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"YES...and I am sure that MSNBC is more upset about that, then the people that have lost lives and property.

Fox just said that no one knew when they went to bed.

I tell you what, we were very surprised a couple weeks ago when we woke up with snow all over, because it was not predicted.

However, for the weather forecasters not to have a clue of these storms?? THAT is scary."

What are you talking about? This was FORECAST SIX DAYS IN ADVANCE by the Storm Prediction Center. They have been making daily statements for days. They had TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS being issued by the NWS and SPC. What more do you people want? Do we need to hold everyones hand when it storms? Did all of these people have weather radios? Who is responsible for taking care of their families during tornadoes? Mom? Dad? NWS? How many people on here have a Weather radio? Would you blame the NWS if someone you knew were killed in a tornado BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO?

The NWS issued warnings. It is up to EACH ONE OF US to receive those warnings.

FOX NEWS LIED. PEOPLE HAD WARNING. PEOPLE WERE TOLD BEFORE THEY WENT TO BED THAT SEVERE WEATHER WAS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STOP LISTENING TO THE NATIONAL MEDIA.

Time to stop blaming the government for everything.

The NWS has a page up now on the event with a time line on warnings

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/surveys/020207/index.html

Synopsis:
Significant tornado event overnight within Lake and Volusia Counties. Confirmed tornado damage and injuries in a damage swath from Lady Lake (Lake County) to New Smyrna Beach/Ponce Inlet (VolusiaCounty). Numerous media reports indicate 19 fatalities within Lake County.

Synoptic & Mesoscale Situation:
East Central Florida was located in the warm sector ahead of an advancing cold front. Large scale lift was supported by a very strong jet aloft, with strong vertical shear evident from the surface to aloft, conducive for rotating thunderstorms, even tornadoes. Instability increased overnight with temperatures and dew points increasing through the pre-dawn hours. A moderate threat of tornadoes was indicated within the Hazardous Weather Outlook.

Approximately five long-tracked supercell thunderstorms impacted east central Florida between midnight and sunrise today.

The main weather story is centered around one particular supercell thunderstorm which moved from near Lady Lake around 3:15 AM (Lake County; TOR issued 306 AM) to near Paisley around 3:45 AM…then moved to near Deland around 4:00 (Volusia County; TOR issued 3:52 AM) to near New Smyrna Beach/Ponce Inlet around 4:30 AM before exiting offshore. The distance of the supercell storm was approximately 70 miles. One or more tornadoes touched down along the supercell track.

Tornado scenarios such as this are classified as very dangerous, especially due to the threat of tornado occurrence during overnight hours when most individuals are asleep. A NOAA Weather Radio containing an alarm feature can be a life-saving device in these situations.

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Dang...I was repeating what I heard on TV.

You don't have to go off on me you jerk.

you are so, so, so right. You simply cannot trust FNC when it comes to this stuff. As soon as science or geography is involved they are completely untrustworthy. That cute dopey lawyer Megan Kelly had Mount Kilimanjaro MELTING all week. All morning they had Volusia County south of Disney!!!

You cannot trust them.

"How many people on here have a Weather radio?"

We have two, one upstairs, one downstairs, and the alarm is loud enough to wake the dead. We also have a storm shelter, live in OK. City I live in has sirens, but cannot hear them in rural area I live. We don't always wait for the alarm, when that cold and warm air meet, sky gets that look, hail starts, I get the children in it.

I also do not know if weather radios would have helped those still in trailers with tornado that size. If weather was predicted as bad throughout that day and into the night, people need to get out of that trailer and go stay with someone who lives in sturdy home asap.

I also want to say how very impressed I am with Floridians, and am praying for them. They are already cleaning debris, none are in shelters and are coping the best they can and not whining...unlike Katrina victims.