The official tropical weather thread - 2012

[Hook]

^^^ just mischievous ppl....I now see on a co-worker's fb something about ODPM issuing a statement that there is no tidal wave/tropical storm

Imagine a bulletin issued at 8:30am is NOW circulating. But not the bulletin itself inno, just the information, not the time-stamp.

Trinidadians just dropped a notch on the evolution rankings.

is there some other rumor?

most government offices shut down

oh well home time brb

which offices? list them

[nervewrecker]

ministry of .....*black xtrail pulls up*

[dredman1]

Hook you all have it hard yes. LOL @ having to issue a statement to quell rumours

[pugboy]

remember, last week when a depression was forming
the authorities made it clear that T&T was under no threat at all and everything good
expect normal rain etc..........

[S_2NR]

remember, last week when a depression was forming
the authorities made it clear that T&T was under no threat at all and everything good
expect normal rain etc..........

yu sayin ODMP cannot be trusted?

[Hook]

remember, last week when a depression was forming
the authorities made it clear that T&T was under no threat at all and everything good
expect normal rain etc..........

u serious? you heard that? wow


See what mischief does cause? Now instead of doing meteorological work, mankind hafta draft up and issue statements because of silly people with smartphones.

[Dave]

silly people with smartphones.

that's a very funny statement

[pioneer]

I printed the bulletin and showed them it with the time stamp, the person who got the broadcast insisted it's fact a storm is coming and started acting like a cnut...caused an entire floor to evacuate...by that time word spread and entire building was empty within minutes.

I was like whatever yes, glad to be home. Got some errands done too.

Dumb ass trinis strike again

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

the amount of people talking about a storm coming it is insane.

THERE IS NO STORM!

[Cid]

Lol, even some chunas sharing dat storm warning krap... Lol

[stev]

steups.....just wen i was about to leave work.....rain start to fall....and hard 2. POS

[streetbeastINC.]

hahahhahaha.....just to show you in an age of technology how many ppl dont use it for themselves.....trinis/ ppl like ants yeh....

[teems1]

[troublemaker]

now cuss up ah padna cuz he "reliable" bbm feed tell him storm comin..lol

[maj. tom]

Well no wonder RIM went under. Look at the kind of people using their products.

[pugboy]

ask all them people who went to sleep easy friday night thinking no storm, everything cool
only to wake up 5am in mud

yu sayin ODMP cannot be trusted?

[pioneer]

I really hope national security decides to pull the plug on bbm in trinidad

It has cost the state millions

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

ask all them people who went to sleep easy friday night thinking no storm, everything cool
only to wake up 5am in mud

yu sayin ODMP cannot be trusted?

it rains all the time, sometimes heavily and for long periods due to ITCZ activity.
ODPM nor MET Office would NOT have known there would be mudslides from poor water sheds and drainage planning up in the hills. Trees help rainwater and mud stay up in the hills instead of all draining down every times it rains heavily, cut down trees to plant garden or build houses and roads and this natural system no longer works. Can't blame ODPM for that.

[Chimera]

ask all them people who went to sleep easy friday night thinking no storm, everything cool
only to wake up 5am in mud

yu sayin ODMP cannot be trusted?

isnt ODPM's only function to manage/coordinate the response teams after a disaster?

sheit happen, they organise help

they don't advise on sheit going to happen or have to stop sheit from happening

[pioneer]

P - preparedness

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I printed the bulletin and showed them it with the time stamp, the person who got the broadcast insisted it's fact a storm is coming and started acting like a cnut...caused an entire floor to evacuate...by that time word spread and entire building was empty within minutes.

I was like whatever yes, glad to be home. Got some errands done too.

Dumb ass trinis strike again

so u is nuh one ah dem too??

[pioneer]

Well they tell we go home...u feel I was sittin around to defend de flag

boy ear I coas on dat

[Hook]

It would stand to reason, that IF, IF there was an approaching storm, tidal wave or hurricane, the info would be plastered all over the media, the Met Office fb page, ODPM's twitter feed - official sources. Not your "reliable" bbm buddy.

Remember Tomas? Ivan? It was all over the news and local stations, right? The PM addressed the nation, right? Right!

[firstchoicett]

Right !!!!

[Hook]

BTW, I kinda only mentioned it in passing, but we've FINALLY managed to convince Admin that Met needs a Facebook page and Twitter account because it needs to be more visible.

Look for us on FB and "like" the page or whatever it is u do on that thing. Twitter stuff to come soon.
We'll try to post cool sheit in between weather info or whatever.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trinidad ... 2093113015

[nervewrecker]

is join hook gonna join fb dey?

[Hook]

Hahahaha...I already gave in when I got a blackberry, but I'll fight the fb thing as long as I can.

Got enough of them with fb accounts to handle that.

[rollingstock]

Blasphemy! Never will he be part of that evilllllllll

[MadCrix]

i post first i post first!!!!

what i win?

[sMASH]

ah pan ah crix, and not the normal crix, some madd crix!!!!