Tim Vasquez created post #87 in the "Where is Stormtrack really headed and what does it need?" thread. One of his thoughts for going forward was renaming the Beginner Forum to the Educational Forum and adding a FAQ List to that section.
I would make an appeal to the general membership to submit what you think is the best of the best: book, document, or video that could be used by a newer member to help them with their storm related education. I feel we need to create a “required†reading list and make it understood that if a new member studied these six, seven or eight documents, he would not be an expert, but would be well on his way to understanding the process that creates storms and could begin to make posts with some confidence of his knowledge. Just as importantly, he would be able to confidently use his or her new knowledge to forecast a proper target area while staying safe. We all know that none of this would be guaranteed, but it would provide a good basic background.
Many of us have made the statement advising someone to hit the books for knowledge, but for someone just starting out and wanting to become a good ST member, where do they really begin? I’m not looking for something that gives away your personal hard-earned secrets, but rather what you feel is truly worthwhile for helping the novice. Novice being the key word in the last sentence. This isn’t intended to be an open their head and dump in the information process. Work would be required on their part to achieve the desired result.
Tim’s Storm Chasing Handbook and Weather Forecasting Handbook are good, but I am certain there are others that would supplement and enhance those two from a beginner’s viewpoint. If we can create such a list, we could probably get it added to the FAQ section which would help the new person and at the same time, we would be helping ourselves.
Thanks for your offerings,
TANK
I would make an appeal to the general membership to submit what you think is the best of the best: book, document, or video that could be used by a newer member to help them with their storm related education. I feel we need to create a “required†reading list and make it understood that if a new member studied these six, seven or eight documents, he would not be an expert, but would be well on his way to understanding the process that creates storms and could begin to make posts with some confidence of his knowledge. Just as importantly, he would be able to confidently use his or her new knowledge to forecast a proper target area while staying safe. We all know that none of this would be guaranteed, but it would provide a good basic background.
Many of us have made the statement advising someone to hit the books for knowledge, but for someone just starting out and wanting to become a good ST member, where do they really begin? I’m not looking for something that gives away your personal hard-earned secrets, but rather what you feel is truly worthwhile for helping the novice. Novice being the key word in the last sentence. This isn’t intended to be an open their head and dump in the information process. Work would be required on their part to achieve the desired result.
Tim’s Storm Chasing Handbook and Weather Forecasting Handbook are good, but I am certain there are others that would supplement and enhance those two from a beginner’s viewpoint. If we can create such a list, we could probably get it added to the FAQ section which would help the new person and at the same time, we would be helping ourselves.
Thanks for your offerings,
TANK
