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certainty: likely
Feb. 15th, 2025 07:36 amI've received the 'official weather alert' messages before, but this time it struck me as particularly funny.
******
This is an Official Message
​Severity:
Severe
Urgency:
Expected
Certainty:
Likely
******
THANK YOU FOR THAT CONCISE SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION!
Presumably they don't send out a message if the answers are more like 'severity: mild' and 'certainty: probably not.' But also, without any idea of the scale of possible answers, even 'severity: severe' doesn't mean much. Is that the top of the severity scale? The middle?
(The 'urgency' one seems the most useful, since I can imagine there's a difference between 'expected' winter storm within 24 hours and 'imminent' like a tornado or something. I'm very happy not to find out, though.)
******
This is an Official Message
​Severity:
Severe
Urgency:
Expected
Certainty:
Likely
******
THANK YOU FOR THAT CONCISE SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION!
Presumably they don't send out a message if the answers are more like 'severity: mild' and 'certainty: probably not.' But also, without any idea of the scale of possible answers, even 'severity: severe' doesn't mean much. Is that the top of the severity scale? The middle?
(The 'urgency' one seems the most useful, since I can imagine there's a difference between 'expected' winter storm within 24 hours and 'imminent' like a tornado or something. I'm very happy not to find out, though.)
