Mike Smith
EF5
11th Hour With Brian Williams had a story last night pertaining to the NYC flash flood emergency and the overuse of WEA. It also had some much-deserved praise for the NWS.
I have a commentary at my blog: For Meteorologists: The Misuse of Wireless Emergency Alerts
The story itself is here, Watch The 11th Hour with Brian Williams Episode: The 11th Hour - 9/13/21 - NBC.com
While I have taken a lot of criticism for my strong disagreement with adding hail to WEA alerting (WEA is supposed to be only for "life threatening" storms) the MSNBC story backs up the perspective that non-meteorologists view alerting differently from the way we do. The general public only want messages important to them. A screaming phone at 3am for hail across town will prompt people to turn the warnings off. And, that might cause people to miss a tornado warning that could save their lives.
I have a commentary at my blog: For Meteorologists: The Misuse of Wireless Emergency Alerts
The story itself is here, Watch The 11th Hour with Brian Williams Episode: The 11th Hour - 9/13/21 - NBC.com
While I have taken a lot of criticism for my strong disagreement with adding hail to WEA alerting (WEA is supposed to be only for "life threatening" storms) the MSNBC story backs up the perspective that non-meteorologists view alerting differently from the way we do. The general public only want messages important to them. A screaming phone at 3am for hail across town will prompt people to turn the warnings off. And, that might cause people to miss a tornado warning that could save their lives.