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Originally Posted by JimBaker488
She didn't say, "wow that's great, the hurricane season wasn't nearly as severe as we expected it to be !" No, she said it was a bust ! Any doubt where her sentiments lay ?
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A "bust" in meteorology-speak means a forecast that greatly misses, usually one that is close to the event or season itself. For example, if you forecast 6 inches of snow but get 20, that's a bust (to the upside), but if you forecast 6 and get 2, that's a bust (to the downside). I myself cannot stand the bias of TWC; their people constantly moan and groan about how miserable winter weather is and how unfortunate it is. The same applies to any windstorm, any rain, a cold spell, or even just cloud cover, whereas they constantly root for sunshine and heat (until it reaches 90F then they moan about how hot it is). It's as if they hate weather, which is sort of strange.
Hurricanes are one of the few types of weather that they don't praise or despise regularly, and I've found their coverage relatively unbiased. There is a
slight bias towards rooting for hurricanes, but that's understandable considering that they work on weather and hurricanes are quite interesting meteorologically. When you think about it the storm system itself is pretty awesome - it's the damage that's horrible, and for significant damage you need landfall at high intensities. Therefore, I think a season with a lot of intense storms that just hang out in the open ocean would be best for weather enthusiasts and the general public. 2010 is probably the closest season to this scenario that we've ever seen.
Generally a person doesn't like being wrong, even if they're predicting something bad. Also, to have such a busted forecast means that our forecasting prowess is not nearly as good as we'd like it to be, which would be good enough to predict how many storms and the areas where they will form and make landfall, so that when these monster seasons and storms occur we can be better prepared for them.
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Originally Posted by JimBaker488
Absolutely ! That's why she was so PO'd.
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Last time I checked the National Hurricane Center didn't depend upon Nielsen ratings, or even had Nielsen ratings (or a TV channel for that matter).
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