During the dead of winter, many Delawareans are highly dependent on accurate weather predictions to maintain their routine plans. How do you feel about the reliability of forecasts? When do you start taking the reports most seriously? And when are they most critical for arranging your activities?
If being unreliable is the goal, then weather forecasts are very reliable. — Dennis Kirkwood
Ten percent chance of accuracy. — Chuck Holliday
How correct is the groundhog? — Delmarva German Shepherd Dog Club
There is zero reliability in the forecast. It’s best to look out the window and see what’s happening. — David Henderson
They are not reliable at all. They are measured and read by people who don’t spend any more time outdoors than it takes to walk from their cars into the building they work in. If you want really accurate weather, ask someone who works outdoors year-round, like a farmer, a construction worker, a truck driver, etc. For me, it’s always the same bull: “It’s 40 degrees with 25-mph winds, and it feels like its 35.” Anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes outside in the winter will know that 40 degrees with 20- to 25-mph winds, or even wind gusts, is going to feel 15 degrees colder than what is being reported. Now, as far as accurate weather reporting, we used to have someone very accurate because he grew up on the peninsula. So, he knew the weather better than most of the others we have now. — Kyle Hendrix
Ha! Weather forecasts have never been reliable. — Ellen Hart Richardson
Well, our schools had online instruction and work packets for this very reason. There’s no excuse for losing instruction with technology. We all knew this storm was coming, and I can’t imagine that all schools don’t have iPads, tablets or whatever to send home with kids. We did it during COVID-19. One better: Delaware needs better training for snow and ice removal, and we need to invest in this. Our weather is changing everywhere. Local towns need to stop sending regular pickups with plows on them down one time to clean the streets. We definitely pay enough taxes. — Ramona Glover Lovett
Amazing that places that had more snow and less tax revenue managed to get back to school by two days after the storm. — Dave Fisher
