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OneBlueDotS-Carolina

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11. TV forecasters....

Reply to fightforfreedom (Original post)

Thu Sep 29, 2022, 09:20 AM

Sep 2022

There are some very good climate scientists. Most were saying we have no idea where Ian is going with any kind of certainty. The TV forecasters take all the spaghetti models & pick something in the middle. Then they spend a day or so trying to sound like some kind of expert. Chad Myers of CNN is a good example of this phenomenon. Find out where the storm chasers are heading, if it's your town, get out of Dodge.

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I think when the hurricane turned right it fooled a lot of people. [View all] fightforfreedom Sep 2022 OP

Deja vu for Hurricane Charlie in 2004 MaryMagdaline Sep 2022 #1

Right turn and went from a Cat 2 to a Cat 4 overnight. Lochloosa Sep 2022 #4

It really fooled Trump, he predicted it would hit California. Emile Sep 2022 #2

Between his amazing mental imagination powers and his magic sharpie EYESORE 9001 Sep 2022 #10

My thoughts too. NCDem47 Sep 2022 #3

They were told its going to Tampa. LisaL Sep 2022 #7

But there was always a cone NCDem47 Sep 2022 #9

I'm up in NC watching closely and the forecasts I saw were always uncertain. yardwork Sep 2022 #16

What I don't understand is the people that live on the coastline who stayed. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #8

It fooled the forecasters, which in turn caught a lot of people out. sir pball Sep 2022 #5

I don't think they were fooled. The ones I saw said they didn't know. yardwork Sep 2022 #17

Hurricane's track doesn't shift. LisaL Sep 2022 #6

TV forecasters.... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2022 #11

The forecast cone doesn't help kcr Sep 2022 #12

That's what I thought Leith Sep 2022 #14

I've noticed that too! yardwork Sep 2022 #18

There can be a lot of reasons why people don't evacuate. Chainfire Sep 2022 #13

+1 llmart Sep 2022 #15

Yiu must have been in Charlotte? yardwork Sep 2022 #19

Yes, I was. llmart Sep 2022 #21

Denis Phillips and others said for days it would be south obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #20