CNN Story: Winter Storm Could Have Been Worse

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CNN called me yesterday evening and invited me to write a story about the big storm, our industry and challenges facing our industry. They just published the story and it is here.

 Hope you enjoy reading it.

This morning, we found a problem with the link in the story. Apparently, the link in the CNN piece "floats," i.e., when a new Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) is issued, the link changes sequence so the wrong one is coming up.

Here is what the pertinent AFD stated Monday (red highlighting mine):





It then goes on to say, 










It is clear the forecaster is complaining about lack of time due to "decision support" duties. 






Sorry for the confusion due to the floating link. 
































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