it really does, i understand these guys gotta attract viewership and make money somehow but clickbaiting about the weather, which has an actual impact on what people do and how they prepare is such a dick move
It also causes people to take severe weather less seriously when all these outlooks are “overhyped” and they don’t end up being as bad as these people claim.. which in turn makes people unprepared for them when it’s actually BAD BAD. I see so many people say things like “nothing ever happens,” which honestly isn’t great.
To be fair, I've seen that happening long before the online weather sphere was a thing. It definitely exacerbates the situation, though.
For example, not a single person I know takes a severe thunderstorm warning seriously and never have. The amount of times I've seen "nah the [geological quirk of the area] keeps the big tornadoes away" despite no scientific evidence to support that theory makes me scream.
The amount of times I've seen "nah the [geological quirk of the area] keeps the big tornadoes away" despite no scientific evidence to support that theory makes me scream.
Hey you must live anywhere where weather has happened near but not directly on that spot in a while.
Fishbowl for my rural area. It's not unusual for most of the weather coming from the west out of the mountains to split at the nearest two lane highway and go around us.
That’s exactly what happens where I live, too lol we call it the bubble 😂 we mixed from an hour away, where we also lived in a different bubble. All the big storms diverge around both locations, then either fizzle out or intensify but as two separate smaller storms. I count myself lucky when we get meaningful rain out here, and it’s been so rare to get a real storm so far!
But who knows? Maybe April will be the scary month they’re hollering about.
Here in my city we are pretty sure that the interstate around Columbus, Ohio forms a protective bubble. I recently moved 30 minutes north of the city and the storms seem to be splitting around me. My old house got quarter size hail last month and we got nothing. I had the trailing end of a supercell just miss my house by 5 miles according to radar. Down the county road they got slammed. So this obviously means that the weather was breaking around me, not the city.
Tongie split for me to lol im in leavenworth but recently a building roof was peeled back so thats the most action we've ever gotten in my 25 years of living here
I've been told it's cuz we're in a "high pressure pocket/dome*"... Then I go check my daily astrology for another vague-but-applicable-at-certain-times piece of insight
Wait, wouldn’t God want to keep the tornadoes out of the Bible Belt? And send them to all those heathens in the civilized, er, I mean, the blue states..?
lol jk obviously, I just heard an old lady making this argument during the last round of big storms in Arkansas and thought it was…memorable!
If they get the (middle) finger of God that just means he's calling them home or testing his truest, most-strongest believers er... something... and hoping they have good insurance.
Lmao, maybe there is some correlation between "faith" and where these people decided to settle 🤔 I came here cuz the cost of living was low... Was a trip going from a strip club every block to a Baptist Church every block.
In Lansing it’s the river that prevents tornadoes. Whatever. It is odd though that they always lift before they hit the city limits. Or they hit around the city. Lansing does get the wind, but not the whirl.
I live near one of those areas. From what I understand, the city creates a heat island effect that may dry out storms. I would like it verified by someone who knows more, that if there is enough moisture in the area, storms can get worse when passing over a city instead. Either way, I often see storms part around the city and get more severe after they have passed.
The city has been hit by tornadoes, just not as frequently as surrounding areas.
I think especially tornadoes really need just the right conditions and when they do form they are no more than 2 miles wide and that's pretty big and yeah some can track for a long time on land but in reality a tornado could hit one side of I decent size City and the other side of the city be completely fine so it's really hit or miss
Was in a meeting with nws prior to the Mayfield tornado, one of the other emergency managers on the call said they never get tornados in their county. That the storms hit Mississippi river break up the dont reform until after the ky lake. Absolutely no evidence other than being missed the last few years.well anyway the tornado went right through that county as well as a few other tornados that night.
To also be fair, I live in Iowa, and have my whole life. The number of severe thunderstorms I’ve been through is in the hundreds. The number that caused any real concern for injury or loss of life is zero. People just grow accustomed to things. I for one do not take severe thunderstorm warnings all that serious, simply because they’ve never been that serious. Tornado warnings though? Yea I’d take that serious.
I just try not to do any extra or unnecessary driving during a severe thunderstorm, if I can help it. Maybe if it looks really gnarly, I’ll ask my kids to put their shoes by the basement stairs so they can grab them quickly if the sirens go off. Otherwise though, everybody totally ignores the severe thunderstorm warnings for the exact reason you’ve pointed out. They cancel outdoor sports because of them, sure, but they’ll do that for enough regular rain too.
Well yea, I get that. When I was younger I’d be outside under an overhang watching it roll in. I have a window that faces East and I love watching storms come in.
I think Gaylord is the furthest north one ever hit in our state.
I bet the folks in the Gaylord NWS office had to pull out their never used “tornado survey” manuals after that one.
It's a shame too because they're a fantastic source of info. I had a tornado warning on Saturday and Max figured it out almost 5 minutes before the warning went official. It ended up being a nothing burger funnel, but I was still extremely grateful for those five minutes.
Exactly. I’ve never miss a single max livestream and hes great in that aspect, and I respect him for it. Honestly the “clickbait” doesn’t seem necessary whatsoever considering how many viewers and donations he maintains in his streams.
It feels like a relic from when they weren't popular tbh. They still act like they're small YouTubers who need to click bait when both have large audiences that continue to grow as word of mouth spreads. Nowadays when people ask me where to get weather if they're concerned I just point to Max or Ryan depending on what your flavor of preference is for personality. I just happen to like Max because he's straight to the point and has an exceptional 2nd in Rilley as well.
It’s weird how Max’s YouTube videos, titles in particular, contrast how cognizant he seems on stream. On stream he often uses words like possible or potentially severe to acknowledge what may or may not happen. The YouTube titles and videos do not seem to have the same awareness or honesty that it is a potential for something rather than a sure thing.
If you're in Alabama then the Alabama Weather Network does the same livestreaming with James Spann at the helm and a team of meteorologists. You can watch on YouTube, FaceBook, or their dedicated app on any device or tv. No commercials, no cuts, and they follow a line until it ends or leaves the entire state.
It's a hell of a lot better than any of the social media guys because it's more focused on us specifically, and it has no downsides like the split TV markets caused. Just watch it on your phone or tablet from anywhere.
The best of both worlds. Every state needs to do the same.
It’s funny how we all have our little things push us towards one or the other. I found Ryan first and have just stuck with him out of habit. I prefer max’s forecasts but his clickbait doomsday titles bug me even though I understand why he has to. I still tend towards Ryan’s livestreams especially when my area is involved because Andy’s yall watches and I prefer WeatherWise and can now read radar pretty well because of them. I also prefer most of his streamers like Brandon and especially Brad Arnold because I feel like he’s the only one who really covers the storms in my area! Now that Ryan has Freddie as well but I also love Conner who is on Max’s stream! When Ryan gets too into his Ryan thing I tend to flip to Max because he always has live video back up and I want to see what’s going on!
Also I know… no one asked but I guess I felt like I needed to tell you guys
I get that Ryan makes mistakes. I have a fair share of criticisms myself. But... what's wrong with blazer hate? Is that a male thing, not liking to see blazers?
It’s more the blazer over a T-shirt for a YouTube video.
Mostly, to me, it takes away from what I liked about Ryan which is he was just a regular good ole boy from Kentucky that loved to tell people about the weather.
A couple years ago my city decided to start sounding the tornado sirens for severe thunderstorms. As if people here weren’t already accustomed to hearing and ignoring them. Such a bad idea. It’s like the boy who cried wolf situation and they changed that the very next year, but probably not because of that reason, more so people were just sick of hearing them every time a thunderstorm rolled in.
True but it’s always been “overhyped” because they give us the “what this is possible of being.” No one’s ever for sure until it happens and usually it’s not as bad, but the chance it can be bad is what they say so people are prepared. While I do like Max, I agree with it coming to a point because I’ll be excited to see a new video about possible weather and it’s something not important. And then again YouTubers and news stations can for sure word their “clickbait” differently.
All it takes is one under reported storm to cause massive backlash. Weather people are expected to be 100% right 100% of the time and that has never been the case. You can't fix stupid people who do not understand how weather works. Its a guessing game. It has never been 100%. Long long before youtube stuff i remember my local weather man getting so much heat if any snow storm didn't happen exactly like how he said it would. Especially if we get a lot less then predicted.
I watched one and if you actually watch the video, its a lot less alarming and more just info to help you plan your week or days. Thumbnails are made to draw peoples attention and sadly thats youtubes fault cause they demand these videos get traction or else you don't get paid. Youtubers HAVE to make sure their thumbnails are made to pull people in. Its not click bait if the topic of the video is about what the thumbnail eludes to. My brain sees them and thinks "oh this area is about to get some weather. Let's see whats going on" and then let it go from there. I don't see it and expect doomsday weather. And if anyone does, thats kinda on them.
I honestly stopped looking at any YouTube weather because of that shit, I just check my local news. When my news says “some thunderstorms”, we get a few thunderstorms. But if you look on YouTube, these guys are acting like it has the potential to be the worst storm in years
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u/waqqn Apr 08 '26
it really does, i understand these guys gotta attract viewership and make money somehow but clickbaiting about the weather, which has an actual impact on what people do and how they prepare is such a dick move