The Questions Meteorologists Ask: "Why Weren't The Warnings Heeded"?
Yet, in spite of all of the warnings....
Meteorologists measuring snow depths..
Hilary's Forecast Path Shifts West; Updated 9:20am PDT
The forecast path of the center of Hilary has shifted a bit to the west. This increases the threat to the Southland, especially in terms of flooding. Rainfall Note the heavy rains are forecast for Los Angeles County. Serious flash flooding may result. Because the forecast path has shifted to the west, that increases the threat of serious flooding in Los Angeles County north into Yosemite and the southern Sierra. It lessens the threat in Utah and western Arizona. While the threat of widespread flooding in Utah and Arizona lessens, note that some thunderstorms with localized heavy rain show up on the map. In Nevada, the more western path increases the risk of serious flooding around Mt Charleston and into the central part of the state. Here is the updated (9am PDT) flash flood risk map. Wind There are already about 40,000 people without power in California, mostly in the center of the state. The maps above are the peak gusts forecasted with the storm. The highest winds, in general,
I work with students in High School and College. They don't listen to regular TV, Radio and other local news. We have had students wear flip flops and sandels to school and when we have a deluge of rain or snow later in the day they are surprised with it happening. I have asked them and they had no clue it was going to happen because they don't have any local weather that they look at. Unless they get a warning or watch, and even then they ignore them, they are clueless.
ReplyDeleteMike Smith here: Is there any way to reach them? How?
DeleteYou have to have a way to use what they look at or to get them to look at things like local news and weather. They look at sports, but even then it isn't a "local" feed. If you had Tic Tokr's and such pushing it maybe you could. There is no reason for them to look at what they want on local news and weather. Even in their cars they have things like streaming from their phones, spotify and such, and things like Sirius XM that provide no local weather unless you are listening to a local feed. Some of the local feeds might have the news and weather on them and others omit them and have commercials replacing them.
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