I will say, there was a lot of irresponsible things that occurred prior to this storm: 1. Cliff and Shaw being insistent the storm won't happen. Even a slim chance should be considered and he should've communicated it better. 2. The social media influencers needed to be more careful in their language and making it clear that the storm is not guaranteed. 3. NWS should've kept it at a High Wind Watch, instead of a High Wind Warning. The issue is the trust people have in the weather service and media. When false alarms come out, people lose trust. The average joe doesn't understand this at the level we do. The NWS mistake by far had the greatest impact. I know people myself who scoffed at it and I had to try my best to explain. It's a boy who cried wolf situation. People will stop listening. We need better ways to communicate probabilities and ensure people understand what that means, and how they should be prepared. For most of us not hyping things up, we knew it was pretty likely there wasn't going to be wind the day before. But there was still a slim chance and that needed to be communicated effectively.

The cold solution believers are on team AIGFS. Has been consistently in camp cold. 18z is a great run. Too bad it is just a "smart" version of a garbage model.

Yeah, it’s kind of embarrassing on cliffs end for sure. Just seems like he’s specifically jealous of Mike Snyder. Cliff never has and never will be respected or appreciated in the community the way Mike is. You can tell Mike enjoys what he does and I don’t think he’s some clout chasing in it for the views and money type of guy. Cliff just seems arrogant and is trying to somehow say “I was right, gotcha” but it just comes off badly.