John Amaechi
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And neither can those crap apps that people seem to like, which depend on... the modeling that NOAA and the National Weather Service provide. Granted, unfortunately, the reason the maps are so bad is because there is no human element in what you're looking at in an app.
It's just going straight to a model, extracting a single point forecast and trying to give that to you seven days out at 1 p.m., which is ridiculous for you to think that you can get a forecast for a specific time of the day seven days out. But I would say it's User mistake is the way they apply these apps instead of realizing that there's better ways to get your weather.
It's just going straight to a model, extracting a single point forecast and trying to give that to you seven days out at 1 p.m., which is ridiculous for you to think that you can get a forecast for a specific time of the day seven days out. But I would say it's User mistake is the way they apply these apps instead of realizing that there's better ways to get your weather.
I'm going to give you an example, a real life example. because we can apply what goes on in the Eastern Pacific with hurricanes to what could go on this year in the Atlantic. So Hurricane Otis, a couple of years ago, went from a tropical storm to a cat five in a matter of hours. I wanna say 24 hours, might've been less, might've been 18.
I'm going to give you an example, a real life example. because we can apply what goes on in the Eastern Pacific with hurricanes to what could go on this year in the Atlantic. So Hurricane Otis, a couple of years ago, went from a tropical storm to a cat five in a matter of hours. I wanna say 24 hours, might've been less, might've been 18.
The National Hurricane Center massively missed that forecast. They did not call for it to intensify so rapidly. The people in Acapulco were shocked. They were expecting a tropical storm. They got a category five hurricane. There was loss of life. There was massive loss of property there. And they're still recovering from that. Again, that was a couple of years ago.
The National Hurricane Center massively missed that forecast. They did not call for it to intensify so rapidly. The people in Acapulco were shocked. They were expecting a tropical storm. They got a category five hurricane. There was loss of life. There was massive loss of property there. And they're still recovering from that. Again, that was a couple of years ago.
Why did the National Hurricane Center miss that forecast? Because Hurricane Hunter missions are not flown in the Eastern Pacific. They're hardly ever flown in the Eastern Pacific. Well, you know what I worry about for this hurricane season? You know, these mission specialists from the Hurricane Hunter aircraft that were fired by Doge, right?
Why did the National Hurricane Center miss that forecast? Because Hurricane Hunter missions are not flown in the Eastern Pacific. They're hardly ever flown in the Eastern Pacific. Well, you know what I worry about for this hurricane season? You know, these mission specialists from the Hurricane Hunter aircraft that were fired by Doge, right?
And I'm not saying they're not going to fly missions, but they're going to fly less missions. Well, what if we miss a couple of crucial observations that could help the National Hurricane Center call for rapid intensification, call for a potential disaster in time to save lives and property? So this is far from a hypothetical, Billy. This could happen this year.
And I'm not saying they're not going to fly missions, but they're going to fly less missions. Well, what if we miss a couple of crucial observations that could help the National Hurricane Center call for rapid intensification, call for a potential disaster in time to save lives and property? So this is far from a hypothetical, Billy. This could happen this year.
And again, lives are at stake, but apparently the regime doesn't care.
And again, lives are at stake, but apparently the regime doesn't care.
Indeed. Thanks, Billy.
Indeed. Thanks, Billy.
I don't know if we're ready to have the conversation. DK Metcalf's really athletic, but not that good.
I don't know if we're ready to have the conversation. DK Metcalf's really athletic, but not that good.
He's good. He's very good.
He's good. He's very good.
There it is. It's actually his first name, DKlin. So it's like D-E, then K. So that's where the DK comes from.