fci wrote:Florida1118 wrote:37 pages for a almost TD, and 15 for a Super Typhoon.
A show of hands........how many on S2K know where the Super Typhoon is?
Or that there even WAS a Super Typhoon??
Yeah.....that's what I thought.
My experience says that if there is a threat in the Atlantic basin, you see pages.
90L had almost 100 pages (or close to 100 at least) before it became a TD/Don!
To be precise 90L had almost 80 pages before it became a TD
but I get your point.
I've noticed a few posts in which folks have pointed out with frustration that the forums tip heavily in favor of Atlantic storms. I'm sure we all have our own good reasons for making the ATL basin a very popular spot for threads.
Admittedly I'm not a prolific or experienced poster to begin with, but for an example, here are my reasons: It's not that I don't care about weather events in other parts of the world; it's certainly not a personal snub or an apathetic dismissal of other areas! It's much more about location, location, location (even when it's ocean real estate I guess this still holds true). I'm more familiar with the geography, history, patterns, impacts, etc of the areas closest to (and most likely to make an impact on) my own locality. This seems like a pretty natural, instinctive inclination for folks to have so I'm not sure why this is upsetting to some.
The other obvious issue is time management and the ability to survey and keep up with only so much info in at once. It's like when I go to the library, there are dozens (if not hundreds) of books I'd like to read but I have other things to accomplish as well so I pick one or two and that's what I stick with since it's manageable. I love these forums and avidly read many of the threads but I'm probably in what I'm guessing is the majority of folks who, despite giving up a few hours of sleep during hurricane season, still can't read or comment on them all.
