Environment Canada swallows more sleeping pills at the controls when they said there was no need for

[wickedplayer494]

[url]http://globalnews.ca/news/2110446/no-need-for-funnel-cloud-warning-monday-environment-canada/[/url]

[quote=Global]A funnel cloud that formed south of Winnipeg Monday had a very ‘minute’ chance of forming according to Environment Canada.

Natalie Hazell says the funnel cloud that formed around six pm near St. Adolphe, was part of stand-alone storm and there was no need to put out a warning that funnel clouds may develop as the odds of one forming were slim, and forecasters did not believe there was a chance of tornado development.

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But those who watched it approach their community, wish they had been given a heads up.

Kori Plesiuk is a mother of three, and on Monday night she and her husband were also running a youth group for 16 additional kids in St. Adolphe. ...

“It would have been nice to have a bit of forewarning,” said Plesiuk, who says she regularly logs into Environment Canada’s website for possible alerts. “Even after they first spotted it…a message should have been sent out.”[/quote]

[PsychedelicLiz]

I'd rather they blow shit out of proportion than underestimate it. fuck

[wickedplayer494]

[QUOTE=Megadave;48217428]I'd rather they blow shit out of proportion than underestimate it. fuck[/QUOTE]

I definitely would have liked for the Grand Forks WFO of the NWS to have been in charge of warnings for southern Manitoba. They flinch at even the slightest hint that a storm could produce a tornado, and they definitely have issued warnings for funnel clouds in the past, even cold core ones.

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Unlike EC here, although their tornado warnings are just a slight bit more careful and less frequent in nature than say any NWS WFO, if they're not awake at the controls, jack shit is going to be done anyway.

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whats even the point of having a caution or warning system if it isn't used

[editline]15th July 2015[/editline]

if there's a chance of it happening, isn't a warning supposed to indicate there is that chance?

[Del91]

Watch means there's a chance of whatever weather happening, warning means its been observed and shits happening

[editline]15th July 2015[/editline]

Also that title is confusing

[MR-X]

Usually in the my area when they see a funnel cloud it is reported and alerted. They got a shit ton of storm watchers in the area and police officers who are trained in storm watching so when they see it they tell dispatch and they usually hit the alarms for the area it is in.

Better to be safe then sorry. People also need to be mindful of radar indicated threats and actual visual confirmation.

[GeneralSpecific]

Grats on winning the "incomprehensible title of the week" award

[meppers]

I had to read the title 4 times to understand it

[Karmah]

I thought the title made sense? Its just "company doesn't want to do thing that people want it to do"

[Demache]

[QUOTE=Karmah;48217759]I thought the title made sense? Its just "company doesn't want to do thing that people want it to do"[/QUOTE]

Its a string of words that doesn't really make sense at a casual glance unless you sit and break it down.

A clearer title would be: "Enviromental Canada failed to issue Tornado Watch as funnel cloud formed over Winnipeg". Not really catchy, but I'm no journalist.

On topic: It was a good guess on their part, but that's an awful lot of risk for what could have been a disaster. Here Tornado Watches are thrown out like candy. Even the slightest chance is considered a possibility.

[tau]

In the past there have been issues with over reporting resulting in complacency when it comes to natural disasters. It's not a case of nothing to lose.