Posted on Apr 20, 2023
Tornado forecasts are more accurate. Why aren't they saving more lives?
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America's tornado warning system is a patchwork of municipal sirens, cell phone alerts, and radio and TV messages. But even as forecasting for dangerous storms improves, people who live in rural areas too often miss the life-saving warnings.
Last month, a catastrophic tornado outbreak in Mississippi killed at least 26 people. A tornado rated 4 out of 5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale landed in Rolling Fork around 8 p.m. and was on the ground for an hour and 10 minutes, raging through the communities of Winona, Black Hawk and Silver City.
America's tornado warning system is a patchwork of municipal sirens, cell phone alerts, and radio and TV messages. But even as forecasting for dangerous storms improves, people who live in rural areas too often miss the life-saving warnings.
Last month, a catastrophic tornado outbreak in Mississippi killed at least 26 people. A tornado rated 4 out of 5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale landed in Rolling Fork around 8 p.m. and was on the ground for an hour and 10 minutes, raging through the communities of Winona, Black Hawk and Silver City.
Tornado forecasts are more accurate. Why aren't they saving more lives?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel we thought would be one here least night but it missed and cut a swath of devastation as it move East
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Why don't advanced tornado forecasts reach everyone?
"The science is there, the technology is there, the modeling is there, the forecasts are there. But we continue to see fatalities and casualties from these events because we're not getting across the finish line," Gensini says.
Experts say gaps in cell phone coverage and proximity to warning sirens and TV and radio play a part.
The National Weather Service (NWS) partners with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to send push alerts to smartphones when there is severe weather. But that only works with reliable cell service."...
..."Why don't advanced tornado forecasts reach everyone?
"The science is there, the technology is there, the modeling is there, the forecasts are there. But we continue to see fatalities and casualties from these events because we're not getting across the finish line," Gensini says.
Experts say gaps in cell phone coverage and proximity to warning sirens and TV and radio play a part.
The National Weather Service (NWS) partners with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to send push alerts to smartphones when there is severe weather. But that only works with reliable cell service."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) Then there are Mental Deficients like Me that have Survived Tornadoes and Volcanoes that Tend to Flip Off Mother Nature! I'm Madam Pele's Boyfriend!
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Becasue people don't listen and thnk well it could never happen here. Well that is what happend to a little town north of me called Smithville MS. THe tornado was headed directly to a neighboring town until it hit the river, bypassed that town and went back on land fall in Smithville. They did not have time to react.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth Thankfully I haven't Heard the Sirens Yet this Year other than Tests.
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