question about -removed-

[weatherwoman]

Tell me why you can not wishcast on here, I don't understand why there are so many people are here that say they don't want a hurricane but you are on a site to talk about them something has to interest you to them or a site to talk about them. Just a question, don't jump me for asking

[Recurve]

Pretty upsetting to people here trying to prepare for possible landfall to have other people cheering a storm on for their hometown. And it means non-scientific, emotional "forecasting" which nobody wants mixed in with solid weather analysis.

[vbhoutex]

There is a huge difference between "-removed-" and discussing the future of a tropical system. True discussion looking at the facts presented, talking about them and how they will affect the tropical system and making a "forecast" about that future based on those facts.

Stating that Hurricane X is definitely coming to Houston(where I live) as a CAT5 or any other Category for that matter, without the data to back that up is -removed-, if I stated that. There are some that will state that each tropical system that is anywhere near them(and many times not near them) is going to end up in their front yard just because they think they want to experience a Hurricane. That is -removed-. Huge difference!!

[Ivanhater]

its also hard to comprehend how anyone would want a storm, especially from the people in pensacola and punta gorda that were devastated last year....i guess some people wont get it til they actually go through the hell that comes along with a major storm

[ThunderMate]

Well, without suffering there can be no compassion and if you live on the coast its one of the downsides of living the paradise.

[weatherwoman]

ok i think i understand your what you mean now by -removed-, so if is say I like storms and i enjoy hurricanes, and I would like see one come into North Carolina that is not -removed- but if they say it is going to florida and I say it is not with no data to back me up then I am in the wrong, ok thats fair, but I do like storms and I do want one I have lived in coastal nc all my life so i have had many of them to me they are exciting, i do not want damage to anyone or their property which i know is going to happen with any storm. but me saying I want one is not going to make it happen, or is it going to change anything. I just wanted to know what I could and couldnt say here thanks

[Hurricaneman]

ok i think i understand your what you mean now by -removed-, so if is say I like storms and i enjoy hurricanes, and I would like see one come into North Carolina that is not -removed- but if they say it is going to florida and I say it is not with no data to back me up then I am in the wrong, ok thats fair, but I do like storms and I do want one I have lived in coastal nc all my life so i have had many of them to me they are exciting, i do not want damage to anyone or their property which i know is going to happen with any storm. but me saying I want one is not going to make it happen, or is it going to change anything. I just wanted to know what I could and couldnt say here thanks

youre right

[Air Force Met]

Tell me why you can not wishcast on here, I don't understand why there are so many people are here that say they don't want a hurricane but you are on a site to talk about them something has to interest you to them or a site to talk about them. Just a question, don't jump me for asking

Because this is a place for learning...and people who want to discuss what actually might happen rather than a lot of worthless opinions that have no basis in fact. This board is a little more professional and serious than other boards. If someone wants to wishcast...and be dogmatic about tropical forecasts that have no basis in facts...then there are other places for them...not here. There needs to be a place where people can turn so that they get the best possible information...and not a bunch of wishcasts...that place is here. If people want to get their ears tickled and hear something that they want to (and yet is not based in fact)...they need to try some of the other boards on the net. This is not the place for them.

[storms in NC]

its also hard to comprehend how anyone would want a storm, especially from the people in pensacola and punta gorda that were devastated last year....i guess some people wont get it til they actually go through the hell that comes along with a major storm

Not just there don't forget Floyd in 1999. It has been 5 years now and still homes just left unfixed.It took us 2 years to redo our home. We had to wait till there was no moister left in the wood ect.. And you had to wait till it was your turn to get help rebuilding.

[jax]

Tell me why you can not wishcast on here, I don't understand why there are so many people are here that say they don't want a hurricane but you are on a site to talk about them something has to interest you to them or a site to talk about them. Just a question, don't jump me for asking

in reallity... you are allowed to wishcast... it happens about every other
post... we just aren't allowed to tell someone they are -removed-...

[Ivanhater]

its also hard to comprehend how anyone would want a storm, especially from the people in pensacola and punta gorda that were devastated last year....i guess some people wont get it til they actually go through the hell that comes along with a major storm

Not just there don't forget Floyd in 1999. It has been 5 years now and still homes just left unfixed.It took us 2 years to redo our home. We had to wait till there was no moister left in the wood ect.. And you had to wait till it was your turn to get help rebuilding.

exactly, so many people on this board know what were talking about and it is a little offensive to hear that someone wants a storm

[Recurve]

What separates people who want to experience a hurricane from those who don't is often, in my experience, a mortgage.

[Hurricaneman]

its also hard to comprehend how anyone would want a storm, especially from the people in pensacola and punta gorda that were devastated last year....i guess some people wont get it til they actually go through the hell that comes along with a major storm

Not just there don't forget Floyd in 1999. It has been 5 years now and still homes just left unfixed.It took us 2 years to redo our home. We had to wait till there was no moister left in the wood ect.. And you had to wait till it was your turn to get help rebuilding.

exactly, so many people on this board know what were talking about and it is a little offensive to hear that someone wants a storm

Floyd even though weakened by the time it got up here, downed a tree about 1 foot from my car, so I don't ever want to see another storm near here

[weatherwoman]

whether you want one or not they are going to happen, its like when my husband moved her from pa he didnt like the snow, we dont get it that much but when we do love it. he don't so he moved go get away from it when you live on the coast you have to live with the weather it gives, like it or not. it's impossible to believe that we would ever have a meteologist out there that was not fasanated by storms. i'm sure it is not the sunny days that drew them to their profession

[jasons2k]

What separates people who want to experience a hurricane from those who don't is often, in my experience, a mortgage.

EXCELLENT POINT!!

As a kid, I wanted them. As an adult with a mortgage, I don't. The curiosity and fascination is still there of course, I wish all storms could be like Bret - then I could take a day trip to get my thrills and nobody gets hurt.

I think a lot of people may do the opposite of wishcast and actually 'fearcast'

[Thunder44]

-removed- alone is not the problem. Sure it's fun to want storm to come to your area. But some like to challenge the pros with it, that's where the problem is. If you aren't using data or using any skills to back up your forecasts or opinions, then you are simply -removed-. Though sometimes I think pros and others are too eager dismiss other opinions here as just "-removed-", and it's often being used as a derogatory term across the boards.

[jax]

What separates people who want to experience a hurricane from those who don't is often, in my experience, a mortgage.

EXCELLENT POINT!!

As a kid, I wanted them. As an adult with a mortgage, I don't. The curiosity and fascination is still there of course, I wish all storms could be like Bret - then I could take a day trip to get my thrills and nobody gets hurt.

I think a lot of people may do the opposite of wishcast and actually 'fearcast'

i have a mortgage... and i still say... Bring it On!
it's life on lifes terms... i'm not a material person...
yet i have plenty of material things... if a storm comes
and takes it away... so be it... my job is to keep my
family safe... bottom line.

Most importantly though... no one dies...
Storms are going to come... some will be worse than others.
Any member wishing it to any particular area will never
effect to direction of the storm. never. If you get out of
harms way... everything should work it's way out...
JMHO

[weatherwoman]

that is a good point thanks for saying that. i and all other storm likers (lovers) of course do not want anyone hurt, and yes it hard when you lose your home or whatever car ect but a life is so much more important, i dont wish harm on anyone, i do however love to go to the beach before a storm hits and watch the ocean, it is all so exciting, we go over as long as we can until they wont let me on the bridge anymore then we go home and set outside and watch nature take its course in a safe place of course i love to video the trees and wind blowing the rain, how amazing this is all is, yes i want a storm to come to carteret co nc, but that does not mean we will get one.

[DESTRUCTION5]

Lived in Homestead Aug 23, 1992 was a wish-caster...Lived nowhere Aug 25 Whishcasting came to an end...

[Recurve]

I'll revise it: Having a mortgage and no insurance, or not enough to rebuild.

People who think they can enjoy a hurricane at home are irrational -- imagining that a force that kills people and destoys lives will have a different effect on them. But we are all fascinated by weather.

You haven't experienced a hurricane if several model runs point at your house and you feel a tingle of excitement. If you feel like you're going to throw up, you probably have, or seen the effects.