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Severe thunderstorm warning

151949 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:32:23 GMT

One wall of our living room is all glass sliding doors. Wonderful when the sun is shining and the lake is beautiful BUT we just heard the weather radio go off and I looked out there - HOLY COW! It is black as night and the trees are bent in half from the wind, as well as the fountain on the lake is blowing sideways. The palm trees are really blowing too.Thundering now. I am not really afraid of storms but I can't say I like them either. At least in our very modern storm resistant Florida home it isn't as bad as in the camper when we are in Pittsburgh. In that camper we actually hear every raindrop and the thunder sounds like it is right in the room with you.

Re: Severe thunderstorm warning

hoosieroriginal — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:38:38 GMT

I understand- it can be really exciting and frightening at the same time - be safe!

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hckynut — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:51:05 GMT

I pretty much live in our 4 season all glass patio room. It is all glass sliding doors except where the AC/Heat Pump is located.

Wanted ceiling to floor glass sliding doors for the view of blizzards and even watching the high wind and lightening storms. Also wanted our felines to be able to lie on the floor and see everything.

We don't live on a lake, but we do have a couple hundred huge trees. What I don't like is our local TV stations taking over a DVR program with almost half of the screen telling me there MIGHT be a thunderstorm. Who cares?

Seems nowadays if the wind gets over 10mph they want to issue a WARNING. I remember the days when it had to be a Tornado Watch or a Tornado Warning before they would plaster this nonsense on a screen.

WInter/Spring/Summer/Fall always an unnecessary rain warning. Reminds me of the kid that "Cried Wolf" 1 time too many. Gets so nobody pays attention. Rain Warnings? Please.

hckynut(john)

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ValuSkr — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:20:14 GMT

@hckynut wrote:

WInter/Spring/Summer/Fall always an unnecessary rain warning. Reminds me of the kid that "Cried Wolf" 1 time too many. Gets so nobody pays attention. Rain Warnings? Please.

hckynut(john)

I couldn't agree more. Weather on the local news is too long and over-the-top. They give you way too much information. The only time I'll tune in is when I've heard elsewhere that a significant event is coming, or has come. Otherwise, the only forecasts I need are online. Sorry, Talking Heads.

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Mominohio — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:32:06 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
@hckynut wrote:

WInter/Spring/Summer/Fall always an unnecessary rain warning. Reminds me of the kid that "Cried Wolf" 1 time too many. Gets so nobody pays attention. Rain Warnings? Please.

hckynut(john)
I couldn't agree more. Weather on the local news is too long and over-the-top. They give you way too much information. The only time I'll tune in is when I've heard elsewhere that a significant event is coming, or has come. Otherwise, the only forecasts I need are online. Sorry, Talking Heads.

I have to disagree strongly with you both.

We live rural, and in an area prone to flooding, so we are always aware and paying attention to the weather. We also live not too far from a strip that several tornadoes have run, in the last several decades.

Even with the warning and better forecasting, people still die by the thousands in this country every year due to weather related incidents. If missing a regularly scheduled program saves lives, I can live with that.

We have sustained heavy property damage due to storms a couple of times in the 20+ years we have lived here. Warnings and tracking of the severe storms on tv, as they follow with the radar and time out the storm for arrival in each area, are very welcome here.

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MalteseMomma — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:42:11 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
@hckynut wrote:

WInter/Spring/Summer/Fall always an unnecessary rain warning. Reminds me of the kid that "Cried Wolf" 1 time too many. Gets so nobody pays attention. Rain Warnings? Please.

hckynut(john)
I couldn't agree more. Weather on the local news is too long and over-the-top. They give you way too much information. The only time I'll tune in is when I've heard elsewhere that a significant event is coming, or has come. Otherwise, the only forecasts I need are online. Sorry, Talking Heads.

@ValuSkr , @hckynut I disagree also......

I am here in NJ and we have been battered with very strong winds for a couple of days now. They are so very strong that a man from my town was blown off the roof, to his death, of an apartment house he was inspecting for "wind damage" Very sad imo. You are lucky if you consider your own weather boreing

Re: Severe thunderstorm warning

ValuSkr — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:43:21 GMT

We've had high winds here in SE PA the last couple days too. But I could see that by listening, and driving in my car, and looking out the window. I don't need the Talking Heads to analyze it six ways to Sunday. If I need more information I can look it up on the web. Sad about the man in Teaneck; I believe they're still trying to determine if he was blown off or if something else caused him to fall.

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151949 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:13:22 GMT

We had a hail warning so DH went out and brought the car in - thank goodness because we had quarter size hail a few mion later.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 23:01:52 GMT

I remember thunderstorms...I think we had one 5 or 6 years ago. This time of year we have high winds almost every day but they're dry and we really need some rain.

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Desertdi — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 03:35:04 GMT

Blowing dirt where I am........We could use a good gully-washer......57 days without rain.

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151949 — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 04:46:03 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
Blowing dirt where I am........We could use a good gully-washer......57 days without rain.

Isn't that to be expected when you live in the desert?

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hckynut — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:08:42 GMT

If I lived in an area where I felt I needed to be a weather watcher, I would carry a weather radio with me maybe 24/7. There are plenty of sources devoted strictly to the weather, some even globally.

I have satellite TV and I doubt many very rural areas have cable companies serving their area. With satellite? You know right away if the weather is bad, even in surrounding areas. Why? Because the satellite signal is lost.

We live in a kinda rural area and the only cable company we could get for service, has about 20 channels, and that is when it is working. Satellite is our only true option when it comes to TV viewing. Would I depend on it as my flood warning? Not a chance.

hckynut(john)

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Desertdi — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:10:10 GMT

@151949 wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
Blowing dirt where I am........We could use a good gully-washer......57 days without rain.
Isn't that to be expected when you live in the desert?

Not this time of year.........we've been about 15 degrees over "normal" since February. Even the golfers were complaining!

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Mominohio — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:54:05 GMT

@hckynut wrote:

If I lived in an area where I felt I needed to be a weather watcher, I would carry a weather radio with me maybe 24/7. There are plenty of sources devoted strictly to the weather, some even globally.

I have satellite TV and I doubt many very rural areas have cable companies serving their area. With satellite? You know right away if the weather is bad, even in surrounding areas. Why? Because the satellite signal is lost.

We live in a kinda rural area and the only cable company we could get for service, has about 20 channels, and that is when it is working. Satellite is our only true option when it comes to TV viewing. Would I depend on it as my flood warning? Not a chance.

hckynut(john)

I guess we are really lucky. The weather and warning and storm tracking/coverage coming out of the nearest major market in our area is excellent, and so much more comprehensive and specific than what comes over the national weather service.

It isn't a 'bunch of talking heads' but meteorologists and sophisticated radars, tracking the storm, giving down to the minute arrival times of various strong cells in each area as the storm moves through. It comes through the local affiliates of the big three broadcasting companies (the nbc affiliate is the best one here). I don't waste my time with the weather channel or the national outlets, unless I want to see the guys standing in the waist deep snow or getting blown around by the hurricane force winds. It's the local people that keep us best informed and track things right down to the minute during a big storm.

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Lipstickdiva — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:08:25 GMT

Let's face it. Weather forecasters have a pretty dull job unless something is happening weatherwise so when something does happen, they make the most of it.

I'm all for reporting the weather but I see no need for our local stations to change over to broadcasting nothing but weather when we have storms or a tornado watch or warning. All they are doing is repeating the same things over and over again. They can run a crawler across the bottom and do periodic interruptions but otherise, it's overkill.

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CrazyDaisy — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:03:20 GMT

@Mominohio wrote:
@ValuSkr wrote:
@hckynut wrote:

WInter/Spring/Summer/Fall always an unnecessary rain warning. Reminds me of the kid that "Cried Wolf" 1 time too many. Gets so nobody pays attention. Rain Warnings? Please.

hckynut(john)
I couldn't agree more. Weather on the local news is too long and over-the-top. They give you way too much information. The only time I'll tune in is when I've heard elsewhere that a significant event is coming, or has come. Otherwise, the only forecasts I need are online. Sorry, Talking Heads.
I have to disagree strongly with you both.

We live rural, and in an area prone to flooding, so we are always aware and paying attention to the weather. We also live not too far from a strip that several tornadoes have run, in the last several decades.

Even with the warning and better forecasting, people still die by the thousands in this country every year due to weather related incidents. If missing a regularly scheduled program saves lives, I can live with that.

We have sustained heavy property damage due to storms a couple of times in the 20+ years we have lived here. Warnings and tracking of the severe storms on tv, as they follow with the radar and time out the storm for arrival in each area, are very welcome here.

Might want to check the stats on this one. National Weather Service only has it between 200 - 400. This includes heat, cold and rip tides not just "sever weather". Unless you are looking at some other source.

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MomCat — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:20:01 GMT

The weather warnings are not boring to me at all. And, when a channel shows continuous radar coverage during severe weather, I stay tuned in. It's actually interesting to see live coverage, and living rural, I definitely pay attention.

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Lipstickdiva — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:35:51 GMT

@CrazyDaisy wrote:
@Mominohio wrote:
@ValuSkr wrote:
@hckynut wrote:

WInter/Spring/Summer/Fall always an unnecessary rain warning. Reminds me of the kid that "Cried Wolf" 1 time too many. Gets so nobody pays attention. Rain Warnings? Please.

hckynut(john)
I couldn't agree more. Weather on the local news is too long and over-the-top. They give you way too much information. The only time I'll tune in is when I've heard elsewhere that a significant event is coming, or has come. Otherwise, the only forecasts I need are online. Sorry, Talking Heads.
I have to disagree strongly with you both.

We live rural, and in an area prone to flooding, so we are always aware and paying attention to the weather. We also live not too far from a strip that several tornadoes have run, in the last several decades.

Even with the warning and better forecasting, people still die by the thousands in this country every year due to weather related incidents. If missing a regularly scheduled program saves lives, I can live with that.

We have sustained heavy property damage due to storms a couple of times in the 20+ years we have lived here. Warnings and tracking of the severe storms on tv, as they follow with the radar and time out the storm for arrival in each area, are very welcome here.
Might want to check the stats on this one. National Weather Service only has it between 200 - 400. This includes heat, cold and rip tides not just "sever weather". Unless you are looking at some other source.

NOAA has it at under 500 with the most death being from flooding. Our local weather just the other day stated that more people die from flooding every year than any other weather related incident.

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terrier3 — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:47:34 GMT

We are going to have SNOW this weekend...good thing I'm leaving for FLA soon!!!

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Mominohio — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:07:59 GMT

@CrazyDaisy wrote:
@Mominohio wrote:
@ValuSkr wrote:
@hckynut wrote:

WInter/Spring/Summer/Fall always an unnecessary rain warning. Reminds me of the kid that "Cried Wolf" 1 time too many. Gets so nobody pays attention. Rain Warnings? Please.

hckynut(john)
I couldn't agree more. Weather on the local news is too long and over-the-top. They give you way too much information. The only time I'll tune in is when I've heard elsewhere that a significant event is coming, or has come. Otherwise, the only forecasts I need are online. Sorry, Talking Heads.
I have to disagree strongly with you both.

We live rural, and in an area prone to flooding, so we are always aware and paying attention to the weather. We also live not too far from a strip that several tornadoes have run, in the last several decades.

Even with the warning and better forecasting, people still die by the thousands in this country every year due to weather related incidents. If missing a regularly scheduled program saves lives, I can live with that.

We have sustained heavy property damage due to storms a couple of times in the 20+ years we have lived here. Warnings and tracking of the severe storms on tv, as they follow with the radar and time out the storm for arrival in each area, are very welcome here.
Might want to check the stats on this one. National Weather Service only has it between 200 - 400. This includes heat, cold and rip tides not just "sever weather". Unless you are looking at some other source.

According to the National Health Statistics report (published in 2014), between 2006 and 2010, the average was around 2000 deaths per year. And the article was lengthy, and I did not read it entirely, but I don't think that it addresses people dying in car related accidents due to inclement weather. It seems to address heat, cold, flooding, lightening strikes.

@Lipstickdiva @CrazyDaisy