USCG RS Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sounds like he is just using the opportunity to justify spending federal money: Establish a State-of-the-Art Weather Detection System - $18,650,000 Governor Cuomo proposes the creation of the most advanced weather detection system in the nation, with 125 interconnected weather stations to provide real-time warnings of local extreme weather and flood conditions, and identify threats to roads, bridges and the electric system Bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCG RS Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I agree, he seems to be confused about the difference between improving short-term warning lead times (which this system should help with) with extended-range forecasting and synoptic scale pattern recognition (which this system would have a miniscule effect on).He's a politician that is once again attempting to show he knows more about scientific areas of study than the experts. It's a shame, and what's more disconcerting is that the public will tend to believe the politicians over the scientific experts. He could very well mean that more data will help to analyze and predict, yet of course he is failing to realize that you would need a thus type of data at least continent wide to truly improve forecasting (nothing we don't know... But obviously he knows more than us). It's just a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmartin49 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 He's a politician that is once again attempting to show he knows more about scientific areas of study than the experts. It's a shame, and what's more disconcerting is that the public will tend to believe the politicians over the scientific experts. He could very well mean that more data will help to analyze and predict, yet of course he is failing to realize that you would need a thus type of data at least continent wide to truly improve forecasting (nothing we don't know... But obviously he knows more than us). It's just a shame. Alright genius; explain how more data, more immediate, more immediately available, and more quickly and easily accessible, with easier access to it 'won't help', unless it is ignored by spiteful, specialist a-holes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCG RS Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Alright genius; explain how more data, more immediate, more immediately available, and more quickly and easily accessible, with easier access to it 'won't help', unless it is ignored by spiteful, specialist a-holes?What I'm saying is ; yes it will help with a few minutes extra warning on situations such as severe weather and tornadic potential, but it will not help us predict several days in advance. If you want to help predict several days in advance with this type of data, you would need a network like this continent wide and it would likewise be beneficial to have this type of network in the Pacific as well. In order to make predictions better you would need to be able to analyze the systems traversing the country. This data will be limited to NY state only and thus it won't be able to be used in the systems that will affect us several days in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I think everyone missing the real issue here: the fact that the NWS let it happen. In his mind, it should have been prevented. (the snow). Because if he actually said that, he would look foolish. But if you watch how a politician speaks about events like this, tthey are looking for someone to blame. IT has to be the NWS's fault for forecasting allowing that much snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 "You never let a good crisis go to waste! By that I mean it gives you the opportunity to do things you couldn't have done before!" Rahm Emanuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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