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AFAICT there's no universally agreed upon meteorological definition for "code red day." Rather, this is just something Sinclair made up for "risk of severe weat

by js2 7y ago

AFAICT there's no universally agreed upon meteorological definition for "code red day." Rather, this is just something Sinclair made up for "risk of severe weather." A "code red" is also used to refer to air quality[1]. And fire risk[2]. There's also the CodeRED alert system[3]. So since this is just made up by Sinclair and doesn't have any technical definiton, what's this guy complaining about? This is Sinclair after all. 1. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/Pages/coderedabout.aspx https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/Pages... 2. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/3rd-code-red-air-quality-day-i.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/dc/3rd-... 3. https://www.onsolve.com/solutions/products/codered/ https://www.onsolve.com/solutions/products/codered/

greenyoda 7y ago
The problem is that most of the people who are watching don't know that "code red" has no real meaning, and they may decide what action to take based on what the TV station says. Those actions could end up being costly and unnecessary. As the article says toward the end: > Other meteorologists aren’t a fan of proprietary alert days to begin with, expressing reluctance toward alerts that don’t originate from the National Weather Service. > “To me, the best option is communicating the risks issued by the Storm Prediction Center,” wrote Kit Cloninger, weekend meteorologist at KSNB in Hastings, Neb. “It’s simple, and consistency is key with broadcasting. Otherwise, viewers may wonder why one station issued an ‘alert day’ while another one didn’t.” > Jamie Moker, a University of Arizona researcher working on improving weather modeling, agrees. > “Branding is not universal across all stations,” he wrote. After all, the National Weather Service already has more than 100 types of weather alerts it can issue. Moker argued that the solution isn’t for stations to create more alerts but to work on communicating existing ones.
- js2 7y ago
  Since the term has no real meaning, maybe desensitizing people to it by overusing it is the best outcome. I'd honestly be surprised if people acted on these faux alerts. I think folks are pretty used to local stations claiming just about everything is urgent, breaking, and important.
  - jjoonathan 7y ago
    I suspect it's the intended outcome. "Silly librul media calls code red every time it gets a little warm -- they must be getting desperate to convince me about global warming."
    - whenchamenia 7y ago
      This type of ad hominem just sets back your case, no matter how much facts may be on your side. Stick to facts and leave the insulting stereotypes at home.
      - xnyan 7y ago
        What if receiving political slurs is ones lived reality? I’ve been called a silly (stupid/fucking/etc) liberal in response to my views on climate change. The discussion was on topic, perhaps not written in APA per APA style guide but we can judge the content just fine without someone pretending to be a schoolmaster tut tutting at a naughty child.
        jjoonathan 7y ago
        Thank you. I have in fact erexperienced this political slur, delivered in this accent, in the context of a very similar argument, with regularity. Regardless of the intended outcome, this will be the actual outcome for at least ~1/3 of viewers, although given the history of Sinclair broadcast group I don't think it is a very large leap at all to speculate about it also being the intent.
  - bonniemuffin 7y ago
    The problem is that people who've gotten desensitized to fake Red Alerts, are also going to be skeptical when the National Weather Service issues real alerts, because most people can't tell the difference. Do you know what specific terms the weather service uses for real alerts? I sure don't.
    - 7y ago
axaxs 7y ago
Don't forget that awful Mountain Dew product, which is still the first thing I think of as 'code red' to this day...

by js2 7y ago

greenyoda 7y ago

The problem is that most of the people who are watching don't know that "code red" has no real meaning, and they may decide what action to take based on what the TV station says. Those actions could end up being costly and unnecessary. As the article says toward the end: > Other meteorologists aren’t a fan of proprietary alert days to begin with, expressing reluctance toward alerts that don’t originate from the National Weather Service. > “To me, the best option is communicating the risks issued by the Storm Prediction Center,” wrote Kit Cloninger, weekend meteorologist at KSNB in Hastings, Neb. “It’s simple, and consistency is key with broadcasting. Otherwise, viewers may wonder why one station issued an ‘alert day’ while another one didn’t.” > Jamie Moker, a University of Arizona researcher working on improving weather modeling, agrees. > “Branding is not universal across all stations,” he wrote. After all, the National Weather Service already has more than 100 types of weather alerts it can issue. Moker argued that the solution isn’t for stations to create more alerts but to work on communicating existing ones.

js2 7y ago
Since the term has no real meaning, maybe desensitizing people to it by overusing it is the best outcome. I'd honestly be surprised if people acted on these faux alerts. I think folks are pretty used to local stations claiming just about everything is urgent, breaking, and important.
- jjoonathan 7y ago
  I suspect it's the intended outcome. "Silly librul media calls code red every time it gets a little warm -- they must be getting desperate to convince me about global warming."
  - whenchamenia 7y ago
    This type of ad hominem just sets back your case, no matter how much facts may be on your side. Stick to facts and leave the insulting stereotypes at home.
    - xnyan 7y ago
      What if receiving political slurs is ones lived reality? I’ve been called a silly (stupid/fucking/etc) liberal in response to my views on climate change. The discussion was on topic, perhaps not written in APA per APA style guide but we can judge the content just fine without someone pretending to be a schoolmaster tut tutting at a naughty child.
      - jjoonathan 7y ago
        Thank you. I have in fact erexperienced this political slur, delivered in this accent, in the context of a very similar argument, with regularity. Regardless of the intended outcome, this will be the actual outcome for at least ~1/3 of viewers, although given the history of Sinclair broadcast group I don't think it is a very large leap at all to speculate about it also being the intent.
- bonniemuffin 7y ago
  The problem is that people who've gotten desensitized to fake Red Alerts, are also going to be skeptical when the National Weather Service issues real alerts, because most people can't tell the difference. Do you know what specific terms the weather service uses for real alerts? I sure don't.
  - 7y ago

axaxs 7y ago

Don't forget that awful Mountain Dew product, which is still the first thing I think of as 'code red' to this day...