11/09/2017 01:35:53 PM 417 Views
No, luckily nossy - 11/09/2017 05:14:34 PM 428 Views
My aunt wanted to stay in her single wide random thoughts - 11/09/2017 07:35:50 PM 384 Views
I'm not sure I even want one with a roof? nossy - 12/09/2017 03:33:57 PM 402 Views
You mean by not giving in to mass hysteria? Tom - 11/09/2017 10:30:55 PM 418 Views
Agreed damookster - 11/09/2017 11:18:30 PM 404 Views
The storm surge was partly down to luck. Hindsight is always 20-20 *NM* nossy - 12/09/2017 03:32:10 PM 236 Views
*NM* damookster - 12/09/2017 03:52:27 PM 207 Views
<3 *NM* nossy - 12/09/2017 04:24:18 PM 216 Views
or the predictions were unnecessarily overstated - because news loves sensationalism *NM* damookster - 12/09/2017 03:52:27 PM 219 Views
... I'm having trouble taking you seriously. nossy - 12/09/2017 04:04:19 PM 439 Views
the boy who cried wolf? damookster - 12/09/2017 04:25:07 PM 454 Views
I'm sorry, perhaps we've been reading different things. nossy - 12/09/2017 04:33:21 PM 413 Views
I'm referring to the preponderance of articles damookster - 12/09/2017 04:46:45 PM 432 Views
Does SW Florida count as Atlantic? While it was in the Atlantic nossy - 12/09/2017 05:03:50 PM 442 Views
It is going to be ok doesn't keep eyeballs on the tv random thoughts - 12/09/2017 05:58:21 PM 402 Views
Yeah, I don't think this is a particularly strong point in your favor. Ghavrel - 12/09/2017 09:35:12 PM 448 Views
NOAA or professional meteorologists, no. Every major news source, yes. *NM* damookster - 13/09/2017 03:16:14 PM 220 Views
Whatever happened to a good old fashioned Hurricane party? *NM* random thoughts - 12/09/2017 01:02:41 PM 192 Views
I can see why you would think that nossy - 12/09/2017 01:54:14 PM 449 Views
<3 Sareitha Sedai - 12/09/2017 02:09:14 PM 448 Views
Thanks nossy - 12/09/2017 02:17:20 PM 463 Views
I'm sure this was one of those times when it was hardest to be so far away! Sareitha Sedai - 12/09/2017 02:22:06 PM 495 Views
That's likely the main problem. I'm not there to be mother hen. *NM* nossy - 12/09/2017 02:34:16 PM 241 Views
That's quite an allergy. AgentApple - 12/09/2017 07:44:55 PM 443 Views
It gives me the red mist nossy - 12/09/2017 08:19:04 PM 466 Views
Oy. Sareitha Sedai - 13/09/2017 02:28:28 PM 438 Views
In your case then, it wasn't hysteria Tom - 13/09/2017 10:32:43 PM 427 Views
Yes hurricanes are dumb Roland00 - 14/09/2017 12:44:29 AM 373 Views
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