Conclue Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I feel once the inevitable downgrade within the next 6-12 hours to a tropical storm the media hype is going to decline to a point of almost dismissing this storm. "Hurricane" is much more "sexy" to the media than tropical storm, sub tropical, extra tropical etc. I seriously hope not, if the latest guidance is any indication, NYC is in for a heck of a ride either track as of right now. I'm seriously concerned about storm surge in NYC. The last thing we need is the media to uber hype the Frankenstorm and then downplay it after because it doesn't have "Hurricane" attached to it. However I think the media hype has been good in trying to explain the significance of this system and it's rareness so I don't think they will write it off quickly. Besides, it's becoming increasingly difficult to relay information to family and friends who look to me for guidance because I have a BS in Atmos Sci from Albany; so they ask my advice and trying to explain this to folks is a bit difficult. How do you explain to a lay person that the physics are there, the model guidance is there, but it's unheard of. It's difficult. Hopefully he goes out to sea because if this verifies it will be absolutely crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I'm totally out of the loop on Sandy, and I'm not sure where to post this, but I just found this tweet from Chad Meyers @ CNN after clicking the #Sandy trending tag. chad myers @chadmyerscnn After 26 years in TV weather and 2 years with NOAA, #Sandy may pose the greatest risk to human life that I have seen. Pls keep up. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 That is perhaps the stupidest and most irresponsible statement I think I've ever seen made by a TV meteorologist. I'm already sick of this storm. Like David just said, it reminds me of Irene-- the amount of hot air preceding it is ridiculous. Reality check: I look at IR imagery, and I see an unraveling Cat 1 brushing the Bahamas at the end of October. Yeah, I know it's going to get baroclinically enhanced, etc. etc.-- but let's be real: we're not exactly starting with a deep or intense cyclone at this point. Well who is stupid now by saying that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The mainstream-media overreaction to this threat is disgraceful. They get more desperate for ratings every year. They'll just say anything. With headlines like these, how on God's earth would they describe a true Hazel or 1938 setup? There would be no words, because they've used up every superlative in the dictionary to describe this piece-of-sh*t, end-of-October Cat 1 that might have some baroclinic enhancement. Ugh. Really disappointed. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheurton Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The mainstream-media overreaction to this threat is disgraceful. They get more desperate for ratings every year. They'll just say anything. With headlines like these, how on God's earth would they describe a true Hazel or 1938 setup? There would be no words, because they've used up every superlative in the dictionary to describe this piece-of-sh*t, end-of-October Cat 1 that might have some baroclinic enhancement. Ugh. Really disappointed. Still disappointed chief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boch23 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 We can agree that the responses should be proportional to the threat-- so taxpayer money isn't wasted overreacting to something that really hasn't materialized yet. This is not Katrina and it's not Andrew-- it's possibly a large Cat 1 or nor'easter hitting the Northeast. I usually don't post outside the philly thread but.... I had friends from Florida and Texas say this.....However the Northeast isn't built for category 1 hurricanes as we clearly saw yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The massive Southern tornado outbreak (Tuscaloosa) was pretty hyped on weather forums and TWC, but not the wider media. Ditto Charley and Ivan and Boxing Day. Joplin, I don't recall much hype the day before. Sandy seems to join Andrew and Katrina where the storm matched the wider media hype. I can't recall that happening all that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Still disappointed chief? It still wasn't the greatest threat to human life ever like he posted. We knew it was going to be bad, but that Tweet was ridiculous. Surely Katrina and a million other hurricanes were much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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