National Weather Service set to drop advisories by 2024
It’s part of a larger hazard simplification effort; watches and warnings will remain.
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It’s part of a larger hazard simplification effort; watches and warnings will remain.
The National Weather Service announced that they are making adjustments to their hazard messaging. The changes to the headlines will take place by 2024. A press release issued by the Chief of the National Weather Service Forecast Services Division, Eli Jacks, notes that the decision was “based on results of extensive social science research with partners and the public, which documented significant confusion with current NWS headline terms.” Get our free mobile app The research showed that the advisory-type headlines were confusing. Also, that the advisory term still conflicted with the t...
Sun 21 Feb 2021 09.00 EST Museums all around the world are collecting Covid-related material. At one level, this is hardly surprising: this is a global transformative event and future generations will need to see what it did to us, how we tried to cope. But they should also be given praise for doing it at a time when they are all locked down. For most, the collecting process – usually an online callout for objects allied to more proactive spotting of themes and requesting of material – started in March or April last year at just the time museums were closing their doors and curators were ...