bclemms
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We have a system in which a person's job performance, promotional path and pay is impacted by these decisions. Then those same people are being asked to grade their test. Next, we have an increase in tornado warnings and tornadoes but only in areas in which tornadoes are typically not visible while the areas like the plains are seeing a significant decrease. Despite all the extra tornadoes in populated areas tornado injuries, fatalities, and financial costs have been decreasing. Many times, it is in places where I am sitting where these "tornadoes" occur and they come back after the fact and call a storm a tornado that wasn't even close to producing. Even when I've presented the video evidence after the fact it gets ignored.Wow, I didn't realize this. Sounds like a recipe for a preventable disaster resulting from a natural disaster. I've been following the FWD office for 20+ years and I don't get this position from them, either from their Watch/Warn products, or their area forecast discussions. If anything, they seem to tend more conservative and patient. It's obvious they monitor the socials because they will include graphics on their home page warning about possible misinformation and/or hype. Their message is usually to set a tone of "use caution" on the social media.
But in regards to tornados, maybe they don't have to "fake it" because tornados are more prevalent in this part of the world, especially the most destructive.
I see it first hand. I'm not saying they are all like that. There are forecast offices that do much better than others. I'm not saying the forecasters have this intention to do harm because they do not. It's just a really poorly designed system that encourages this behavior. There is also bias for tornadoes to be rated higher on days where the risk is deemed higher. It may have always been this way but I've probably seen more tornado damage paths than anyone on the planet at this point and it is painfully obvious to me.
Again, it's not all. I have a lot of friends in NWS offices and they even recognize the inconsistencies. Some are even trying to slowly make changes but the red tape is absurd.
Ok, I'm done discussing it because I could suffer blow back just from discussing these on a public forum.