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With Katrina forecast to make landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, Ricks was the forecaster on duty and the one empowered to choose the wording of the warning, and he had been steeped in the discussions that had been happening for the past 15 years and more. www.weather.gov/media/bro/re...
As Ricks later said, "I would much rather have been wrong in this one. I would much rather be talking to you and taking the heat and crying wolf." But he knew that if it hit as a Category 5, the region would be devastated. www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9358447
The weatherman nobody heard
Weather forecaster Robert Ricks accurately predicted the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. NBC's Brian Williams talks with Ricks about the weather bulletin he issued the day before Katrina hit...
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rahaeli
@rahaeli.bsky.social
Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
9.9k followers314 following52.5k posts