hosj III Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I heard someone say we are getting two feet next week. I just cannot stand this hype. It's not even like any model supports that, you would have to go digging through the ensembles to find a viral snowmap. IMHO all models should be a paid service. Sick of people with no brains misinterpreting them and hyping things. Your average joe will not understand the difference between real mets and morons with Facebook pages and so they are less like to believe "them" (real meteorologists) when "they" (Facebook weenies) get it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I heard someone say we are getting two feet next week. I just cannot stand this hype. It's not even like any model supports that, you would have to go digging through the ensembles to find a viral snowmap. IMHO all models should be a paid service. Sick of people with no brains misinterpreting them and hyping things. Your average joe will not understand the difference between real mets and morons with Facebook pages and so they are less like to believe "them" (real meteorologists) when "they" (Facebook weenies) get it wrong. Models a paid service? Bad idea. Weather is a public interest. Having models readily available for free should be a priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosj III Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Models a paid service? Bad idea. Weather is a public interest. Having models readily available for free should be a priority. There has to be some way to stop this. It is getting out of control. People like weather boy and especially Kevin Martin are big examples of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I heard someone say we are getting two feet next week. I just cannot stand this hype. It's not even like any model supports that, you would have to go digging through the ensembles to find a viral snowmap. IMHO all models should be a paid service. Sick of people with no brains misinterpreting them and hyping things. Your average joe will not understand the difference between real mets and morons with Facebook pages and so they are less like to believe "them" (real meteorologists) when "they" (Facebook weenies) get it wrong. Downplaying a threat and declaring days away that nobody is getting more than a few inches, when the actual mets were still trying to figure it out, is just as stupid. So is saying that next winter we'll be back to tracking cartoppers, when none of us have much a clue what it's going to be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 There has to be some way to stop this. It is getting out of control. People like weather boy and especially Kevin Martin are big examples of this. Welcome to the age of social media. Best way you can fight it is educate others on weather models and what they mean. Give a little Meteorology 101 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I heard somewhere that Tenman will turn to dust once temps hit 80, only to reconstitute at the beginning of next meteorological winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Models a paid service? Bad idea. Weather is a public interest. Having models readily available for free should be a priority. Not to mention we pay for them already through tax money--at least the US ones. Bigger issues overall are from the hypester mets, and now the viral media sensations entering the weather discussions largely with journalists who barely understand what they are writing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Not to mention we pay for them already through tax money--at least the US ones. Bigger issues overall are from the hypester mets, and now the viral media sensations entering the weather discussions largely with journalists who barely understand what they are writing about. Right, but if people insist on having low tax rates then we should have low expectations on model quality. A lot of people complain about the "performance" of US weather models, but they don't want to ante up. We could have better models, better roads, better schools, better everything if we had a realistic tax scheme in Merica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I appreciate the folks who are sticking with the superbomb threat, but the writing is in the wall. We haven't seen any appreciable shift in the overall look in the last few days. I realize that there are a lot of variables at play, but something tells me that the models have a good lock on this thing bombing too far east for us, and giving Nova Scotia a walloping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 On tap today: hubby is fixing a broken toilet, taking the little one to the store with me, then hopefully the sun makes an appearance and we can get outside this afternoon. Enjoy the weekend all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I want to be all in on this storm so bad...but I can't. Yeah, I'm not feeling this one, either. It'll be impressive to read the obs thread in NE though! Ready for the game tonight? I'm really looking fwd to a classic big east matchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Prefect day to wash the cars to get the final road salt off them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nice day to do stuff both inside and out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nice day to do stuff both inside and out Watched soccer, hit the gym, and planted my spinach and lettuce. A little late, but better than never. Watching more soccer and drinking Stella now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Funny how this has been a wonderful winter and I will feel awful if this bomb misses us. I'm not sure what to think about the game tonight. I hope we have more of an inside game than we did against St. Joes. My bracket is in trouble though. My pool has the stupid bonus points for picking upsets. I got smoked in the 12 v. 5 matchups. Yeah I didn't pick any of those upsets except Dayton but I'm only 3 points out of first (but tied for 21st place) in my bracket...the problem is so many people tied or ahead of me have the same final four (Arizona, Lousiville, Florida, and Mich St) which means these early rounds for 1-2 points each correct pick will likely matter in the end if that final four happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Depressing day. Great game between cuse/Dayton now. I picked w michigan to upset cuse so I'm pulling for Dayton so it messes up the brackets with cuse in the FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I thought the UConn-Butler game was the worst basketball I have ever seen, but this Louisville game is making a good run at the title. AND WHY HAVE I WASTED HOURS ON A ******* STORM THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO SMOKE US?!?!? Most embarrassing national title ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Draft day for Fantasy. Looking forward to the season!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Lol Dayton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I was there in 2004 when uconn won. Nothing like a college championship to remind you we are animals. the best was when the women won after and the party was some car honking lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Eh, basketball. I don't get the fascination. Same thing with soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 What a comeback by Harvard. They were down by 16 but just took their first lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hosj III Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 So when do we get purpled? When sampling comes in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 woohoo uconn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I feel kinda bad for that Lo Lo thread in the main forum. On one hand I just want to say, "well duh", or "if it was that simple we would of figured it out already". At the same time though, I want to foster his/her growth in the science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I feel kinda bad for that Lo Lo thread in the main forum. On one hand I just want to say, "well duh", or "if it was that simple we would of figured it out already". At the same time though, I want to foster his/her growth in the science. Tenman may be able to help, as he is a Master Barometer Technician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Tenman may be able to help, as he is a Master Barometer Technician. Does that come with an official cool looking outfit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Trying to get a 15-month old to sit long enough to watch a movie is pretty hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Earth to Kansas....time to wake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 On to the Sweet 16 for the Hoos!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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