Mike Smith
EF4
More personal attacks with no evidence from Rob.
Yes, there were "massive' mistakes in JLN -- which is the basis for the book. What Rob doesn't like is that someone from outside of his "club" (government employees) first documented those massive mistakes in ways that are irrefutable. If they were refutable, I'm certain Rob would have done by now given the intervening 11 years since When the Sirens Were Silent was published. Instead, he keeps making evidence-free accusations.
The fact I wasn't working for the NWS is irrelevant. As documented in Sirens my team not only accurately warned of the JLN tornado, we did it with so much lead time that one of our railroad clients was able to move both people and equipment out of the path of the tornado in plenty of time!
Our team was so good that in 2018, we were given the American Meteorological Society's Award for Outstanding Specific Prediction. The first time it has ever been given to non-government forecasters. Why? We developed a unique way to forecast flash floods and prevented a huge train derailment in a remote, dessert area of Mexico where no radar data existed. Reviewing the other award winners, one would certainly put us on par with a NWS office! It is the American Meteorological Society that judged we had prevented "loss of life and property."
As usual, Rob provides no specifics, no names, no evidence.
Yes, there were "massive' mistakes in JLN -- which is the basis for the book. What Rob doesn't like is that someone from outside of his "club" (government employees) first documented those massive mistakes in ways that are irrefutable. If they were refutable, I'm certain Rob would have done by now given the intervening 11 years since When the Sirens Were Silent was published. Instead, he keeps making evidence-free accusations.
The fact I wasn't working for the NWS is irrelevant. As documented in Sirens my team not only accurately warned of the JLN tornado, we did it with so much lead time that one of our railroad clients was able to move both people and equipment out of the path of the tornado in plenty of time!
Our team was so good that in 2018, we were given the American Meteorological Society's Award for Outstanding Specific Prediction. The first time it has ever been given to non-government forecasters. Why? We developed a unique way to forecast flash floods and prevented a huge train derailment in a remote, dessert area of Mexico where no radar data existed. Reviewing the other award winners, one would certainly put us on par with a NWS office! It is the American Meteorological Society that judged we had prevented "loss of life and property."
