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Sunday, 6 August 2017
quote [ “Forecasters predict a 70 percent likelihood of 11 to 17 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which five to nine could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including two to four major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; winds of 111 mph or higher),
Five named storms — Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don and Emily — formed prior to Aug. 1. “This is slightly above normal,” says senior meteorologist and climatologist David Dilley, of Global Weather Oscillations, whose predictions for the 2017 season call it “the most dangerous in 12 years.” ] Batten down the hatches... Shes gonna blow.
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machpi said @ 6:14pm GMT on 8th August
It was terrible advice. If these people had faced 'certain death,' the numbers would be astronomical. I was in Long Beach, MS for Katrina. What we 'faced' was flooding for a day and loss of electricity for a week or three, unless you lived within a quarter mile of the beach, in which case what you faced was a terrifiying possibility that your home and yourself would wash away.
This is not what the NWS said, and I have zero need for hyperbole from a government entity.
Several of my relatives who lived much closer to the water stayed at my house (3.2 miles away from the beach). Their houses came through the storm (badly), and I'm glad they were with me, but they would not have 'faced certain death' if they had stayed. The truth---that this was a bad storm, and those who lived within a mile of the beach should evacuate to higher ground, would have been more than enough warning for them to leave. They do that every time anyway, regardless of how hysterical the NWS warnings become, for anything more than a Cat 1 storm.
machpi said @ 6:18pm GMT on 8th August
It was terrible advice. If these people had faced 'certain death,' the numbers would be astronomical. I was in Long Beach, MS for Katrina. What we 'faced' was flooding for a day and loss of electricity for a week or three, unless you lived within a quarter mile of the beach, in which case what you faced was a terrifiying possibility that your home and yourself would wash away.
This is not what the NWS said, and I have zero need for hyperbole from a government entity.
If it takes lies and hyperbole to motivate some people to evacuate, well, god help us, because lies and hyperbole cause others to disregard future advice.
Several of my relatives who lived much closer to the water stayed at my house (3.2 miles away from the beach). Their houses came through the storm (badly), and I'm glad they were with me, but they would not have 'faced certain death' if they had stayed. The truth---that this was a bad storm, and those who lived within a mile of the beach should evacuate to higher ground, would have been more than enough warning for them to leave. They do that every time anyway, regardless of how hysterical the NWS warnings become, for anything more than a Cat 1 storm.
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machpi said @ 6:14pm GMT on 8th August
It was terrible advice. If these people had faced 'certain death,' the numbers would be astronomical. I was in Long Beach, MS for Katrina. What we 'faced' was flooding for a day and loss of electricity for a week or three, unless you lived within a quarter mile of the beach, in which case what you faced was a terrifiying possibility that your home and yourself would wash away.
This is not what the NWS said, and I have zero need for hyperbole from a government entity.
If it takes lies and hyperbole to motivate some people to evacuate, well, god help us, because lies and hyperbole cause others to disregard future advice.
Several of my relatives who lived much closer to the water stayed at my house (3.2 miles away from the beach). Their houses came through the storm (badly), and I'm glad they were with me, but they would not have 'faced certain death' if they had stayed. The truth---that this was a bad storm, and those who lived within a mile of the beach should evacuate to higher ground, would have been more than enough warning for them to leave. They do that every time anyway, regardless of how hysterical the NWS warnings become, for anything more than a Cat 1 storm.
