Don’t know if this has ever been a topic here but just thought I would share my thoughts on what I have observed over the past 5-10 years within the weather community like ourselves and social media. Agree or disagree social media has ruined the weather community and most importantly TRUST from the “Joe blows and John smiths” of the world. Tomorrow’s storm in regards to the social media impact greatly diminishes the public’s trust. That’s mainly in part due to the fact that most know nothing about meteorology except what they see on “Twitter and or facebook. I also believe that free access to models from the general public should be regulated. Social media has had some benefits to the ge real public as far as advanced warnings etc, but for the most part I’ll I ever hear is “they were just calling for 10+inches the other day and now nothing” well that same person probably won’t take the next tornado warning seriously.