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the storm (was: Today's due diligence
Derald wrote:
songbird wrote: Derald wrote: [...hmmm, hope this doesn't show up twice, but something odd happened when i tried to send this...] ... Yikes! Just walked through and noticed this hadn't been posted yet. A little preoccupied, though. I'm told a storm is coming. yep, i thought you were already gone. the predicted track went back east and then has gone west again. i don't envy anyone in the path. be safe. Well,hope you don't mind but I'll break protocol here and post a portion of private correspondence he no problem with me since nothing in there is what i would consider private to me. .... irresponsible but approaches reprehensible and definitely is a disservice. The only, only, only tracking forecast that means anything comes from the National Hurricane Center at 6-hour intervals. that is all i actually have been following up until i noticed the change from one direction back to the other. it was "interesting"... i don't watch tv or the news that much at all. All of that other bs like "european" and "spaghetti" models and "forecasts" and multicolor zones of probability have nothing to do with reality or with actually informing the public, IMO. I see them simply as additional layers of "gee-whiz" technological eye candy intended to give the station "public service" bragging rights and to keep the rubes tuned in for the next commercial break. I mean, with enough garbage on the screen, the more likely they are to be able to brag about their "accuracy"; hah! I ask you, "What the hell good is a multicolor, moving radar display that is 3-to-12 minutes behind reality?" I hope I don't ever need radar to let me know it rained 6 minutes ago but I guess, "it could happen". as i've watched the local radar for many years now i can say that it has helped a few times when storms looked to be heading this way, but as you know we have a lot of things that break up when they get near so ... it is only for warning purposes. i surely do watch the horizon here when the weather seems potentially going to mess me up or my plans for the day. now, what is funny is that even with such things available it didn't do any good the day when the small tornade came within a few hundred yards of us. i happened to be busy and didn't notice until afterwards that the neighbor's garage was missing... So there you have it, 'bird: The Full Monty. .... my eyes! my eyes! you know, i figured that container could be a pretty safe space, but i would not want to get "stuck" in there if some debris got wedged against the door... if we don't hear from you in a week or two i'll send someone to knock. you should have enough food and water for that timeframe, but air? got holes/winders? songbird |
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