[Minoletti]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

A better example would be them telling us Santa Claus is real.

what? not real?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Minoletti

what? not real?

Yeah, I was disappointed as well

[ChicagoNative]

Denis Phillips and Rule #7

[biker1]

See post #9.

Originally Posted by ChicagoNative

Denis Phillips and Rule #7

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

That and reporting the "heat index" ad nauseum.
If the high is going to be 95 and the HIGHEST heat index in the area 105, they report it as a forecast of 105-110, so everybody hears that 110. If the highest heat index is going to be 104, then they report it as 104-109. Convenient, huh??? And by that, I mean convenient for pushing their idiotic global warming agenda.

Yep. Fear is a great sales tool, especially if your bread and butter depend on just how many people listen/read/click on those doom-and-gloom predictions.

It is the same--and growing worse--just about everywhere in America. Back in Minnesota it was ridiculously wide snowfall predictions (I remember one that was "between 2" and 14"), blizzard predictions that ended up leaving maybe 3" of snow and a 20 mph wind, and of course the dreadful "polar vortex" predictions that seemed to follow every prediction of snow, no matter how slight.

We're prepared for the worst. Which never seems to happen in The Villages anyway. If Erin poses a danger (or even just an inconvenience) to The Villages I have absolutely no doubt we'll know well beforehand.

[billethkid]

The typical weather report is repititioning of useless information……..

[biker1]

Erin never posed any issue for us.

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Yep. Fear is a great sales tool, especially if your bread and butter depend on just how many people listen/read/click on those doom-and-gloom predictions.

It is the same--and growing worse--just about everywhere in America. Back in Minnesota it was ridiculously wide snowfall predictions (I remember one that was "between 2" and 14"), blizzard predictions that ended up leaving maybe 3" of snow and a 20 mph wind, and of course the dreadful "polar vortex" predictions that seemed to follow every prediction of snow, no matter how slight.

We're prepared for the worst. Which never seems to happen in The Villages anyway. If Erin poses a danger (or even just an inconvenience) to The Villages I have absolutely no doubt we'll know well beforehand.

[biker1]

All the information you need to know for typical days is on the weather app on your phone, including the current weather radar and extrapolation of radar echos into the near future. If a tropical circulation is likely to impact us then tuning into the weather report on the TV would be useful.

Originally Posted by billethkid

The typical weather report is repititioning of useless information……..

[bogmonster]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Yep. Fear is a great sales tool, especially if your bread and butter depend on just how many people listen/read/click on those doom-and-gloom predictions.

It is the same--and growing worse--just about everywhere in America. Back in Minnesota it was ridiculously wide snowfall predictions (I remember one that was "between 2" and 14"), blizzard predictions that ended up leaving maybe 3" of snow and a 20 mph wind, and of course the dreadful "polar vortex" predictions that seemed to follow every prediction of snow, no matter how slight.

We're prepared for the worst. Which never seems to happen in The Villages anyway. If Erin poses a danger (or even just an inconvenience) to The Villages I have absolutely no doubt we'll know well beforehand.

Don’t forget back in around 2014 when they nailed the 18” right on the button. They thought they were god for the next 5 years.

[gorillarick]

So? And it proves what?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I don't understand why anyone is annoyed and critical about fear-mongering, when there wasn't any fear-mongering. The weather reports were reporting weather. There IS a cat-5 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. It really IS headed north of the equator. It really IS east of Puerto Rico, and it really IS turning northwesterly-to-northeasterly as it climbs up the map toward New England. That means it really IS going to NOT hit the coast. It's reporting the weather. If someone doesn't like that weather gets reported, maybe - they shouldn't listen to weather reports and don't click on forum threads on the internet with the word "Hurricane" in the title.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I don't understand why anyone is annoyed and critical about fear-mongering, when there wasn't any fear-mongering. The weather reports were reporting weather. There IS a cat-5 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. It really IS headed north of the equator. It really IS east of Puerto Rico, and it really IS turning northwesterly-to-northeasterly as it climbs up the map toward New England. That means it really IS going to NOT hit the coast. It's reporting the weather. If someone doesn't like that weather gets reported, maybe - they shouldn't listen to weather reports and don't click on forum threads on the internet with the word "Hurricane" in the title.

Love the common sense. Some stations have stuff that infuriates me so I do not watch those stations unless I am not in control of the remote. But sometimes the remote finds itself beneath stuff.

[suediff]

To say that global warming is not a threat is foolish. The glaciers around Mt Baker in Washington state have been surveyed the past 47 years and 12 glaciers have disappeared. 9 in the past 5 years. They supply water for human consumption and watering of crops. We need to take aggressive steps now.

[Jimmy Lee]

I checked on Hurricane Erin this morning. It's a strong Category 2 (110 mph maximum sustained winds). Based on yesterday's projections St. Thomas and Puerto Rico should be getting clobbered this morning, so I checked current weather at St.Thomas (wind at 10 mph, with gusts to 13 mph) and San Juan (wind at 0 mph, with gusts to 3 mph). The News Media is hyping the storm to the max based on their "projections" which is part of their Global Warming propaganda. Everyone should be aware that tropical hurricanes and cyclones are not increasing in frequency or intensity. Check out meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue's website for accurate information by searching for Global Tropical Cyclone Activity | Ryan Maue and go to the Climate Discussion Nexus where they have fun with the Media's reporting on climate by searching for CDN on You Tube. I was in Houston last year when Hurricane Beryl came through. The power went out and you couldn't find gasoline for your car or generator for miles around, so if a storm is actually heading toward The Villages, make sure you've got gas beforehand.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by suediff

To say that global warming is not a threat is foolish. The glaciers around Mt Baker in Washington state have been surveyed the past 47 years and 12 glaciers have disappeared. 9 in the past 5 years. They supply water for human consumption and watering of crops. We need to take aggressive steps now.

Definitely agree.

The evidence is all around us . But other stations also very concerned about their ratings keep spewing what they think their viewers want to hear. All the media are concerned about ratings as they want their money to keep coming.