Networks Are Obligated to Preempt Your TV Shows During a Tornado
The Vane’s Dennis Mersereau explains the legal obligation your local news station has concerning breaking into entertainment programming for tornado coverage.
Preparation Checklist
Cancel Saturday Events on Friday: Nope. Stock Up on Bread and Water: oops, this isn’t winter. Get some cash from the ATM? Not a bad idea. 5 steps for families to prepare and 3 suggestions for event organizers.
Tow a U-Haul Trailer the RIGHT Way
With school coming to an end, here’s some useful information for those who will be moving later this month.
FEMA Tornado Safe rooms ARE safe
I was mis-informed that they were only rated “up to EF4” when, in fact, they are rated up to 250 mph winds which is well into the high end of the EF5 category.
The deep, dark secrets of severe weather safety
Every time we give weather talks, we lie. Not maliciously, mind you, but in our effort to comfort, we gloss over some very frightening statistics.
Three tornado myths that just refuse to die
It never ceases to amaze me how some old myths that have LONG been debunked are still practiced by people on a regular basis.
Have mercy on the TV weather departments: Part II
Is a city-slicker’s life more valuable than a farmer’s life? ABSOLUTELY not.
Have mercy on the TV weather departments
The poor weather staff just wants to do the best job they can while making the fewest number of people mad while providing timely information to those that need it. It is the Holy Grail. It can never be reached.
When a City Loses Its Ever-lovin’ Mind
An unprecedented weather event happened in southcentral Kansas on April 8, 2015 and it had nothing to do with what was going on in the sky.
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