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Grins

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12. Warning fatigue. My "Alexa" is set to allow warnings.

Reply to ananda (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 12:16 PM

Jul 6

Alexa lights up and you ask for the notification, the first you hear is, “The national weather service has issued…”

What follows is warnings (plural) for thunderstorms, rain, high heat, freezing temps, snow, drought, high winds - you name it, and all overwhelming a big zero. And I can get those warnings several times, almost hourly, during an “event.”

That’s the fatigue.

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Beleaguered Weather Service defends its forecasts as Texas officials point fingers over flood warnings [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 6 OP

"Warning fatigue," caught my eye. cachukis Jul 6 #1

Blaming the victims Marthe48 Jul 6 #4

People will have to start to factor in the unpredicablility of today's climate when making their plans mdbl Jul 7 #18

Mine too. I've always heeded every warning. ananda Jul 6 #6

I've lived in Florida, West Coast, for 46 years. cachukis Jul 6 #10

Warning fatigue. My "Alexa" is set to allow warnings. Grins Jul 6 #12

I still don't get it. Wouldn't you rather be over-warned.. ananda Jul 6 #14

that's what I thought 4catsmom Jul 6 #16

CNN badgolfer Jul 6 #2

Gnome is so full of shit. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 6 #15

Who knew the National Weather Service Is Vital? BlueKota Jul 6 #3

All of this Rebl2 Jul 6 #5

Yes, all of it. ananda Jul 6 #7

I did not realize that weather balloons (many cancelled) were also important for assessing flooding potential lostnfound Jul 6 #8

Without plenty of good data the best weather models in the world are useless groundloop Jul 6 #9

which is why they'll blame Biden 4catsmom Jul 6 #17

Well, if any Trump supporters are affected by this in any way they need to suck it up. cstanleytech Jul 6 #11

'Missing key staff members...' Torchlight Jul 6 #13

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