Feedback Pertaining to, "The Crisis in the National Weather Service"

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Here is a sampling of the feedback received pertaining to The Crisis in the National Weather Service. 

From a reporter whose specialty is weather reporting.

From a media meteorologist:
From a retired meteorologist:
From a currently active meteorologist:
It's not confined to tornado warnings. Ever see the "carpet bomb" [severe thunderstorm warnings] that extend for 100s of miles along the length of a squall line? I recall one squall line that had solid SVR warnings from ORF to SAV (so not just a single WFO doing this). It was one of those low-topped, cool season events. The thing is gradient winds were already strong ahead of the squall line gusting to 35-45 mph, and you looked at actual obs when the squall line passed (there are a *lot* of [airport weather] sites these days for ground truth), and none were showing any increase in winds, gusty or otherwise.

Is this really good forecast/warning science being applied? And I don't want to hear, "better safe than sorry." That is an outdated ideology overall when it comes to wx now. The forecast science has advanced immensely in the last 30 years alone, but IMHO we are not taking full advantage of this progress. instead relying on outdated tropes and mindsets. And you can say excessive/over-warning promotes apathy and confirmation bias, which ends up costing lives as well (look at the Joplin tornado).

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