(Smerby) wrote in message . com...
You could have not said it better. It is a joke how these stations
malfunctioned in Florida. During Frances'landfall there were no
surface obs coming in between Daytona Beach and West Palm Beach. That
is a long stretch of real estate with no weather being reported, that
kind of stuff happens in a third world country. That data was need to
save peoples lives and property and some of the same stations went
down in Jeanne, long before any hurricane force winds arrived. What
really floored me was that the Punta Gorda site took a direct hit from
Charley and stayed up, reporting critical wind speed data that was
used to warn the people in Charley's path. Why would one site get
blasted and stay on line when other sites go down with much less wind.
What was the difference between the two reporting sites.

Smerby
www.accuweather.com

A very valid point that I also don't understand.

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Associate Meteorologist, AccuWeather Inc.- http://www.accuweather.com/
New Jersey Expressways and Tollways - http://www.njfreeways.com/
Ray's Winter Storm Archive - http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/


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