psuhoffman

The mortality rate is no doubt lower. But that’s true of most viruses because we never have a true number of all cases. Even the flu, how many people go undiagnosed each year. The real mortality rate is likely lower for that also. The real issue isn’t necessarily the mortality rate though. It’s preventing a sudden spike is cases that would collapse our healthcare system. Then people can die of other things due to lack of medical care. Because we have no vaccine and no natural immunity in the population to this it’s dangerous for that reason. It can spread rapidly and get lots of people sick at once over burdening our system.

I applilogize for how my statement came off. Please give me a chance to fully explain. Stupid isn’t confined to any political ideology. And you by no means fall into that category. I know your political leanings and I respect that and have no issue with it. I have good friends who are conservative. My criticism wasn’t aimed at conservatives, it was aimed at conservative media that for some reason (maybe they saw this as a threat to Trumps re-election) spent months telling people this was a hoax or a liberal conspiracy to hurt Trump. I think that is a problem now in trying to convince everyone to make personal sacrifices for the larger good. If people think this is a hoax they aren’t going to alter their behaviors. That message by some right wing media was irresponsible imo. That’s not the fault of the people who got that message. And liberals would fall prey to the same type of ploy. I’m not ignorant that there are similar issues on the left. I’ve seen liberal memes based on lies spread also. I get irked by CNN and MSNBC when they are trying too hard to attack the right instead of just conducting a fair interview and reporting news. I was mad the other day when CNN had Pence on and wasted the whole time trying to get shots in about Trumps stumbles at the PC rather than ask substantive questions about the current situation. Had the liberal media spent the last 2 months telling everyone this was a Trump hoax I’m sure many liberals would have the same attitude based on misinformation right now. And the left leaning media HAS been reporting this in a sensationalist style trying to hype for ratings imo. That’s no better and spreads panic and now you can’t buy toilet paper! The real problem imo is our media just plain sucks. Both sides. The fact that there are sides to “news” is the problem! The news has become propaganda on both sides and because of that we’ve lost trust in information. It’s a serious problem and this current situation highlights that. Im sorry my initial post came off the way it did. The way I said it was wrong. The larger issue here isn’t one political side but that our media became more entertainment and partisan propaganda than news and its hurting us...now especially.

@WxWatcher007 btw how is your mother doing? Take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Millions of people think the world is flat. And on top of just plain “stupid” we currently have a political climate where a segment of society has created their own narrative that has nothing to do with reality in any way. How much damage was done by that segment being fed conspiracy theory nonsense and a dismissive attitude for months? I have family in conservative coal country PA and I just read a whole thread one of them posted saying how stupid this is and they aren’t falling for this scam or changing plans at all. I have to imagine some of that was fueled by the weeks of BS they got from conservative media.

A -NAO isn’t always a deep eastern trough but anything that tries to amplify will likely be forced south somewhat in winter in that look. Just in time to be too late.

Yea but they include like a year before and 2 after in that so it could be the year after next. But the fact the NAO is due to flip base states is one thing to hold out hope on. But there are more negatives than positives in the always murky long range crystal ball. But honestly that’s normal. Our base state is suck.

Yup there it is just in time to be just too late.

Maybe but the flat west to east flow is a problem. By the time the wave gets gets there is very little reflection left to turn the wind trajectory so we are left with WAA being offset by downsloping.

Not really. It’s still there as a possibility. But even a best case scenario it’s weak sauce. Whatever ejects out west is crashing into a huge ridge and de amplifying. Could a slightly stronger wave lead to a mini thump...maybe but the whole setup was and is rather limited for anything more than conversation flakes. I’m completely swamped at work so haven’t been able to analyze or post much. This is by far the busiest time of year for me. The month before spring break is when everyone decides yearly stuff needs to get done and every deadline hits.

Gfs day 11...that’s the one I’m tracking

I think because even on good runs it’s only 1-2” (if that) for most. I don’t think at this point anyone cares about 1-2”. But if we get a run that shows 6”+ across guidance I bet this thread lights up quick. There is a slight chance the wave juices up some as we get closer but the flow is de-amplified in the east. Cold is only one part of the equation.

Can we start extrapolating the NAM yet?

People can enjoy 2 things you know. I am loving this weather. I also loved playing in the snow Saturday.

What are you talking about. Your posts just suck and everyone hates them. That’s just a fact not trolling. But wow you’re still all bent over that from 11 hours ago. Lol. For a troll you have incredibly thin skin.

I see another ban in your future.

Dumb Dumber

You really think either of them will be significantly better even in a year with tons of snow?

Took the kids to Blackwater Falls State Park Saturday then took Stephen Skiing at Liberty today. Nora went nuts when we made our first stop and she saw the snow... They had a blast playing in the snow and sledding. No idea what he is doing in the background Trail to the falls Falls were nice in the snow Riding the sled lift They had a nice fire for marshmallows Liberty today I’m exhausted

You probably aren’t intelligent enough to grasp this but it’s you who are being incredibly insensitive and disparaging towards the sacrifice of our volunteer servicemen and women. I didn’t make that false equivalency, you did in order to score a cheap point in your trolling. No one else brought that subject up. And no one else would have been belligerent enough to think anything said about weather predictions on this forum was remotely equivalent to any number of true life hardships involving life and death.

Thanks, yes still at Carver. I’m happy with my spot. Great admin and content lead and good team I’m a part of. I was offered an opportunity to be the social studies content lead for all the summer school sites. It will be a lot of work and responsibility but I’m excited. It can also open other doors. I’m very happy where I am now but having options in the future is never a bad thing. I didn’t think anyone really needed to hear that but he has made countless clone posts on that and ignoring them obviously wasnt working. I figured it must be getting old and time to cut that off. But he will no doubt find some other equally ignorant line of trolling.

Thanks foe your concern for my career but I just got a promotion so my superiors think I’m doing something right. People who actually pay attention probably have noticed there are some specific times of the day I don’t post much. But other than the rather small amount of time when I am delivering direct instruction or helping someone...and unless I suck at designing that lesson that should be limited since the best lessons are student centered, or several meetings a week, 90% of what I do is time flexible. They don’t care how/when I design a lesson, print copies, grade work, call parents, fill out IEP reports, write curriculum, complete attendance reports and the various other mostly independent tasks I get paid for. My summer position is less flexible but you don’t see me posting as much then. Not that you actually care but since you’ve wasted the boards time with this trope numerous times already I guess it’s worth cutting it off before you make 30 more useless posts on this topic.

I’m the one who took heat for saying it probably wasn’t going to snow much if at all months ago. Go troll someone else.

That was substantive

At least I’m actually good at my jobs.

The “models suck” crew thinks their “so smart” on the false premise that just because we discuss weather, which included the NWP guidance, that we “think it’s going to snow”. No one thinks that. No one is educating anyone. You’re all just being asses.