Thank you for a great summary of the 2024 Hurricane season. Your explanations have been very helpful all through the season. I look forward reading your helpful explanations in next year's hurricane season. See you June 1, 2025!
Well that is a lot of hyperbole for a hurricane season best described as " well below expectations". I get that public commentators tend to err on the side of "better to warn and be wrong" than vice versa, but for those of us with skin in the game who depserately want and need an accurate forecast, it is doing us a disservice.
As someone who lives in southwest Florida I agree. Give me the worst case scenarios so I can be prepared if it comes to pass. If it don't then fine, I got lucky, but it would have been a disaster if I didn't know what the worst was for Helene and Milton. I don't like nasty events happening like those two but I would hate it even more if I didn't expect the worst case of the events and got a really nasty surprise.
Yes, I would rather the forecast call for a bad storm event and it fails to materialize; at least you prepared in case of an event; rather than they call for sunshine or only minimal effects and you get a surprise wallop that catches you off guard. I think we discussed this before, but why do folks complain when a forecast storm DOESN'T appear, and when an unexpected storm DOES appear, why no criticism for a wrong forecast in THAT direction?
Too many seem to like to complain that meteorologists are sensationalists rather than accept that they are giving you the worst case scenario for a damned good reason, so you will be ready (if you have the brains to listen instead of getting smart assed) if the worst does hit. It seems as if they want to seem superior when they can knock someone else like that.
I would not say it was "well below expectations" Though is the season ended in August then yes. But if your read the article that was not the case. The peak was later than normal.
Thank you for a great summary of the 2024 Hurricane season. Your explanations have been very helpful all through the season. I look forward reading your helpful explanations in next year's hurricane season. See you June 1, 2025!
Well that is a lot of hyperbole for a hurricane season best described as " well below expectations". I get that public commentators tend to err on the side of "better to warn and be wrong" than vice versa, but for those of us with skin in the game who depserately want and need an accurate forecast, it is doing us a disservice.
I am certainly on the "better to be safe than sorry" camp.
As someone who lives in southwest Florida I agree. Give me the worst case scenarios so I can be prepared if it comes to pass. If it don't then fine, I got lucky, but it would have been a disaster if I didn't know what the worst was for Helene and Milton. I don't like nasty events happening like those two but I would hate it even more if I didn't expect the worst case of the events and got a really nasty surprise.
Yes, I would rather the forecast call for a bad storm event and it fails to materialize; at least you prepared in case of an event; rather than they call for sunshine or only minimal effects and you get a surprise wallop that catches you off guard. I think we discussed this before, but why do folks complain when a forecast storm DOESN'T appear, and when an unexpected storm DOES appear, why no criticism for a wrong forecast in THAT direction?
Too many seem to like to complain that meteorologists are sensationalists rather than accept that they are giving you the worst case scenario for a damned good reason, so you will be ready (if you have the brains to listen instead of getting smart assed) if the worst does hit. It seems as if they want to seem superior when they can knock someone else like that.
I would not say it was "well below expectations" Though is the season ended in August then yes. But if your read the article that was not the case. The peak was later than normal.
There was no disservice.