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[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Blind Squirrel

NOAA's job is to forecast the weather for a specified length of time in the near future, not to control it or "out think Mother Nature," and their role in fisheries regulation is an entirely separate issue. The next time you take your boat out, you have the choice of listening to weather predictions from professional meteorologists at NOAA and other agencies or just relying on your own instincts. The former seems like a more sensible option.

defend them all you want.. they suck.. always always wrong and its never even close, at least when it comes to marine forecasts,, just like most other government entities,, they stink at what they do, yet are autonomous, never having to answer to anyone for their ineptitude.. bob

[Blind Squirrel]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

defend them all you want.. they suck.. always always wrong and its never even close, at least when it comes to marine forecasts,, just like most other government entities,, they stink at what they do, yet are autonomous, never having to answer to anyone for their ineptitude.. bob

So don't get your marine weather forecasts from any government entities. If you know more about meteorology than the NOAA experts, you should probably just start your own weather service. You could become our very first "alternative facts" weather dude.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Blind Squirrel

So don't get your marine weather forecasts from any government entities. If you know more about meteorology than the NOAA experts, you should probably just start your own weather service. You could become our very first "alternative facts" weather dude.

They are pretty much useless.. Ask some of the party/charter captains how much money your inept NOAA forecast wunderkind cost them each year..
They sail with 6 guys on a flat calm sunny day when your bureaucratically funded "weather wizards" forecast a damn gale with driving rain, or call for 10 knot west winds, sunny, and it blows hard NE at 30 knots in blinding snow squalls.. happens constantly and consistently, and I stand by my opinion..
they suck..
btw, I know nothing of modern weather science , outside of old time maritime visual observations, but also don't pretend to know how to scientifically forecast the weather, , so your snotty remark carries no weight.. Depend on and trust your life to NOAA forecasts if you like.. A lot of very knowledgeable people here do NOT.... bob

[Blind Squirrel]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

They are pretty much useless.. Ask some of the party/charter captains how much money your inept NOAA forecast wunderkind cost them each year..
They sail with 6 guys on a flat calm sunny day when your bureaucratically funded "weather wizards" forecast a damn gale with driving rain, or call for 10 knot west winds, sunny, and it blows hard NE at 30 knots in blinding snow squalls.. happens constantly and consistently, and I stand by my opinion..
they suck..
btw, I know nothing of modern weather science , outside of old time maritime visual observations, but also don't pretend to know how to scientifically forecast the weather, , so your snotty remark carries no weight.. Depend on and trust your life to NOAA forecasts if you like.. A lot of very knowledgeable people here do NOT.... bob

I know of no party/charter captain who doesn't rely on NWS forecasts, and since you obviously don't trust them, you surely have more reliable sources. Given the gravity of the situation you describe, your modesty is quite puzzling...

[Gerry Zagorski]

Closing this thread, it's getting too personal.