I don't, i just wait for them to happen
2007-04-25 01:45:47 · 6 answers · asked by chris-69@sbcglobal.net 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The old professor says: You should never be afraid of weather alerts because they don't harm you. Its the storms that do. What you should do is RESPECT them. To "laugh them off" is one of the greatest problems meteorologists and public safety officials have with the uninformed public. I have personally seen too many cases of people having "hurricane parties" instead of evacuating an area because of "false alarms" in the past...and for tornado alerts as well. To their last astonishment, MANY have died needlessly.
No alerts or alarms are "false". They are all issued with the utmost seriousness and concern for the public safety. If you are well prepared and warned, your chances of dying in such an event is GREATLY reduced. Again...don't fear them, RESPECT them! If the predicted event does not occur, don't point fingers and blame those who are trying to help. Just be thankful you were spared the horrors of such an event that was threatening you.
The "Boy who cried 'Wolf'" syndrome is one of the most difficult mental states to overcome for those who issue the warnings...and they are keenly aware of it when they feel they must issue an alert.
2007-04-25 02:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Bruce D 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes!!!! I used to get scared about tornado warnings that were miles away from me... But I've done some research about tornadoes and I only worry when they issue the warnings for my area and I do as they tell me. I go to the basement and I wait for the storm to pass. Honestly, I'm thankful that we have the national weather service working to protect us all. I've never seen a tornado, and we've had several warnings but I prefer to seek shelter and follow the instructions of people that actually study these things than to wait to hear or see the threat, in this case, a tornado. My father in law did that and he was literally taken outside his house with his dad because of the winds of a tornado that lifted up his house and then let it fall down in front of them. They were both survivors of the palm Sunday outbreak in 1965 and thank God they lived to tell the story. It's a shame that other governments don't have the same system with the weather. In my country we know almost nothing about severe weather, because of that we had people dying with the tornado that cross the border in Texas yesterday. It's better to be safe than sorry!!!
2007-04-26 05:46:17 · answer #2 · answered by Eli 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In New England we have them so frequently that we just laugh.
The evening news weather guy in the winter time is always talking about the blizzard that will paralyze morning rush hour traffic. Then they say to stay tuned for more details later in the broadcast. After you stay tuned it is the identical scare phrases to alert you to the weather. And of course the next day is usually no worse than a dusting of snow (followed that evening by another warning for the day after).
2007-04-25 08:54:23 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm scared of the tornado alerts, because not to long ago a tornado touched down about 5 minutes away but didn't hit us, still it was too close for comfort. I would have 2 cats and 125 gallons of fish to save and we don't have a basement.
2007-04-25 08:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but my little sis. does...she is such a little girl...i wuzz up all last night....i wuz hoping to have a tornado just to make her be quiet...but where i live there wuz no tornado...now that i think about it i'm glad...
2007-04-25 08:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by shannon c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeh cuz i think ima die, but we gotta go though life
2007-04-25 08:48:56 · answer #6 · answered by singlegirl3000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋