Private Meteorology In Mike Smith's Warnings

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Mike Smith, an Accuweather executive and author of Warnings, had suggested that officials should have hired a professional private sector meteorologist which would have allowed them to have better information than relying on the National Weather Service warnings and their smart-phones to detect weather warnings (Samenow, 2011.)
“I do know the science and technology exist to provide advance warning in order to evacuate people when severe thunderstorms present themselves” (Samenow, 2011.) Hiring a private meteorologist would allow for events to have the information needed in case of a storm like this to happen again. The official should also need to have a well-laid out plan to not only take in the information but to know what to do with that

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