All I gotta say is... I really pissed off one Mr Kevin Martin

[nadinbrzezinski]

Yay.

No serious.

http://nadinabbottblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/on-the-southern-california-weather-authority/

Go read the comment sections after you read the two updates. I usually do not post my blog here, but damn, this guy is... amazing, and I don't mean it in a good way.

I should clarify why this matters, from Rational Wiki

Kevin Martin is a self-proclaimed "senior meteorologist", founder of TheWeatherSpace.com and SouthernCaliforniaWeatherAuthority.com and internet tough guy. Martin has stated he suffers from "autism and obsessive compulsive disorder"[1] and that Aspergers syndrome makes him "gifted" in meteorology and gives him an "ability to understand it without studying it."[2]

Martin claims HAARP "or HAARP-like projects" are responsible for "abnormal" weather patterns and natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy.[3][4] Martin's websites feature weather radar images that are indistinguishable from CNN, NOAA, and National Weather Service images that have been doctored and relabeled in Photoshop. Some of these images purport to track and forecast HAARP activity and the spread of chemtrails, however, even the denizens of the conspiracy forum Above Top Secret have become skeptical of Martin's various bombastic claims and activities.[5][6] After Martin began issuing dubious "official" earthquake warnings, "official" hurricane watches, and "official" tornado warnings, the National Weather Service Headquarters issued a press release advising the public not to confuse official NWS or NOAA warnings with Martin's made-up stuff.[7][8]

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Kevin_Martin

If you are ANYWHERE in southern California, STAY AWAY from this dude. His current incarnation is the Southern California Weather Authority.

[oregonjen]

1. This guy got laughed off some weather blogs here in the PNW just recently

Sounds like a nut case.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I was expecting his brother brian to come along

the problem is that they convinced the admins of a formerly good place, I walked away from today, that they were that good. So there is goes, I walked away to avoid any reputation taint.

And I admit, I was taken by his original post on the storm. It looked so much NWS like.

Now don't get me wrong, he is at times decent, even good, at micro weather, but among other things he claimed he was called by Cal Fire to help with the Riverside fire. (insert the laugh tract) since Cal Fire uses their own predictive service, or them pesky people at the National Weather Service.

[oregonjen]

4. If you do a search at theweatherforums.com

You can read what other amateur weather people think. Even a known met from the PDX area has commented on him. There was some kind of announcement made by the NWS iirc regarding their non-affiliation with him because he allegedly copies their maps and puts neon colors on them to make them his "own."

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. I quoted the announcement on the blog posts TWICE

the first in the body, originally. the second, The Weather Channel reissued it.

He is an absolute loon.

I hope that site on facebook does not learn the lesson the hard way. They have been warned repeatedly.

[oregonjen]

13. Sorry, I reacted and posted before I read your whole blog post.

Crazy. He is not worth the time and energy you invested. Unfortunately, people do listen to him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. I would not have done the updates

if he did not go to my site today and threaten to have it taken down by wordpress. I am sure the folks at wordpress will see a pattern there.

He has been going after me since I called him on his BS as the storm was starting. Him and his brother are real charming, not.

Regardless, the funny thing is if he had not gone after me personally I likely would not have invested the time I did in researching him and finding how much of a fraud he is. The guy is dangerous, and yes, his formatting did confuse me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. God that is funny

he is very "popular" I guess that explains the nobody likes me posts.

Though I will be kind, my mom always told me to be kind. if he does indeed have Aspergers... that might explain some of this.

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. Oh and a tad more detail on Martin

http://nadinabbottblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/why-mr-martin-taints-reputations-and-why-i-walked-away-from-a-page/

Thanks, I included your link. I found most of this on my own, but wanted to thank you. But to protect the guilty, better not credit anyone. He is out there.

[SidDithers]

2. You're welcome for tipping you off that he was not a reliable source...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024570808#post42
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024570808#post43
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024570808#post44
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024570808#post45
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024570808#post48

Sid

[Brickbat]

8. .

[pintobean]

9. Reading the OP

I was thinking she had to have self deleted that mess. Seven edits and never showed any appreciation for the tips given her.
Unbelievable.

[SidDithers]

11. Par for the course...

Sid

[dionysus]

35. at without a whiff of irony. see post 7...

[Brickbat]

12. Well, as some people say, "It matters little how many times they were warned about it."

[tkmorris]

45. Wow. Just wow.

That's pretty blatant right there.

[proudretiredvet]

6. Sure we do.

How can anyone take this moron seriously?

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Some folks do, realize that

and it matters little how many times they were warned about it

[maddezmom]

38. Oh dear...seriously.

You posted this dude's website as a serious link and finally after repeated attempts to let you know this guy was nuts you deleted it. Now you are acting like you are the one that discovered it.

[SidDithers]

40. Pretty amusing, eh?...nt

Sid

[maddezmom]

46. Hmmm hmmm

The rewriting of the story is amusing.

[sad-cafe]

15. so amazing

I bow

[hrmjustin]

16. I never heard of him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Count yourself lucky.

Trust me on this. And if you ever hear of him, I guess his lawsuit against the NWS succeeded.

[hrmjustin]

18. oh ok. I hope he leaves you alone.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. He tends to "back down"

When things like his long history of bullying are exposed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Oh and he does leave the SoCal area

http://www.theweatherspace.com/

He IS the senior metereologist for that site.

I am not sure about giving him the hit if you want to. But he has some fascinating predictions for the East Coast. Graphics look familiar. (As in a kind of a CNN way)

[hrmjustin]

25. Sounds like he is kind of out there.

Thanks for the link.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. I just posted the rest bellow, that I have been able to dig

total loon

[pintobean]

29. He was used as a source here last week.

Check the edits in the OP
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024570808

[Johonny]

20. I hope Alex Jones reads his stuff

great minds need to find each other in the dark so as to leave the rest of us alone.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Chemtrails and HAARP, I am sure he does.

[sad-cafe]

22. interesting

things to ponder

[hrmjustin]

23. Yes.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Let me add a tad more

after I was told this guy has issued a few death threats to others. He is not limited to Southern California, I wish we were that blessed.

Ohio Weather Authority is his. No hot link no need really.

The Weather Space .com, again no need for a hot link

He also posts, apparently at godlike productions

And the fine folks at Above Top Secret are starting to think he is truly a loon. Now that is an achievement in itself.

He has threatened to shut down facebook.(And FB has shut down a few of his personal pages)

Did I mention google and youtube?

Hey, I don't feel that bad anymore

I post this as a PSA. I wish we were that blessed, truly.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

28. Wow! Reading his statements..this guy sounds like a self important

Know it all with a God complex and tons of spare time. Glad you put him in his place, Nadin.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

30. ...

[SidDithers]

31. ...

Sid

[Brother Buzz]

32. Nadin, you really, really need to warn your boss!!!!

She cited Southern California Weather Authority and provided a hot link to the questionably site in one of her articles.

Southern California Weather Authority, a private forecast site, has issued a statement indicating that “Southern California is about to have one of the strongest dynamical storms in may years, with all the ingredients there for a severe weather event, including the possibility of tornado dynamics. Dynamics like this have not been seen in Southern California since March 1983, when numerous tornado reports across the Basins hit,” the statement concluded, adding, “The tornado environment is increasing.”

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/15025

[MineralMan]

33. Several people tried to warn you that his

weather reports are questionable when you first used one of them in a post here. It's unfortunate that you didn't see those warnings.

[MineralMan]

34. On another note, I advise caution when dealing with people

who own websites on the Internet. This particular person may enjoy suing people. Even if he has no case, it can still be very expensive to deal with such a lawsuit. Often, it is best to use care when making statements in public about other Internet website writers.

I don't know if you'll see this, but if you do, think about what you post about characters like these. They can cause you a great deal of grief.

[Warren DeMontague]

36. DU had a member who claimed that HAARP caused Hurricane Katrina, IIRC

[hedgehog]

37. I suspect that Nadin never saw the information/warnings about this guy from some posters here

because she has been treated so harshly and repeatedly that she has some members on ignore.

If a troll makes a post, and no one sees it, is it really a troll?

[SidDithers]

39. nadin has demonstrated on any number of occasions...

that she logs out to read what "ignored" is posting in her thread.

Sid

[hedgehog]

41. And you know this, how?

It's one thing to post something some people find irritating. It's quite another for those people to seemingly lie in wait, day after day, hoping for an opportunity to express their irritation.

[pintobean]

42. Are you kidding?

She gave up trying to pretend that she doesn't read every reply. If she never saw the information, why all the edits?

Now, she's acting like she's the one that discovered that this guy is a fraud.

[hedgehog]

43. Again, why is it so important that you keep track of this?

It's just a chat room!

[pintobean]

44. Keep track?

The ridiculous stands out, and I can remember what happened last week. I don't need to "keep track".
Why is it so important for the OP to expose a fraud?

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. Corect, though I did enjoy, NOT the encounters with Mr Martin

Dug a tad more and put it tonight up on the site. Let that be the end of it.