[EAS] FCC Seeks Comment on Multilingual EAS

[Mike McCarthy]

Sure those are what, 7 TV stations out of 30+ TV's and 100+ radio 
stations in the market. Also, the TV's don't have the vested authority 
to issue warnings.  They can say what their (really the NWS's) radar and 
reports are relaying and suggest possible paths. But that is also a 
dangerous practice if the talent gives the wrong information and another 
part of town get's nailed.

1/2 the TV weather boobs here are nothing more than gloried prompter 
readers with correspondence degrees from MSU. Get something serious 
going and they're about as useful as a box of bricks at a vinyl sided 
house project.

As for macro/micro/nano, the data the TV's get through WSI, et al. are 
the same data and models the NWS staff use.  Unless you're like Dr. 
Skilling (Yes, a true and real PhD from Univ. Of Wisc.) and create their 
own model, 99.9% of the remaining forecast products are the same as the 
NWS or based from them.Many take liberties with the spagetti strings and 
storm stracks. That's a very perilous adventure.

So no, I disagree with your assessment about the ability of TV and radio 
to predict with any level of reliability on their own events to occur in 
their area. In all but a handful of locations who can afford to employ 
science degreed meteorologists, they're simply getting the data from the 
NWS.

MM

On 3/15/2014 3:25 PM, Robertm wrote:
> I would think that Chicago, like Ny and LA have the same corporate directed O&Os that have more than enough capability to predict at the nano level. They use far more resources than just NWS and almost always get it right. Those who wait for EAS in such circumstances will have many requiring emergency assistance a great government expense. Evacuation orders are more effective.
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>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
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>> What you are referring to are predicted environmental conditionsat the
>> macro level.