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Kevin Martin vs. NOAA/NWS

#1 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:55 pm

Those who live in Southern California, please be advised of Kevin Martin and his so-called weather groups, the SoCal Weather Authority and The Weather Space. Earlier this month, the National Weather Service has issued a Public Information Statement, stating they and their respected divisions have no connection with Kevin Martin and his products/statements whatsoever, regardless of formatting.

The National Weather Service wrote:NWS, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration has no association with the Southern
California Weather Authority or with Mr. Kevin Martin or any other
staff of the Southern California Weather Authority. Weather
forecast and warning products developed and distributed by Mr.
Martin or the Southern California Weather Authority may have
formatting or contain content that could visually be confused with
that of the National Weather Service. Regardless of formatting or
content, Mr. Martin’s weather products have no connection with nor
are they the products of the National Weather Service.

NWS is the sole official voice of the U.S. Government for warnings
of hazardous weather, including tornadoes, hurricanes, winter
storms, floods and others. NWS encourages the media and others to
distribute NWS warnings and other hazardous weather products
widely to aid public safety.

NWS also respects the rights of individuals, companies, and other
organizations to produce weather information of their own and to
use NWS information to help them do so, including those who choose
to produce weather information regarding weather hazards; however,
it is important to distinguish official products that are produced
and issued by the National Weather Service from weather
information produced by others that is NOT produced by NWS. It is
especially important to avoid any confusion between NWS warnings
and those that might be produced by others.

For more information regarding terms of use of NWS information,
see http://www.weather.gov/disclaimer.php

If you have comments or questions regarding this public
information statement, please contact:

NWS Communications Office
nws.communications.office@noaa.gov


Link to Public Information Statement.

This is NOT to be confused with NBA player of the same name.
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Re: Kevin Martin vs. NOAA/NWS

#2 Postby bamajammer4eva » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:40 pm

Sounds like what weatherbug does when they sound your phone notification for their "Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert"
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#3 Postby artist » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:40 am

sounds like ye ole "The Great One" that used to try to post here. :lol:
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Re: Kevin Martin vs. NOAA/NWS

#4 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:17 am

I recall one of Martins lackeys coming into s2k chat a few years back and me getting into it with him, didn't care for his attitude much. As far as I'm concerned they're frauds, make your own layout don't steal noaa's.
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#5 Postby CajunMama » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:59 pm

Kevin Martin "yawn". That yahoo is still around? :lol:
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#6 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:12 pm

Looking through his website, can't find his likely non-existant credentials anywhere. Alot of misleading information though.
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#7 Postby vbhoutex » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:35 pm

Category 5 wrote:Looking through his website, can't find his likely non-existant credentials anywhere. Alot of misleading information though.

He has no credentials except in his wacked out head. He was banned from S2K years ago.
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#8 Postby Category 5 » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:09 am

vbhoutex wrote:
Category 5 wrote:Looking through his website, can't find his likely non-existant credentials anywhere. Alot of misleading information though.

He has no credentials except in his wacked out head. He was banned from S2K years ago.


Oh I remember, I had a HUGE argument with him in chat. It got ugly in PM's. :lol:

He's got problems.
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#9 Postby vbhoutex » Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:05 am

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vbhoutex wrote:
Category 5 wrote:Looking through his website, can't find his likely non-existant credentials anywhere. Alot of misleading information though.

He has no credentials except in his wacked out head. He was banned from S2K years ago.


Oh I remember, I had a HUGE argument with him in chat. It got ugly in PM's. :lol:

He's got problems.


:uarrow: You sir are prone to gross understatements of fact!! :uarrow:
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#10 Postby TYNI » Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:13 pm

Glad I didn't get to know this guy on S2K... seems like a troll...
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#11 Postby Tireman4 » Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:49 pm

What was his S2K name? I cannot recall him ( although I have only been on for five years)...
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#12 Postby vbhoutex » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:45 pm

Tireman4 wrote:What was his S2K name? I cannot recall him ( although I have only been on for five years)...

I honestly don't remember. It may have been Kevin Martin. He is very into promoting himself.
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Re: Kevin Martin vs. NOAA/NWS

#13 Postby Category 5 » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:52 pm

vbhoutex wrote: :uarrow: You sir are prone to gross understatements of fact!! :uarrow:


Meh, at least they're statements of fact. :D
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#14 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:24 am

Anybody here ever watched "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction"? There's a segment from an episode in the 2002 season about a SoCal weatherman who lets loose with his own predictions after slumping ratings. Although this story is (Spoiler Alert!) Fictional, if Kevin Martin's forecasting methods keep up, it might slowly turn into Fact.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNodHwxXPRc[/youtube]
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#15 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:38 am

vbhoutex wrote:
Category 5 wrote:Looking through his website, can't find his likely non-existant credentials anywhere. Alot of misleading information though.

He has no credentials except in his wacked out head. He was banned from S2K years ago.

I think I may have remembered him. I'm not sure. I've been posting sparingly here since I got on Facebook. Gosh, that name does ring a bell. Though I really don't care for his forecasts.

This gets even juicier: He once harassed Dr. Greg Forbes of The Weather Channel on his Facebook page less than a couple months ago. Not sure if Kevin Martin's FB account is taken down or what, but he is blocked from Dr. Forbes' page.
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#16 Postby vbhoutex » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:59 am

TexasStooge wrote:
vbhoutex wrote:
Category 5 wrote:Looking through his website, can't find his likely non-existant credentials anywhere. Alot of misleading information though.

He has no credentials except in his wacked out head. He was banned from S2K years ago.

I think I may have remembered him. I'm not sure. I've been posting sparingly here since I got on Facebook. Gosh, that name does ring a bell. Though I really don't care for his forecasts.

This gets even juicier: He once harassed Dr. Greg Forbes of The Weather Channel on his Facebook page less than a couple months ago. Not sure if Kevin Martin's FB account is taken down or what, but he is blocked from Dr. Forbes' page.

He's done much more than that in the last few months. He also made threats against a very popular storm chasers family. I'm sure there is more than that, besides my own experiences with him, that I don't know about. I don't remember if it is addressed above, but he also took NOAA/NHC internal documents he somehow hacked into and posted(altered?)them on his site for the public to see. That is probably the reason they went public on him.
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#17 Postby ravyrn » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:12 am

vbhoutex wrote:
Tireman4 wrote:What was his S2K name? I cannot recall him ( although I have only been on for five years)...

I honestly don't remember. It may have been Kevin Martin. He is very into promoting himself.


Was it Monsoondude?
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#18 Postby vbhoutex » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:30 pm

ravyrn wrote:
vbhoutex wrote:
Tireman4 wrote:What was his S2K name? I cannot recall him ( although I have only been on for five years)...

I honestly don't remember. It may have been Kevin Martin. He is very into promoting himself.


Was it Monsoondude?

Yes, and Rockstock and SSCWrules and maybe even some others. The Monsoondude one led me to the others. Thanks
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Re: Kevin Martin vs. NOAA/NWS

#19 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:47 pm

The entire weather community can breathe a sigh of relief.

Storm Central Salutes Kevin Martin In Thanks To His 15 Years Of Service

Kevin Martin, Owner and Operator of The Weather Space and Southern California Weather Authority, will be retiring after his 15 years in service in the weather department on Thursday.

Recently, Google has cut all of the “Medium Business Sites” off of the news tab under the Google News Homepage which has indefinitely affected the income of the site. The Weather Space’s Stats dropped from

over 25,000 a day to just reaching on average 3,000 a day. Along with Google Ad sense changes in the income of a building site, Kevin was forced to throw in the towel as it is not enough income to keep the sites running.

Not in sympathy, Kevin would also like to note that he is getting a divorce with his wife and she cleaned him out of money.


:Partytime:
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#20 Postby vbhoutex » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:29 pm

More BS to gain more attention. DON'T EVER BELIEVE A THING HE SAYS. HE IS A FRAUD. Just ask anyone in the weather community that has any sense of decency. BTW, daddy is rich SO CAL lawyer.
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