mappy

lol sorry, I am not helping

Which was mentioned in the post that set this conversation off. Social media is terrible. Muddies the information and causes distrust elsewhere. yall will be okay.

climate change wasn't the point at all. distrust in the media was the point.

I am sure it happens. I am not in FL so I have no idea what local news was saying when compared to NHC. But I do know there have been instances locally in my area where there was a breakdown of sorts from Gov Agencies to local agencies and the media and people were 'caught off guard' and blamed NWS for failure to communicate the risks.

I get that, and IMO, I thought NHC did fine other than the landfall further north before they adjusted back to south of Tampa. Lee County should have started evacuations over the weekend. NHC could have a perfect forecast and spread their message far and wide on social media, but unless local news reports it verbatim, there will be information lost between one agency to another. its a group effort from NHC communication to emergency management, who communicates to mayors/governors, who communicates to the public. A breakdown in any of those handoffs will trickle down to those on the ground who choose to stay behind instead.

I doubt the general public is pulling up NHC online to see the cone, etc. They are watching local news to get their information. So if local media doesn't harp on the seriousness of it, it doesn't matter what NHC does. The general public won't know any better.

you seemed to have missed the entire point of his post. but go off.

If I am indeed old, then you are one foot in the grave, friend.

hope you're feeling better! at least its been a nice weather week in the Zone!

^^ was just going to post that Looks awful.

please do post stuff here. i am tired of reading that thread.

It really does. I must be getting old cause here I am whining about slang terms.

thats stupid lol

fux? wtf is fux? lol

does it slap hard? slaps is up there with yeet. use normal words.

I will eat every bad chocolate cake over the very best piece of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Thank you! We do, thankfully.

Realistic rainfall amounts? Landscapers did a poor job reconfiguring draining off our house and until it’s fixed we have a basement to keep an eye on

I assume C

He said his parents were in Zone 3, only half of Zone 3 was told to evacuate. My guess is they live in the northern part of Zone 3, thus technically were not told to evacuate.

I can't imagine sticking around when half my town is told to evacuate. Like there's an invisible wall stopping the effects from impacting them bc they were not mandated to evacuate. lol

Captiva should be seeing calmer conditions as eyewall passes and eye comes overhead. Official landfall won’t be long from now

lol weenies

It has not officially made landfall. Center of eye must be over land. Move on please.