Severe thunderstorm warning - Page 2

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@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?

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

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)

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@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 · ‎08-08-2010

@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.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

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.

CrazyDaisy · ‎03-20-2010

@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 · ‎09-12-2010

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.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

@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.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

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

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@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