[Speed Gibson,
Monday August 13, 2007 at 9:45pm]
When Did This Change?
"Nobody tells me anything," goes the old refrain.
I'm watching the finale of Hell's Kitchen, and apparently the crawl wasn't enough, probably because the other channels had gone into full overdrive on what appears to be a severe thunderstorm. So all we saw was a blip of the winner walking through the door. But it was a tornado warning, so fine, that's more important.
A tornado watch is (used to be?) conditions likely to spawn tornadoes. A tornado warning is (was?) an actual sighting. This is per the National Weather Service it appears, not the weather weenies.
But Julie Nelson on Kare 11 clarified that all we had was a radar indication this time. When did this change?
It sounds like there's significant property damage in Anoka county, from winds and hail. And I know that these storms can get nasty very quickly. But this still counts as crying wolf in my book.
Seriously, what's the difference between a watch and warning now? Nothing you can act on. You can count on many more storms that would have been watches promoted to warning status.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. As it's always been, you're ultimately on your own.
I'm watching the finale of Hell's Kitchen, and apparently the crawl wasn't enough, probably because the other channels had gone into full overdrive on what appears to be a severe thunderstorm. So all we saw was a blip of the winner walking through the door. But it was a tornado warning, so fine, that's more important.
A tornado watch is (used to be?) conditions likely to spawn tornadoes. A tornado warning is (was?) an actual sighting. This is per the National Weather Service it appears, not the weather weenies.
But Julie Nelson on Kare 11 clarified that all we had was a radar indication this time. When did this change?
It sounds like there's significant property damage in Anoka county, from winds and hail. And I know that these storms can get nasty very quickly. But this still counts as crying wolf in my book.
Seriously, what's the difference between a watch and warning now? Nothing you can act on. You can count on many more storms that would have been watches promoted to warning status.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. As it's always been, you're ultimately on your own.