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A lot of folks seem to have no appreciation for the severity of the threat RDU was under yesterday. I'm no weather expert, but I do recall that the last time we faced such a situation was April 2011. We were fortunate to come out mostly unscathed in this area. Rather than be thankful for good fortune, folks complain about the school system and WRAL. Interesting.
A lot of folks seem to have no appreciation for the severity of the threat RDU was under yesterday. I'm no weather expert, but I do recall that the last time we faced such a situation was April 2011. We were fortunate to come out mostly unscathed in this area. Rather than be thankful for good fortune, folks complain about the school system and WRAL. Interesting.
A lot of folks seem to think that if you weren't in a panic yesterday, then you had no appreciation for the severity of the threat. I actually had a coworker get mad at me because I wasn't panicked and didn't think there was any reason to close the office early.
Be aware of the threat, have a plan if needed, then go about your routine. There was no need for panic.
I'll be the first to loudly agree that WRAL, ABC11 hype up weather systems and disrupt regular broadcasts WAY too often and for WAY too long much of the time. That wasn't what happened here yesterday.
It's also important to not forget that it wasn't WRAL or any school district that declared a tornado warning...it was the NWS. Doppler radar indicated a tornado. Would you rather they say "meh....Dorothy's house hasn't flown by yet so no need to sound the alarms" and people are killed or injured?.....OR the funnel cloud doesn't actually touch ground and people hunker down but no major damage actually occurs?
The schools and news media were responding to warnings from the National Weather Service. They weren't just trying to "make a scene".
I'll be the first to loudly agree that WRAL, ABC11 hype up weather systems and disrupt regular broadcasts WAY too often and for WAY too long much of the time. That wasn't what happened here yesterday.
It's also important to not forget that it wasn't WRAL or any school district that declared a tornado warning...it was the NWS. Doppler radar indicated a tornado. Would you rather they say "meh....Dorothy's house hasn't flown by yet so no need to sound the alarms" and people are killed or injured?.....OR the funnel cloud doesn't actually touch ground and people hunker down but no major damage actually occurs?
The schools and news media were responding to warnings from the National Weather Service. They weren't just trying to "make a scene".
I don't know where anyone said that an alarm shouldn't have been sounded.
I don't know where anyone said that an alarm shouldn't have been sounded.
Point is. If the alarm is sounded; of course school districts responsible for the safety of thousands of kids are going to take high-precaution. And of course the local meteorologists are going to cover it.
I was watching the coverage and the cell Fischel was talking about was the one that actually was a tornado, up in one of the northern counties up by Virginia.
We were lucky in the western suburbs. Barely got rain here - just ominous looking clouds. Ironically, after the worst was done and everything was back to normal, later at night, we had rather high winds that were stronger than anything we saw in the afternoon.
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