Weather radars under attack from conspiracy theorists?

[Mediafrog+]

Unfortunately there are too many stupid people in this world:

https://kfor.com/news/local/far-right-extremist-group-threatens-to-take-weather-radars-offline/

Suspect in News 9 radar vandalism arrested by Oklahoma City Police

Investigators tell News 9, they believe Anthony Tyler Mitchell is the man seen on surveillance footage destroying the power supply to News 9’s NextGen Live radar in Northeast Oklahoma City Sunday night.

www.news9.com

'Anti-government militia' says it’s targeting Oklahoma weather radars

An “anti-government militia” called ‘Veterans on Patrol’ told News 9 on Tuesday that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars, days after an individual vandalized News 9’s weather radar.

www.news9.com

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Damn that weather radar tower is one of the towers that provide Oklahoma City TV and Radio stations, Plus AccuWeather and National Weather Service with weather data. Let's hope the next time Oklahoma gets hit with the next big storm the state gets reliable information on how to evacuate and reach safety while one of their towers is down.


Also just because a weather radar system is down does not mean there's another way to get reliable weather data and it's from a Satellite from NASA called GOES it's a group of Satellites that measure weather data in the same way the radar towers on the ground does that.

GOES-19 Transition to Operations │ GOES-R Series

The GOES-R Series (a collaboration of NOAA and NASA) is the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather-monitoring satellite system.

www.goes-r.gov

NOAA’s GOES-U Weather Satellite Deployment - NASA Science

The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) has separated from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy second stage rocket. The GOES-U spacecraft will now unfurl its solar arrays and work toward powering up and establishing...

science.nasa.gov

 

[davideduardo]

This is the kind of story I read and think, initially, that I had better check the calendar to see if it is April Fools' Day someplace in the world.

Then I realize that this guy is just one of many with very strange beliefs that have not been cured by their parents, their school or their church or social group.

 

[Will_H_69_9]

this is what happens when a political party embraces cult culture and studies how cults work to abuse and use the people who pretty much are prey to cults and fall for the traps cults put to lure them into said cult.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/weather/militia-group-nexrad-weather-radar/

It’s crazier than we are thinking here. First of all NEXRAD the weather system managed by National Weather Service does not “Poison the skies” Somehow this group never heard that wildfires poison the skies every year in some of the high risk areas. Also Volcano eruptions do the same thing every year in some parts of the world. NEXRAD weather towers and GOES satellites only collect weather data around the country and not what this group is saying.

Officials from the National Weather Service are on alert after an anti-government group publicly made threats against radar installations across the country.

Known as NEXRAD sites, or Next Generation Weather Radar, they are essential tools for meteorologists to monitor and forecast severe weather.

Extremist group Veterans on Patrol claims NEXRAD installations contain military-operated “weather weapons” that are “poisoning the skies.”

The group has not detailed how it intends to target the sites, but its founder, Michael “Lewis Arthur” Meyer, publicly posted a response to the Washington Post on the messaging app Telegram.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Indulging the crazies is never a productive effort.

 

[Bongwater]

This is the kind of story I read and think, initially, that I had better check the calendar to see if it is April Fools' Day someplace in the world.

Then I realize that this guy is just one of many with very strange beliefs that have not been cured by their parents, their school or their church or social group.

Or the very strange beliefs reinforced by an unquestioning and often capitulating media. Including radio.

We still have armed guys out there looking for "chupacabras" too. (Thanks to noted zoologist, Art Bell.)

And don't even get me started on him and that whole Y2K scam.

Indulging the crazies is never a productive effort.

But it sure seems to be profitable....

 

[davideduardo]

We still have armed guys out there looking for "chupacabras" too. (Thanks to noted zoologist, Art Bell.)

Actually, the Chupacabras ( "Goat Sucker") came out of Western Puerto Rico back in the 70's. There were multiple sightings of some strange animal, and several radio stations had Chupacabra watches.

Several folks at the University of Puerto Rico thought it was an escaped rare animal kept by a traveling circus, common in Puerto Rico back then.

After the multiple sightings over about a year, it was never seen again. Except in Art Bell's mind.

 

[Megatron]

Glad they caught the guy that attacked the weather radar system in OKLA.