Perspective: Weather forecasts likely saved hundreds of lives in the bomb cyclone. Ignore storm warnings at your peril.
Wrecked vehicles sit on an overpass Wednesday in Aurora, Colo. By Mike Smith March 14 at 3:58 PM “But nothing prepared southwest Minnesota for the January storm that came to become known as The Children’s Blizzard” --MNOpedia.org
While centered southwest of Minnesota, a storm of similar intensity, a “bomb cyclone,” is winding down in the northern Great Plains and upper Midwest. Even though the region has a much larger population now, fatalities so far have been very limited.Weather forecasting in the 2010s is a marvel. There is no doubt that without modern meteorology and communications that hundreds if not thousands would have died in this storm, as they did in Minnesota in 1888.
#BombCyclone, #SnowMageddon2019, #Snowicane — whatever you wanna call it — we’re not impressed. However, we ARE impressed with the fact that at this moment, we’ve only had 18 crash reports since 2 AM! Great work, #Denver — keep up that safe driving! #YallGotMadSkillz pic.twitter.com/wuucXA1yP2 Too many members of the public also did not heed the warnings. A Colorado highway patrolman was killed helping a motorist who slid off Interstate 76 in northeast Colorado when he was struck by a second car. Why were these people even driving in a severe blizzard, given the two days’ notice?
[FCC to auction off wireless spectrum that could interfere with vital weather data, rejecting requests from U.S. House and science agencies]
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