It's funny how people ignore what has to actually be done for a large storm. (Reply #26)

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Response to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #24)

Sun May 26, 2013, 12:43 PM

jeff47 (26,549 posts)

26. It's funny how people ignore what has to actually be done for a large storm.

If you know that a hurricane is coming days from now, you can evacuate a city.
If you know that a hurricane is coming hours from now, you can't.

Satellites turn that "hours" into "days".

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
What happens when the Weather Satellites stop working? [View all]	malaise	May 2013	OP
Not good	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2013	#1
For starters, the RWNJ's will declare that it's"gawd's will" because the victims	Arkansas Granny	May 2013	#2
Better news here	malaise	May 2013	#9
That is good news.	greytdemocrat	May 2013	#13
Agreed	malaise	May 2013	#19
mankind did just fine for thousands of years	quinnox	May 2013	#3
Wow	jollyreaper2112	May 2013	#4
Only if your definition of "just fine" includes thousands of dead people	starroute	May 2013	#5
Beat me to it....	Junkdrawer	May 2013	#8
never said I want to go back to those days	quinnox	May 2013	#15
well, the world might not end for you	magical thyme	May 2013	#30
Well said	malaise	May 2013	#29
Define 'handle'	Cirque du So-What	May 2013	#10
Well, when I was a kid in the pre-satellite era	Yo_Mama	May 2013	#12
Sure they did. Even if you believe that, with a larger population and	Arkansas Granny	May 2013	#14
I think that we will have to re-learn how to get by without technology.	bahrbearian	May 2013	#16
very possibly, in a way, technology has become a crutch	quinnox	May 2013	#17
But the human race created technology, therefore that crutch is now part of human evolution.	JaneyVee	May 2013	#20
that is interesting	quinnox	May 2013	#22
It's funny how people act as if satellites are the only way to tell a storm is coming.	cherokeeprogressive	May 2013	#24
yep	quinnox	May 2013	#25
It's funny how people ignore what has to actually be done for a large storm.	jeff47	May 2013	#26
Um, so do airplanes.	cherokeeprogressive	May 2013	#27
No, airplanes can't be used for general surveillance.	jeff47	May 2013	#28
Not that I'm fond of Executive Orders...	greytdemocrat	May 2013	#6
This is a direct result of anti-science policies by Republicans.	alarimer	May 2013	#7
I was going to post the same thing.	intheflow	May 2013	#18
This is from February and makes one wonder...	TreasonousBastard	May 2013	#11
maybe if we ask nicely enough	datasuspect	May 2013	#21
We can send Pat Robertson into space, so he can pray the weather around for us.	MNBrewer	May 2013	#23
farmers almanac.......	madrchsod	May 2013	#31
These satellites do much more than keep an eye on storm systems	IDemo	May 2013	#32
hmmm	FirstLight	May 2013	#33
Oh Ben..... Ben??????	MADem	May 2013	#34

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