weatherpruf Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Parts of Eastern Jersey look to be in the 8 - 12 range also. EWR is at 6 and snowing. Parts of Eastern Jersey look to be in the 8 - 12 range also. EWR is at 6 and snowing. But as noted, it has taken 24 hours to accumulate that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Some tv mets will probably be getting fired too I doubt it. As a public employee, I regularly hear how incompetent I am, what a bloodsucker I am, and that the private sector does it better and cheaper. None of this is true. It just plays into the hands of private sector moghuls who want to get on the govt contract gravy train, where they can earn profits by paying workers a lot less. Sure NWS is guilty, but so are a lot of TV mets. Ironically, TWC with its emphasis on disaster programming wasn't too far off. Maybe meteorology ought to be a licensed profession. Wouldn't solve everything, both Dr Oz and Dr Phil are licensed ( well Phil might have let his lapse ) and they are both full of it, so who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpruf Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yeah I can't wait to see the totals from New England. Someone's gonna end up with 4 feet, the radar has been cranking over some of those guys for hours and hours. But people in New England brag about their snow hardiness. I work with folks from New Hampshire and they laugh at a school day for 8 in of snow. My BIL in ME said they used to hope for ice storms because school almost never closed for snow. Judge Souter thought he could drive to the Supreme Court in the 96 blizzard because he grew up in New Hampshire. The National Guard had to dig him out of a snowbank. Of course it was Salia's idea IIRC to even hold court when the rest of the mid Atlantic was closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman21 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 TWC had 6-10 or 8-12 for NYC. Not bad for a bunch of has beens and wannabes. Of course, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Imagine if that little band didn't set up shop over the city yesterday and drop 3-5? Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 People will remember this one..this brings trouble because when a real blizzard comes, people won't take the media and government serious anymore. That's the real take away with this in regard to emergency response and the general public. The reputation of the NWS took a big hit. 8.5 million people live in NYC; it is extremely costly to suspend services and the mayor is going to take a lot of heat for making these decisions. You can bet his advisers will have a glare of reluctance to act the next time a Blizzard Watch/Warning is issued. This is perhaps the winter version of Irene. Then when the real mckoy comes around, as it did with Sandy, you will have the mayor (whomever it may be at the time) saying all city services will be operating and everything is expected to run as normal, (as Mayor Bloomberg had a day or two before Sandy)... when we all know what happened. Point of fact, meteorology is an inexact science. Most people just don't realize how inexact it could be... even when wording from the NWS within the warning itself stated that a shift in track could greatly reduce/increase totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstorm Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 TWC had 6-10 or 8-12 for NYC. Not bad for a bunch of has beens and wannabes. Of course, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Imagine if that little band didn't set up shop over the city yesterday and drop 3-5? Ouch. TWC has some incredible talent. They may not put them on the air, but they have some of the best mets in the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB GFI Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 TWC had 6-10 or 8-12 for NYC. Not bad for a bunch of has beens and wannabes. Of course, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Imagine if that little band didn't set up shop over the city yesterday and drop 3-5? Ouch. ABSOLUTLEY INCORRECT The TWC had 18 to 24 yesterday for KNYC and CHANGED that forecast in the early evening . They had that forecast was out for 36 hours . You want to high five them for taking totals down when the system was 75 miles east of the Delmarva , no way . Talent or not they busted West on Nassau county like everyone else . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 But people in New England brag about their snow hardiness. I work with folks from New Hampshire and they laugh at a school day for 8 in of snow. My BIL in ME said they used to hope for ice storms because school almost never closed for snow. Judge Souter thought he could drive to the Supreme Court in the 96 blizzard because he grew up in New Hampshire. The National Guard had to dig him out of a snowbank. Of course it was Salia's idea IIRC to even hold court when the rest of the mid Atlantic was closed. But how could that be since William H Rehnquist was the Chief Justice (in 1996). Scalia was an Associate Justice and it would not be up to him...Rehnquist...raised in Wisconsin, was always reluctant to let the elements stand in the way of the normal conduct of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman21 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 ABSOLUTLEY INCORRECT The TWC had 18 to 24 yesterday for KNYC and CHANGED that forecast in the early evening . They had that forecast was out for 36 hours . You want to high five them for taking totals down when the system was 75 miles east of the Delmarva , no way . Talent or not they busted West on Nassau county like everyone else . Trust me, I'm no fan of the network, but while OKX was still doing the 24-36 circle jerk, TWC had 8-12 or 6-10 (I forget which), so clearly they did something right and they were able to pull the trigger way faster than the NWS. So yeah maybe TWC was late to the party, but the NWS never even arrived. I just remember a lot of people complaining about their forecast last night because half of the forecast had already fallen during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Millions of people in New Jersey are going to want answers. The fallout from this storm is going to be much more prolific than anything it ever produced snow-wise. And this has to be worse than 2001, at least in NJ. People went to sleep expecting 18-24" and woke up to 1-2" here. It's a bad joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 86 million people in New Jersey are going to want answers. The fallout from this storm is going to be much more prolific than anything it ever produced snow wise. Think you might have overestimated the NJ population a bit there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Think you might have overestimated the NJ population a bit there....I'm pretty fried if you couldn't tell.Meant to type 8.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB GFI Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Trust me, I'm no fan of the network, but while OKX was still doing the 24-36 circle jerk, TWC had 8-12 or 6-10 (I forget which), so clearly they did something right and they were able to pull the trigger way faster than the NWS. So yeah maybe TWC was late to the party, but the NWS never even arrived. I just remember a lot of people complaining about their forecast last night because half of the forecast had already fallen during the day. They had someone ( I don`t know who , because I don`t watch them ) on CNBC and they had 18 - 24 from the city across Long Island and they threw the feed to the TWC and that`s what I saw they had out . That`s what I saw . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 PS ALL YOU LONG ISLANDERS I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU GUYS b**ch AND MOAN THAT YOU GUYS GET SHAFTED. THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will - Rutgers Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I'm pretty hungover if you couldn't tell. Meant to type 8.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Biggest bust since Todd Marinovich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will - Rutgers Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 PS ALL YOU LONG ISLANDERS I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU GUYS b**ch AND MOAN THAT YOU GUYS GET SHAFTED. THANK YOU! Just wait until severe season. Waaaah my house didn't get hit by a tornado today what a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 PS ALL YOU LONG ISLANDERS I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU GUYS b**ch AND MOAN THAT YOU GUYS GET SHAFTED. THANK YOU! Sooooooo soooo happy to be home and watch the snow rip. I mean really how often do you guys hear me say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 PS ALL YOU LONG ISLANDERS I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU GUYS b**ch AND MOAN THAT YOU GUYS GET SHAFTED. THANK YOU! When its 75 and sunny for us while they sit in a 40mph SE wind in the low 50s this spring, we can rub it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 PS ALL YOU LONG ISLANDERS I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU GUYS b**ch AND MOAN THAT YOU GUYS GET SHAFTED. THANK YOU! It all eventually balances out over time. We are certainly much happier than we were for the image below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I got screwed on that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 PS ALL YOU LONG ISLANDERS I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU GUYS b**ch AND MOAN THAT YOU GUYS GET SHAFTED. THANK YOU! I think most of that is far more myth than reality...given the extraordinary number of times this region has led the way in snowfall totals with storms over the last 15 years or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4alb Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Absolutely no complaints here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Biggest bust since Todd Marinovich? Losing the bet to ian doesnt mean we get you here for a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I think most of that is far more myth than reality...given the extraordinary number of times this region has led the way in snowfall totals with storms over the last 15 years or so... Right back to March 2001...and those 17 inch totals out in Suffolk County, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 there's a reason why Upton averages more snow than NYC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Losing the bet to ian doesnt mean we get you here for a month Just trying to be funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just trying to be funny. I know, i wasnt offended dont worry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 At least I saw more snow here than march 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mophstymeo Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I think I'm moving to Suffolk . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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