Btw, thanks for taking my statement totally out of context.
Seriously, it's just a bit of banter between Nelson an I about some specifics concerning storm surge prediction/damage carried over from another thread.
Nelson, If I've offended, please accept my apology.
Actually, I am the one that didn't make myself clear enough. When I said that we ALL appreciated his insight , I was including you in that "all". I never thought for a second that you were denigrating him.
No 'cult' here but kudos are due where they are due.
FReegards FRiend.
No worries at all. Seriously - I don't get offended unless it deals with my wife or kids...then...well. But other than that...I never get personally offended. You can't be sensative and be a meteorologist because the number one person who ALWAYS proves you wrong is God. He controls the weather...I just try to figure out what He's gonna do next. And for any good met...your # 1 critic is yourself. The bad ones put out a bad forecast and move on. The good ones dwell and sulk for days because the ceiling category was 1 cat off. I briefed 120 mission sorties during a 2 week period in 2007 (Green Flag). I had a 99.2% accuracy rating. I blew ONE sortie forecast (because the ceiling was 12K feet and the sensors couldn't see the target) out of 120...and I'm still mad...LOL
I do get personally invested though dealing with forecasts and sometimes that comes out as agression...and/or passion. For that...I apologize.
I get so invested because I've been doing this for 25 years. 24 years of it has been dedicated to DSCA (Defense Support of Civil Authorities) and specifically focused on that since 2005 (except Green Flag in 2007). Before that it was a mix: Army chooper brigades...DSCA...mobility site forecasting and F-16 support. But...every year since 1988 though has had some support to DSCA involved.
So...as part of that...I have to relate impacts more than anything. I remember a 3-Star correcting me years ago. He said: "I don't want or care to know the "what." Tell me the WHY!" Point taken and I stopped briefing cold fronts in central NE that had a couple of tstms in them. LOL
And B/W you and me...Army brass think you know absolutely everything about everything geological, meteorological and oceanographic...and that you've got a portable radar mounted on top of your head with internet access built in. But then again...so do my friends and family...
Peace....