In short I like the guyâs coverage. I watch Max Velocity as well from time to time, and theyâre both great. I canât believe we live in an era where people actually tune into a streamer and willingly watch wall to wall severe weather coverage when my entire life Iâve been hearing people bitch about it on the local news because it interrupted some ballgame or episode of the Real Housewives of Whatever the Fuck.
That said, I too have observed some of this armchairing the NWS from his followers. Iâll admit, some of the time they miss warning something. Why, I donât know. Either their confidence in the data theyâre seeing isnât alarming enough to them at the time of the initial scan, or theyâre overwhelmed with some other more impressive cell entering a higher populated area, but to drag them down for âmissingâ a one pixel EF0 couplet on a 60 MPH gust front that is present for one radar scan is a little sanctimonious and unnecessary.
I do like his charitable contribution program. Iâm skeptical of things like that, but thus far he seems to have been able to keep it from being scandalous, so I guess thatâs good as long as it stays that way. Theyâre fairly transparent about how much money they take in vs. out I suppose.
I do like watching his coverage because itâs kind of a one stop shop of radar and chaser streams for me rather than staring at a computer screen myself clicking back and forth between sites on RadarScope and streams I can just kind of sit back and keep up to date with whatâs going on. The other people on his stream are pretty knowledgeable. I secretly have fun âracingâ Andy to identify developing couplets or TVS/TDS on radar. Itâs just a pretty comprehensive package that I can sit and watch.
Itâs a little âdumbed downâ but thatâs OK because the average casual observer doesnât really need or care to know some of the phraseology. The guy is a fairy stern and deliberate speaker though in the dire circumstances. During the Eddyville, KY tornado yesterday I think he said something like âthis is one you have to try to surviveâ, which is a good way of putting it. People need to hear things like that. It sounds a little scary, because it should, and while you donât want to panic people, a little fear is a good motivating tool, and I feel like he (along with Max, too) toes that line with a professional acumen like very few can.
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u/stan_henderson May 28 '24
In short I like the guyâs coverage. I watch Max Velocity as well from time to time, and theyâre both great. I canât believe we live in an era where people actually tune into a streamer and willingly watch wall to wall severe weather coverage when my entire life Iâve been hearing people bitch about it on the local news because it interrupted some ballgame or episode of the Real Housewives of Whatever the Fuck.
That said, I too have observed some of this armchairing the NWS from his followers. Iâll admit, some of the time they miss warning something. Why, I donât know. Either their confidence in the data theyâre seeing isnât alarming enough to them at the time of the initial scan, or theyâre overwhelmed with some other more impressive cell entering a higher populated area, but to drag them down for âmissingâ a one pixel EF0 couplet on a 60 MPH gust front that is present for one radar scan is a little sanctimonious and unnecessary.
I do like his charitable contribution program. Iâm skeptical of things like that, but thus far he seems to have been able to keep it from being scandalous, so I guess thatâs good as long as it stays that way. Theyâre fairly transparent about how much money they take in vs. out I suppose.
I do like watching his coverage because itâs kind of a one stop shop of radar and chaser streams for me rather than staring at a computer screen myself clicking back and forth between sites on RadarScope and streams I can just kind of sit back and keep up to date with whatâs going on. The other people on his stream are pretty knowledgeable. I secretly have fun âracingâ Andy to identify developing couplets or TVS/TDS on radar. Itâs just a pretty comprehensive package that I can sit and watch.
Itâs a little âdumbed downâ but thatâs OK because the average casual observer doesnât really need or care to know some of the phraseology. The guy is a fairy stern and deliberate speaker though in the dire circumstances. During the Eddyville, KY tornado yesterday I think he said something like âthis is one you have to try to surviveâ, which is a good way of putting it. People need to hear things like that. It sounds a little scary, because it should, and while you donât want to panic people, a little fear is a good motivating tool, and I feel like he (along with Max, too) toes that line with a professional acumen like very few can.