It's the Storm Prediction Center with NOAA that issues the threat levels and all the watches. There were red flags yesterday that a level 4 out of 5 threat was to high. But the local meteorologists have to go with what they say.
Yup, and the SPC was going off of the information that they had at the time which painted a pretty dire picture. But that stuff can change, just like it did today. It would be like having to place a million dollar bet on the UNC/Duke game four days before tip off. You place a bet based on information that Caleb Wilson is more than likely going to play, and then after the bet is locked in the news comes out that he broke his thumb and is out for the season. It sucks, but that's the way it works.
They weren't closed because they might be at school if there was bad weather. They close them because they don't want buses out during severe weather.
Yeah, I am glad it was a bust when it comes to severe weather. But I also think they could be better in predicting the showers and clouds sticking around and making it less of an issue.
WXII in Winston was having a field day this morning with multiple weathermen arguing over the radar returns and breathlessly telling people to "go to your safe place" as rotation had been spotted on the weather radar in Forsyth County. My sister's family was right in the path of the supposed tornado and they texted that it poured rain for about 10 minutes but there was almost no wind and it had already stopped and the sun was trying to come out. A big nothingburger, but the WXII guys stayed at it for the rest of the morning. I get why they have to give the warnings and certainly the next warning could be real, but I do think they lose credibility with these melodramatic pronouncements - they should have a Star Trek type "RED ALERT!" sign going with a klaxon.
I would not want to be the person calling the shot on school closures. This, though, really is getting ridiculous. We put our public schools in a horrible position in March 2020. Our kids are paying the price for that now. But it seems to me the new norm has become that we prioritize liability limitation over educational time. That's doing nobody any favors.
They can only go on what the forecast says. The potential for tornadoes in the forecast was high, and some of them being strong. It's not their fault if the forecast is wrong. I don't want kids on busses if there is a tornado around.
People threaten to sue schools at a ridiculous clip these days
Been a rather chill spring day here
I've gotten an hour or so of gardening in and could have done more. It still looks like we'll get something but it has all day long. Doesn't look like we'll get the really bad winds, anyway.
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