S2K in Palm Beach Post !!

schmita · #1 Postby **schmita** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:39 am

By Oct. 12, photos from weather satellites were showing an increasingly organized cloud mass south of Jamaica. Two days later, weather enthusiasts were buzzing about it on Web sites such as Storm2K.org, saying the system looked like a potential threat to Florida.

"What are the chances of a Hurricane Irene-type track?" asked Storm2K weather-watcher Christy, who identified herself as a pharmacy technician in Homestead.

#2 Postby **tracyswfla** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:41 am

schmita wrote:By Oct. 12, photos from weather satellites were showing an increasingly organized cloud mass south of Jamaica. Two days later, weather enthusiasts were buzzing about it on Web sites such as Storm2K.org, saying the system looked like a potential threat to Florida.

"What are the chances of a Hurricane Irene-type track?" asked Storm2K weather-watcher Christy, who identified herself as a pharmacy technician in Homestead.

WOHOOO oh yea!

#3 Postby **bvigal** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:43 am

Oh great, now we are being "watched" and quoted, no less.

Admins, how about not allowing viewing of this site by non-members??? If people want to join, that's fine. That makes the difference, legally, between being quoted without permission in the press, doesn't it? The way I understand it, it it's members only (i.e. no webbots indexing threads for Google, etc.), they have to contact and ask permission to quote someone?

KatDaddy · #4 Postby **KatDaddy** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:43 am

Very Nice!

#5 Postby **ericinmia** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:16 pm

lol wow...

they even checked her profile and pulled up anything she put in there.

interesting, too bad they couldn't get a quote from someone saying where or what wilma would do. Like derek's this will be the first and last wilma quote... lol
-Eric

#6 Postby **brunota2003** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:28 pm

i kinda wish they would join, pm you, and ask to make sure its ok with you for them to quote you, I mean, cause otherwise you could be joking around, sarcasm, and then it ends up in a newspaper, and you dont know that until someone puts in on here, then you find out the hard way, it could end up pissing someone off... If I ended up in the newspaper without them telling me first, I would be happy, but a little ticked if I didnt know about it... 8-)

EDIT: I misspelled "quote" I spelled it qoute... :lol:

Tampa Bay Hurricane · #7 Postby **Tampa Bay Hurricane** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:30 pm

WOOHOO S2K is in the papers!!!!
WAAAAAHOOOOO!!!!!

jkt21787 · #8 Postby **jkt21787** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:47 pm

This is very cool, but at the same time is a little concerning. They not only used Christy's quote, but looked up her profile as well. Is that even allowed? I see some others share this concern as well.

And another thing, of all people to quote, why did they quote Christy? :wink:

#9 Postby **gatorcane** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:50 pm

Why wouldn't they be allowed to look up our profiles? That information is public. :roll:

jkt21787 · #10 Postby **jkt21787** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:53 pm

boca_chris wrote:Why wouldn't they be allowed to look up our profiles? That information is public.

They need to get the member's permission first before publishing it. I wouldnt want something of mine quoted in a newspaper without being asked first. Its being courteous. For all I know they could have quoted something I wasn't even being serious about or didn't want said outside of this forum.

#11 Postby **gatorcane** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:55 pm

Yes, I see your point. Not sure why they chose Christy's comment. :wink:

#12 Postby **P.K.** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:57 pm

Here is a link to this I found on Google http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/local_news/epaper/2005/10/30/m1a_Wilma_1030.html

Website · #13 Postby **Brent** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:15 pm

jkt21787 wrote:
boca_chris wrote:Why wouldn't they be allowed to look up our profiles? That information is public.

They need to get the member's permission first before publishing it. I wouldnt want something of mine quoted in a newspaper without being asked first. Its being courteous. For all I know they could have quoted something I wasn't even being serious about or didn't want said outside of this forum.

FWIW, they sent me a PM wanting me to talk to them about my "prediction" a week in advance here that Wilma would come to Florida, so we don't know that Christy wasn't notified.

jkt21787 · #14 Postby **jkt21787** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:17 pm

Brent wrote:
jkt21787 wrote:
boca_chris wrote:Why wouldn't they be allowed to look up our profiles? That information is public.

They need to get the member's permission first before publishing it. I wouldnt want something of mine quoted in a newspaper without being asked first. Its being courteous. For all I know they could have quoted something I wasn't even being serious about or didn't want said outside of this forum.

FWIW, they sent me a PM wanting me to talk to them about my "prediction" a week in advance here that Wilma would come to Florida, so we don't know that Christy wasn't notified.

Well, OK, that makes things a lot clearer. If they contacted you, they obviously must have contacted Christy as well, which is what they should have done. Good job.

#15 Postby **brunota2003** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:19 pm

jkt21787 wrote:
Brent wrote:
jkt21787 wrote:
boca_chris wrote:Why wouldn't they be allowed to look up our profiles? That information is public.

They need to get the member's permission first before publishing it. I wouldnt want something of mine quoted in a newspaper without being asked first. Its being courteous. For all I know they could have quoted something I wasn't even being serious about or didn't want said outside of this forum.

FWIW, they sent me a PM wanting me to talk to them about my "prediction" a week in advance here that Wilma would come to Florida, so we don't know that Christy wasn't notified.

Well, OK, that makes things a lot clearer. If they contacted you, they obviously must have contacted Christy as well, which is what they should have done. Good job.

Ok, I'm happier now, lol...

#16 Postby **SkeetoBite** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:49 pm

Hey guys, Bob King from the Palm Beach Post is very professional. I'm pretty confident that he would contact folks he was quoting. If not, it was likely an honest mistake.

Mr. King has a syndicated Blog that is carried in a lot of major newspapers around the country. He uses our maps in these blogs, which allows us to track the activity. The reach is incredible.

This isn't the first time Bob King has mentioned S2K in a report or his Blog. This is a really good thing for S2K.

Jonathon-

Regit · #17 Postby **Regit** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:23 pm

The irony is too much to resist. The Palm Beach Post has its own tropical weather message board. They chose to come to this website and get a quote from the forums, rather than take a quote from their OWN hurricane forum. I guess they think we're smarter than their own members. :lol:

Sal Collaziano · #18 Postby **Sal Collaziano** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:32 pm

I think I just picked up the last Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach. I read the front page article and found this site through it.

chadtm80 · #19 Postby **chadtm80** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:04 pm

Mentioned Here as Well

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/cont ... storm2005/

#20 Postby **vbhoutex** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:36 am

And where did a lot of our original posters originate? Why at their site way back in 1997. The rest is a long history.

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