Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
For convective and tropical weather, you don't use end result to negate the need to prepare. You evacuate on a 5-20% chance of getting hit. Everyone should've gased up and stocked up (but not all at Costco), You don't criticize when apocalypse didn't happen where you are 80-95% of the time.
you have to prepare when it makes sense to prepare - for tropical storms here it means very limited low lying desert and mud flow prone areas rather than hyping this up... this was no history or actual forecast projection here suggesting 20% or 5% or any meaningful % of significant risk beyond typical atmospheric rivers or winds we encounter during other seasons... it was purely the novelty of this happening in august..
and of course there are plenty of real risks lining up where more aggressive prep (and investstment) is actually needed eg we will certainly have fires and many residential areas are already uninsurable