As it should be... as we saw in New Orleans, it can be really dangerous when people hear those alerts and go well whatever.
On 6/12/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And as a counter to your feel-good story, there's a guy running around > Wisconsin and Illinois who is feeding false weather spotter reports to the > media. They have resulted in false tornado warnings and generally incorrect > information being reported as factual. This puts lives at risk. > > For the life of me, I can't figure out why some asshole would want to do > this. Apparently it's a felony if they ever catch the loser. > > On 6/12/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just wanted to point out a story that probably didn't make the news > > elsewhere. > > > > A very violent storm spawned a tornado here the other day. These are > > almost unheard of in New Mexico, as the mountains break up the plains and > > there really isn't room for them to run. Nonetheless, one formed in a very > > rural area and was reported by a citizen. It was confirmed and the emergency > > alert went out within minutes, and within only a few minutes more the state > > police shut down a section of I-25 until the tornado passed over it. Result > > - a non-event where there could conceivably have been ugly casualties. The > > stretch of highway in question is a steep climb up a cliff face. > > > > I'm not much for gee whiz, and I wasn't there, but I do travel this piece > > of road every day and was really impressed by the response to a threat there > > would have been good reason to not plan for. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236421 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
