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Message: [QUOTE="Ricker, post: 4035633, member: 1245"] I get unpredictability and that it is no public service to downplay a weather event that might mean life and death to somebody, but, with all the coverage it is hard to even say what is accurate. The networks gave a lot of information that seemed conflicting rather than accurate. I have a boat docked in Rhode Island in Narraganset Bay and couldn't make any sense of the actual weather conditions yesterday. I had multiple feeds going at the same time that were real time winds and weather, as well as weather stations, regular tv channels etc. I'm being told the storm has sustained winds of 58 to 69mph with gusts over 70 as it is passing over Block Island. The Block Island wind report is showing 36mph while they are giving the report. I had a Warwick wind speed feed on that never got above 26mph. Later in the day I'm told that the high wind for the day was reported in Worcester at 40mph. Previously I was told there was a report of 76mph at Point Judith. I have no idea what really occurred other than overall not much. I have learned it is important to stand in a puddle to give a weather report, or to drive all around Newport to find the tree that is down to give a weather report from there. Also important to be located at a spot where water collects and a car might stall in it. The reports themselves seem to err on the side of sensationalism rather than public service accuracy. A huge amount of input. I have no idea which of my inputs were accurate. Was the 58 to 69mph stuff not at ground level where it is useful information? No idea. [/QUOTE]

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