How long before it becomes a Harvey vs Irma; FL VS Texas issue?

[ReliableOstrich]

I wonder if there's a university in Texas that goes by UT?

Even on the off chance there were, I doubt this guy from Utah went to it.

 

[KitingHigh]

Are you talking about once it made landfall in the keys it followed its predicted path? Because prior to that the forecast was all over the place. People didn't know if they should evacuate or not for much of the state. First it was going to brush the east coast and stay in the Atlantic, then hit Miami and head north, then hit the keys and go through the middle of the state, then go along the west coast and then its eventually path. It did give plenty of warning, but the shifting paths made it difficult to call which places needed to have mandatory evacuations or not.

The consensus path never shifted that far. Particularly once the medium and short range projections came into play. it was a no brainer and there wasn't really anything difficult in his decision process. Claiming he did something spectacular is like claiming a truck driver is a genius becaus he decided to hit the brakes when he saw a traffic jam ahead. And I'm pretty sure localities decide when to evacuate what areas and honestly there wasn't a whole lot of discretion in that anyway. St Pete uneccesarly evacuated a ton of people and prematurely closed the borders while Orlando actually imposed a curfew that lasted 12 hours longer than reasonable. These were county decisions however, not state level.

Sorry but damn near anyone would have done the exact same thing Scott did and his job in this instance simply wasn't that hard. And despite people's desire for black and white exact information Irma followed her predicted path as closely as any storm in recent history has. I started reporting on it nearly a week in advance as part of my job and in the end it did almost exactly what my initial premature reports said it would.

 

[vevois23]

This isn't accurate. The provincial minister in Quebec called the Texas SOS. The SOS thanked him, but said his office didn't coordinate relief aid. He should contact the locals or another department. But he would appreciate send prayers. This place is like the old game of six degrees of separation--when the story finally gets posted here it's no where near the truth.....sigh, the interwebz.

And here is where I have a problem with it. Even if this representation is 100% accurate, and without error, the SOS doesn't say "call someone else". As SOS, you say, "hold the line, I'm going to get you in contact with someone directly". You have an official in power reaching out to offer aid in a time of need. You don't pass the buck, you step up and do your damn job.

 

[billanole]

What if two of us talked about him real good, and someone else stood by and excitedly watched us talk? Would you give us a "like" for that?

How could you talk about him "good"?

 

[BarryB1081]

It does seem he did a good job.

Dude can mangle words like nobody's business though.

He mispronounced "multilple fatalities" as "multiple fertilities" multiple times. It was a good bit of comic relief.

 

[runkpanole]

He mispronounced "multilple fatalities" as "multiple fertilities" multiple times. It was a good bit of comic relief.

Well, it is a hurricane. There will be a spike in births in about 9 months.

 

[BarryB1081]

Well, it is a hurricane. There will be a spike in births in about 9 months.

Yeah, forgot to mention he was specific on that point too, prefacing the mispronunciation with "Hurricane Irma has caused..."

 

[NoleLizards]

Yeah, forgot to mention he was specific on that point too, prefacing the mispronunciation with "Hurricane Irma has caused..."

I mentioned this in the original Irma thread right when he did it.

 

[BarryB1081]

I mentioned this in the original Irma thread right when he did it.

Do I owe you some money now?

 

[NoleLizards]

Do I owe you some money now?

Nope...
I'm not for robbing Peter to pay Paul...Or Barry to pay Lizard, for that matter.