The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government
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Summary
YouTube weather channels, which employ meteorologists along with AI chatbots, are increasingly popular among those in tornado and hurricane zones, particularly in the wake of staff cuts to the US National Weather Service.
They are particularly important forwarning locals of approaching tornadoes, with one popular channel even effectively doing so when the NWS failed to upgrade its warning in time.
However, some say these YouTube streamers can sometimes misinterpret radar data, raising the alarm about a cloud formation that is not capable of producing a tornado, causing distrust among viewers.
Because of this, and the fact that many of their viewers live in areas that don’t believe in climate change, these streamers tend to avoid mentioning it.
Instead, they focus on warning locals of approaching severe weather.
Competition between the two mainYouTube weather channels is heating up, however, they have yet to clash directly.
Instead, they are more focused on ramping up their output and warnings ahead of another busy hurricane season.
