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Originally Posted by Thunder98
Was Hurricane Matthew Overhyped, UnderHyped or Just Right in Florida?
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I personally feel it was just right. But that depends what news channel your watching, listening to, reading really. I think it was right because the offshore option it took was well within the prediction models, within that cone map, and I think Florida dodged a very big bullet. I think the weather channel, depending on the reporter, did a great job(is doing a great job still) on focusing on surge as well as the national hurricane center.
***my key point would be: that eye wall was mostly 3-10 miles off the coast.....3+ miles...THREE + miles difference between mainly just scattered trees down/power outages, and roofs starting to deteriorate. That close counts as a win in my personal opinion on track guidance. A few miles west and a lot of the worser predictions could have come to pass.
Part of that was due to the structure of the storm...had it started spreading its winds out more like in weaker systems or even had it not had those wobbles here and there as it neared the coast made a big difference.
In sure a lot of people will think they survived a Cat3/4 when they did not experience one. Or next time they may not leave because of their experience in this. I am not too surprised some national outlets trying to make this sound terrible when there's barely a breeze blowing and kids playing in the background...but maybe one day they'll do better...maybe...
I think communication is key, knowing your audience, and actually knowing something about the area that may be hit makes a big difference. And not trying to just get attention thru hype.
I love weather, but I don't work in that field. But I do try to listen to things going on in some of the national meetings and communication in clear visuals and consistency in what's being said in a clearer manner (maps with context, etc) is becoming a big push to better convey what could happen and what is happening.
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