[SSS Two]

Just accurately report hurricane wind speeds and make honest predictions about rain accumulation and storm surge. That's all I ask.

(Disclaimer: Hurricanes are serious events. Asking for accurate information about hurricanes does not mean I do not take them seriously. In fact, my preference for accurate information suggests I am more serious about tropical systems. Requesting accurate information about hurricanes is not inconsistent with encouraging people in harm's way to take appropriate precautions.)

[wastoute]

LOL. Did you manage to use “honest” and “gummint” in the same sentence? ROTFLMAO.

[Flag_This]

The Weather Channel started naming winter storms a few years ago; I suppose they’ll name thunderstorms soon.

[moovova]

Maybe they could name the next hurricane “Christopher Hayes”.

[dp0622]

The biggest hurricanes are these guys’ mouths.

BTW, any FReepers that withstood this past hurricane, I hope you came out ok.

[grobdriver]

This is the way leftists approach every situation where they want to force their agenda.

Example: Redefine "obesity" and then run headlines, "25% more kids are obese! Ban this or that!"

So now it's redefine hurricane severity so they can run headlines, "x% more devastating hurricanes! Globull warming!"

I hate these people.

[Hatteras]

Fishing report, wind speeds, buoy data, and stop yer yappin’ and just show me the doppler loop for the past hour. I’ll take it from there. :-)

[NELSON111]

I have been forecasting (for the USAF and for a major private weather company) for over 29 years. This is actually been a battle cry in the field for a VERY long time. There really needs to be a new system and we need to move away from the SS-scale.

There are several private weather companies who have created their own scale and it helps their clients tremendously. I know of one that has a scale that includes wind speed, size, surge and rain. It actually works really well.

I guess my point is: This is not a new idea brought on by the AGW crowd. It's an idea which has been suggested by the pro-mets for years. It's just the NHC is so antiquated they don't want to mess with their golden calf and have the headache of re-training the public.

[Jack Hammer]

Follow the money.

So-called “global warming” provides endless numbers of mediocre scientists with fat government grants, perks, and privileges with which to manufacture half-arsed theories to fund their Porsches, summer homes, and private schools for the kids.

It’s a fraudulent taxpayer-funded Twenty-First Century cottage industry.

[dirtboy]

Actually, this is a needed change, as two of the three most destructive storms in US history - Ike and Sandy - were not considered major hurricanes at landfall (Sandy wasn’t even officially a hurricane at landfall). However, risk from surge and rainfall can be very tough to predict - witness the higher-than-anticipated rainfall in NC from Matthew. And a minor wobble in Ike’s track to the north spared Galveston from getting hammered by the surge that wiped out the Bolivar Penisula.