I no longer have my NWS Chat account, having passed it along when I handed over the running of the Ham Skywarn here to someone who could devote more time to it, and the folks I knew at the local NWS office have moved on or retired, so I no longer am privy to the unseen workings going on there. But it wasn't than long ago and I've seen nothing to indicate much change has happened since then. Thus I have to rely on secondhand information regards some things and I temper that against knowing something of the sources. I have recently seen what I believe to be credible evidence of some very worrying things happening in the survey done after the mid-month outbreak Dec 2021, as well as in other instances. One instance involved a large building which received a preliminary report posted by the NWS that some felt was under-rated, which wasn't modified but was completely removed from the final report. And other areas where much severe damage had been shown on video and had been reported to the NWS were apparently not even surveyed although they were clearly in the main and continued damage path. There are numerous vids showing several DI's clearly well in excess of the ratings they got at EF-2 and EF-3 level. Major errors seem to be happening which reach beyond what could be considered reasonable error or omission. If you can convince me you can use the specifics to briing about the needed change I'll gather what I've seen and send it to you. Otherwise my time would be wasted in the doing,
I'm not a tin-hatter, and I know how exceedingly rare EF-5 level is so I'm not arguing that. It's more than my scouring/trenching example that convinces me the system is broken (and you can see a few instances of that in the 2011 outbreak in AL to be specific) so if it's not the people causing this then it has to be how the system is being done. I think I see where the problems are arising from and I think I see ways of rectifying that which could be easily implemented. All I want is better accuracy, a goal all of us should share, but if my words fall on deaf ears then no good can come of anything. I'm no longer in a position where I can even access the ears who need to hear my thoughts. It's both sad and frustrating to me when better is possible but isn't done- on that I think we'd agree.
I'm not a tin-hatter, and I know how exceedingly rare EF-5 level is so I'm not arguing that. It's more than my scouring/trenching example that convinces me the system is broken (and you can see a few instances of that in the 2011 outbreak in AL to be specific) so if it's not the people causing this then it has to be how the system is being done. I think I see where the problems are arising from and I think I see ways of rectifying that which could be easily implemented. All I want is better accuracy, a goal all of us should share, but if my words fall on deaf ears then no good can come of anything. I'm no longer in a position where I can even access the ears who need to hear my thoughts. It's both sad and frustrating to me when better is possible but isn't done- on that I think we'd agree.
