Tornado area not on radar

[rdale]

"when it comes down to it, your life is your responsibilty, dont wait for a warning to be issued because it might just be too late"

So... take cover every time a dark cloud comes over your house? Don't think that's what we need to be suggesting to the general public.

 

[Eric Friedebach]

This is the same thinking that keeps putting NOAA radio sites in MN and UT while places like Childress, TX continue to be in a void.

Here is an example of what one individual can do, from the August 2005 SERA Journal:

Danny Hampton, K4ITL, received NOAA's Mark Trail Award, presented for his support of NOAA Weather/All Hazards Radio.

Danny is known in the amateur radio community for his leadership in the Piedmont-Coastal Repeater Network (PCRN) and his many outstanding wide-coverage repeaters around the Carolinas. He used his construction skills and tower contracts to build and find sites for NOAA Weather Radio transmitters in Raleigh and Lumberton, NC, providing coverage to areas where existing signals were weak or non-existent.

The Mark Trail Award is most commonly awarded to people who spearhead projects to get receivers into schools, nursing homes, and other public places. Danny's contribution of several transmitters is fairly unique. Many PCRN repeaters are also SKYWARN hubs.

The National Weather Service has more than 900 transmitters on the air in the United States, but there are still holes in coverage, especially considering the limited antennas in use for most of the receivers. Funding for new transmitters is limited and slow. The Raleigh weather service has been trying to improve it's coverage for years, and thanks to Danny, are now able to get their broadcasts to more residents throughout their region.

A picture of Danny Hampton is on the front page of this quarter's issue of the SouthEastern Repeater Association's SERA Journal. The cover photo (which can be viewed at http://www.sera.org/journal.html) shows Danny pointing to one of his transmitter locations. If you look at the image you may note that Danny's eyes are closed.

That's because Danny has been blind since birth.

 

[Kevin Bowman]

Originally posted by rdale
\"when it comes down to it, your life is your responsibilty, dont wait for a warning to be issued because it might just be too late\"

So... take cover every time a dark cloud comes over your house? Don't think that's what we need to be suggesting to the general public.

if they choose to then thats fine but we all know there is a huge difference between regular dark clouds and a wall cloud that can produce a tornado

 

[nickgrillo]

Originally posted by Kevin Bowman+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kevin Bowman)</div>

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\"when it comes down to it, your life is your responsibilty, dont wait for a warning to be issued because it might just be too late\"

So... take cover every time a dark cloud comes over your house? Don't think that's what we need to be suggesting to the general public.

if they choose to then thats fine but we all know there is a huge difference between regular dark clouds and a wall cloud that can produce a tornado[/b]

Yeah, and >99% of the public cannot distinguish "dark clouds" from a "wall cloud"...

 

[Andrew Khan]

Originally posted by nickgrillo+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nickgrillo)</div>

Originally posted by Kevin Bowman@
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\"when it comes down to it, your life is your responsibilty, dont wait for a warning to be issued because it might just be too late\"

So... take cover every time a dark cloud comes over your house? Don't think that's what we need to be suggesting to the general public.

if they choose to then thats fine but we all know there is a huge difference between regular dark clouds and a wall cloud that can produce a tornado

Yeah, and >99% of the public cannot distinguish "dark clouds" from a "wall cloud"...[/b]

That's true Nick. The General public seem to not Care at all to much about weatherm cloud forms, or any of that type stuff, they have better things to do. They might see a funnel and not even pick up on it..

 

[nickgrillo]

Yeah, and >99% of the public cannot distinguish "dark clouds" from a "wall cloud"...

That's true Nick. The General public seem to not Care at all to much about weatherm cloud forms, or any of that type stuff, they have better things to do. They might see a funnel and not even pick up on it..

To be honest, the general public doesn't need to know about severe weather besides the basic understanding of what it can do - and how to heed warnings to get to appropriate shelter. However, it is somewhat obvious that some of the public ignores warnings or just don't care...

While chasing on 6/9/05 this year near Hill City, KS... I (along with Kurt Hulst, Dan Robinson and Mike Hollingshead) ran into an idiotic construction crew blocking traffic, while in the path of the gigantic supercell (and the now rain-wrapped tornado). There were warnings on this storm for probably an hour or more prior to this occurance... IMO Public officials like that should know about stuff like that. While blocking dozens of people in the path of a storm with a history of strong tornadoes, you'd know they didn't have a clue. Of course, my assumptions were proved right, because the first thing we said to the construction worker was that we were all in the path of tornadoes, and they she had no idea. It's surprising that they pay no attention to the weather at all, while living in the middle of Tornado Alley during the spring.

I documented this entire sequence very well on video. It's hard to watch such stupidity...

 

[Andrew Khan]

Hah, those type people even with people telling you don't believe you. You'd think if you live in Alley, you'd at least pay attention. Did they get hurt/killed, the construction workers? If they stayed their, then they probably mihgt have. Did they have access to warnings or advisories however? LOL, I would love to see that video..