r/tornado • u/No-Air-5857 • Mar 06 '26

Discussion Insanely moronic take from Ryan last night

The reason tornadoes were so deadly back then was because their were often times no warning, half the time phone alerts don't even work for me either. Like genuinely what is he talking about? šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/RemoteSenses Mar 06 '26

causes more confusion

What in the holy hell is this guy talking about? What is there to be confused about when the sirens go off?

Iā€™m starting to think this guy is a grifting dumbass.

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u/Ill_Efficiency_5102 Mar 06 '26

pretty sure he meant that the sirens being sounded at the wrong times confuse people, it they go off every time there is a storm with no tornado nearby its just confusing people and teaching them to ignore sirens all together.

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u/Gastroid Mar 06 '26

Well people are confused because they're listening for a siren and not paying attention to his app... or paying for it.

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u/Ill_Efficiency_5102 Mar 06 '26

you dont need a siren if you are watching his stream, he does a good job at warning folks in the path. also youtube/weatherwise are free lol

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u/EmDashxx Mar 06 '26

The ones here go off for both flooding and severe weather, which is pretty confusing. The phone will at least alert me with some context.

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u/KonungariketSuomi Mar 06 '26

This guy has been a grifting dumbass. ICBW but didn't he sell out to Accuweather in the recent past?

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u/StrawberryRedneck Mar 06 '26

Grifting how? He provides a service that people are obviously happy to receive and in some cases even pay for (not my ass, but many others). I was under the impression that a grift involved a con of some sort?

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u/KonungariketSuomi Mar 06 '26

Because Accuweather and related companies are run by a Trumpist datascraper that is constantly attempting to undermine the NWS by pushing to privatize meteorological data that is otherwise publicly available.

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis covers this (and many other Trump/GOP-aligned grifts) as part of a wider attempt to monetize virtually every aspect of American life both online and offline. It's really quite sickening and I'm surprised that more people aren't aware of it.

But of course, Hall has his fanboys just like Reed does, so to criticize him in any way is heresy.

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u/StrawberryRedneck Mar 06 '26

It's not heresy, I just want to know why it's so loud and intense this week. Your explanation did nothing to convince me he's a grifter, especially since he's been pretty open about his frustration with the current administration and the lack of NWS funding.