the-pi-guy said:
KLAMarine said:
Do you believe that based solely on a tweet, expensive emergency procedures will then be undertaken before any further information is sought? Businesses, workplaces, and members of the general public wouldn't tune in to their news networks or the weather channel to start getting updates on an incoming hurricane? They wouldn't look out their window or go outdoors to see if the wind was starting to pick up or if the horizon showed an incoming disturbance? Emergency services wouldn't check in with their own meteorologists to get up-to-the-minute updates?
The picture your painting is one where Trump tweets a hurricane's path and immediately, without any further investigation, absolutely everything is set into motion. No questions asked.
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>Do you believe that based solely on a tweet, expensive emergency procedures will then be undertaken before any further information is sought?
Ignoring the several other times when Trump mentioned it.
>Businesses, workplaces, and members of the general public wouldn't tune in to their news networks or the weather channel to start getting updates on an incoming hurricane?
Well there's plenty of evidence right in this thread that common sense has gone out the window.
>They wouldn't look out their window or go outdoors to see if the wind was starting to pick up or if the horizon showed an incoming disturbance?
"Look, there's a hurricane outside our window. Good thing we noticed. Good thing hurricanes always alert us to their presence to give us just enough time to get out of danger."
You can say that Trump was speculating or whatever else. I'm still going to say it's not okay for him to do that in matters like this.
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On the NOAA, several people have come out, claiming that the release seems politically motivated.
"An NOAA meteorologist anonymously commented on the agency’s attempt at self-censorship, “This is the first time I’ve felt pressure from above to not say what truly is the forecast...One of the things we train on is to dispel inaccurate rumors and ultimately that is what was occurring—ultimately what the Alabama office did is provide a forecast with their tweet, that is what they get paid to do.”"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/trump-alabama-hurricane-noaa-statement
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"Ignoring the several other times when Trump mentioned it."
>So how many other times has Trump mentioned Alabama getting hit by the hurricane?
"Look, there's a hurricane outside our window. Good thing we noticed. Good thing hurricanes always alert us to their presence to give us just enough time to get out of danger."
>As a hurricane approaches, warnings signs can be seen. Wind speeds increasing, heavier rain fall, and ocean swell can tell you there may be a hurricane approaching.
"You can say that Trump was speculating or whatever else. I'm still going to say it's not okay for him to do that in matters like this."
>And I think it's perfectly fine. Issuing a warning can make people aware of potential weather hazards. They can then tune into the weather channel or a news network for further updates.
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"On the NOAA, several people have come out, claiming that the release seems politically motivated.
"An NOAA meteorologist anonymously commented on the agency’s attempt at self-censorship, “This is the first time I’ve felt pressure from above to not say what truly is the forecast...One of the things we train on is to dispel inaccurate rumors and ultimately that is what was occurring—ultimately what the Alabama office did is provide a forecast with their tweet, that is what they get paid to do.”"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/trump-alabama-hurricane-noaa-statement"
>Mr. or Ms. anonymous meteorologist, I think the problem was the NWS Birmingham tweet "spoke in absolute terms" about a weather event and seemed to ignore "the best forecast products available at the time" which showed Alabama potentially being affected.
"The Birmingham National Weather Service’s Sunday morning tweet spoke in absolute terms that were inconsistent with probabilities from the best forecast products available at the time."