Dontcha know rain with a name is more dramatic? Everyone has seen thunderstorms with higher wind and more rain but they gotta hype EVERYTHING for air time. Even the local news here in the N.O. area leads out with “possible hurricane forming.!!.” Later they mention its in the Atlantic and won’t affect us. Minor detail. Then you’ll have people who think they’ve experinced a dangerous storm so they will shrug off future storms. Weather service credibility is gone. Its gotten to where ANY weather that isnt calm and sunny is a serious event. Evacuation from thunderstorms would be advised...IF they could accurately predict them.
>>Everyone has seen thunderstorms with higher wind and more rain but they gotta hype EVERYTHING for air time.
Well, to be technical, the big afternoon thunderstorm is pushed through by a front in a single direction and here in Florida, they can get pretty violent. A tropical storm has a center of rotation. Now, a couple years ago when they were trying to inflate the numbers for Global Warming purposes, they did name some tropical depressions.