Misc General Banter Thread

[Brent]

Hey everyone, long time lurker here. I used to live in Atlanta but family and I moved to Houston,TX 3 years ago. Currently I’m watching trends for possible winter weather potential. On a scale of 1 to “Houston we have a problem” what do you all think of impacts here? Thanks and I’m excited for everyone on the board to rake this in!

I would be concerned if there's any impact solely because the city had two widespread power outages last year. Clearly they are not prepared for anything. I would prepare for it to happen again TBH not to mention the state grid issues that randomly pop up...

If they never get anything wintry then you're set up for hurricane season at least

 

[hazard06]

I would be concerned if there's any impact solely because the city had two widespread power outages last year. Clearly they are not prepared for anything. I would prepare for it to happen again TBH not to mention the state grid issues that randomly pop up...

If they never get anything wintry then you're set up for hurricane season at least

Yeah we live south of Houston in Rosharon and the outer wall of Beryl went over our home(good times). I agree I don’t think the city is prepared as I would think they should be. If this ends up becoming a prolonged freezing event here that will be problematic over the metro area for sure.

 

[Brent]

Yeah we live south of Houston in Rosharon and the outer wall of Beryl went over our home(good times). I agree I don’t think the city is prepared as I would think they should be. If this ends up becoming a prolonged freezing event here that will be problematic over the metro area for sure.

Yeah I was in Kansas City 2 weekends ago and I mean 10 minutes of freezing drizzle and the roads were a complete disaster

And that wasn't even a real ice storm for them

It doesn't take much

 

[CLOTT01]

Anything off Temu and youd essentially have the verification scores of the Canadian and GFS in your own living room

Ha


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[ontherocks]

CSC thread is off the rails right now…too many meltdowns….clearly we are all pretty snow-sensitive right now.

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

Might be RIP to this car soon, as far as I know, it's still driveable, but it's old and I would probably be trading it in in a year or so anyway, so it might not be easy to find a replacement hood.

I'm still not sure what the other guy was thinking. They seemed erratic to me when I was observing and at the very last second before you merged on an intersection, they swerved with no time for me to slam my brakes to avoid hitting them, then drove off.

 

[mrdaddyman]

Our little man rockin’ the house this afternoon at the Campbell Women’s basketball game.

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

Very random haha, but my poor dad has NO IDEA what an electric car is like lmao.

He mistook a car this afternoon for an electric car due to the fact something was plugged into the tire of the car, and I found where you gas the car when I got out of the vehicle.

 

[xshare]

Something changed in Tapatalk iOS this week and it’s showing a bunch of ads slowing down the app, and then in the background it’s just chewing up my battery. I don’t love using the web version on my phone, but I guess that’s the only alternative? Anyone else seeing this?

 

[atlwx]

Something changed in Tapatalk iOS this week and it’s showing a bunch of ads slowing down the app, and then in the background it’s just chewing up my battery. I don’t love using the web version on my phone, but I guess that’s the only alternative? Anyone else seeing this?

well. there is an alternative. open safari. go to: https://southernwx.com . and then hit the share button and save to your home screen. pull down to refresh. and every now and then, if it freezes up, force quit and open again.

yeah, you have to deal with the stupid pages thing. But frankly, tapatalk is just trash and a money grab now. The improvements to using over the website are no longer worth it. I even had a subscription to tapatalk, and it still sucked!

That app is just in revenue and maintenance mode. No new features. No improvements. It's only the occasional "bug fix", and you can bet they are only bugs related to serving ads or something related to revenue.

Tapatalk is garbage. They don't deserve any money from subs or money from ads. Kick that flaming pile of trash to the curb and be done with it!

 

[xshare]

Yeah the pages thing just kills me lol

 

[atlwx]

Yeah the pages thing just kills me lol

Yeah. But ya get used to it. And forget about it soon enough.

 

[CaryWx]

Layoffs at NOAA

 

[Oconeexman]

Wonder if awful american modeling and lack of meaningful upgrades played into the layoffs. I mean honestly we sit here in 2025 and still rely on a European model suite more than any created here at home other than short range in house models. Im not saying there should be layoffs at NOAA but I am saying we can do better. I know a lot of people are angry and making it all about Trump and Elon but good will come out of it. Doesn't matter how many thousands of employees work for NOAA if people don't care about the weather as much as they do TikTok. Weather to Gen Z is pretty much not a subject..it just happens.

 

[cyclogent]

Wonder if awful american modeling and lack of meaningful upgrades played into the layoffs. I mean honestly we sit here in 2025 and still rely on a European model suite more than any created here at home other than short range in house models. Im not saying there should be layoffs at NOAA but I am saying we can do better. I know a lot of people are angry and making it all about Trump and Elon but good will come out of it. Doesn't matter how many thousands of employees work for NOAA if people don't care about the weather as much as they do TikTok. Weather to Gen Z is pretty much not a subject..it just happens.

Part of the challenge for American modeling over the years has been the lack of funding for upgrades. We're way behind in the petaflop race. The next major advancement in American modeling, AI, just got kneecapped since we fired a bunch of probationary peeps many of whom have AI skills. So we're going to be way behind in the AI race as well. For most people the weather is just the weather and don't care. De-funding a program that "studies fish and watches clouds" is an easy layup for the ignorant who can't be bothered to understand what exactly NOAA does for the nation's public safety and economy. People do care about food prices, energy prices, fast shipping, and all that...but fail to see how NOAA impacts all of those things. FAFO.

 

[Brent]

Part of the challenge for American modeling over the years has been the lack of funding for upgrades. We're way behind in the petaflop race. The next major advancement in American modeling, AI, just got kneecapped since we fired a bunch of probationary peeps many of whom have AI skills. So we're going to be way behind in the AI race as well. For most people the weather is just the weather and don't care. De-funding a program that "studies fish and watches clouds" is an easy layup for the ignorant who can't be bothered to understand what exactly NOAA does for the nation's public safety and economy. People do care about food prices, energy prices, fast shipping, and all that...but fail to see how NOAA impacts all of those things. FAFO.

Just to add to this but I knew people who live in tornado alley who believed weather was nothing but a giant conspiracy

The contrails were a weekly conspiracy
The hurricanes a month before the election were a conspiracy

It's kind of sad actually

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

Posting and bringing this thread up because this is just absurd lol...

 

[J.C.]

Posting and bringing this thread up because this is just absurd lol...

These are the same folks who ride in the left lane without getting over for any reason whatsoever unless it’s “their” exit. We have an ever growing disease of severe incompetency and selfishness in this country, and it has manifested itself exponentially on our roadways. If you’ve ever driven in Mexico, it’s far worse. If you ever get to drive in a Europe, you will be harassed, ticketed, and run off the road if you do not remove yourself from the passing lane and remain in the travel lane(s). There is no such thing as a fast lane.

 

[EmersonGA]

These are the same folks who ride in the left lane without getting over for any reason whatsoever unless it’s “their” exit. We have an ever growing disease of severe incompetency and selfishness in this country, and it has manifested itself exponentially on our roadways. If you’ve ever driven in Mexico, it’s far worse. If you ever get to drive in a Europe, you will be harassed, ticketed, and run off the road if you do not remove yourself from the passing lane and remain in the travel lane(s). There is no such thing as a fast lane.

I spent some time in rural Idaho and learned this quickly. I thought I was fine doing 85 in the left lane but they taught me that was slow lane speed.

 

[Arcc]

LThese are the same folks who ride in the left lane without getting over for any reason whatsoever unless it’s “their” exit. We have an ever growing disease of severe incompetency and selfishness in this country, and it has manifested itself exponentially on our roadways. If you’ve ever driven in Mexico, it’s far worse. If you ever get to drive in a Europe, you will be harassed, ticketed, and run off the road if you do not remove yourself from the passing lane and remain in the travel lane(s). There is no such thing as a fast lane.

Bah, considering how many times I couldn't get into the "passing lane" to make an exit because a bunch of idiots want to run 80mph in 65mph and line up and won't let you over or will literally ride your bumper as you pass an eighteen wheeler and try to get ahead of the truck before getting in front of them; I dont care how much people whine. I quite enjoy making people making people pass me in the slow lane.

 

[Arcc]

It amazes me that people actually sign up for Alabama Power's "Flat bill" program.