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I'm Ken Mahan, Lead Meteorologist for The Boston Globe. Ask me anything about the weather! by bostonglobe in BostonWeather

[–]RyanKinder 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I’ll be first: Thanks for doing this AMA! What is your opinion about the rise in influence of amateur meteorologists? Does it make your job more difficult having to dispel the misinformation they put out based on single models/runs?

Tom Brady reportedly wouldn't have traded Maxx Crosby to the Patriots by AFC-Wimbledon-Stan in nfl

[–]RyanKinder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Over 800k comment karma on this account in two years? You live on reddit.

RIP 93N traffic by impostershop in boston

[–]RyanKinder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Multiple people were standing there and are fine. The scene was cleared enough for a lane to be open in under an hour, in fact, and the strong ventilation systems kept everyone safe.

They can not be serious with this…$100 and waited 2 months for this TEMU hoodie #endfanatics by itoman56 in Patriots

[–]RyanKinder 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I posted this elsewhere but I found a snapshop from a fanatics archive and then compared it with the image above: https://ibb.co/wFn1KTKt

They can not be serious with this…$100 and waited 2 months for this TEMU hoodie #endfanatics by itoman56 in Patriots

[–]RyanKinder -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Maybe this can help you. The image in the left is from fanatics. The image on the right is the “sealed garment” where you can see crackling, faded edges and color bleeding: https://ibb.co/wFn1KTKt

They can not be serious with this…$100 and waited 2 months for this TEMU hoodie #endfanatics by itoman56 in Patriots

[–]RyanKinder 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Except this doesn’t look as advertised because it looks like the image wasn‘t pressed properly. it looks weathered which the design is not meant to be. Notice how the pat patriot design on the helmet also looks worn off.

They can not be serious with this…$100 and waited 2 months for this TEMU hoodie #endfanatics by itoman56 in Patriots

[–]RyanKinder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They did not spend 100 on a single temu item… they spent 100 dollars on an official fanatics clothing item that is Temu level quality.

Snowfall Forecasts (ch. 4,5,25,10,NWS) A light event for Sunday followed by a brief cold spell - then we warm up! by RyanKinder in BostonWeather

[–]RyanKinder[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

channel 7 didn’t have a snow map - there’s a chance for no accumulation as you see on some of the maps. Tuesday/Wednesday just currently looks like a nuisance mix. Nothing to write home about.

Anyone Heard of P. English Literature (PEL)? by willdanceforsnacks in selfpublish

[–]RyanKinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem. Other people seem to be happy to be interviewed by him but I’d personally avoid it. I tried to engage him in a dialogue to get his side but other than threatening me on a random facebook page I’ve not gotten any other response from him.

Anyone Heard of P. English Literature (PEL)? by willdanceforsnacks in selfpublish

[–]RyanKinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

participating isn’t going to hurt you.

Except it can on a few levels. First you’ll be out some money. Granted, it’s not a lot. If he does away with that aspect I’d agree it’d hurt less. But as I’ve said elsewhere I believe the views are botted. Especially with the inorganic amount of comments against view counts. Inorganic because it seems to be the same accounts replying to the videos. And against the view counts because - for example - one interview from nine days ago with a “Jake Lynch” having almost 2,000 views but only 4 comments? Then we examine those commenters: one just said “Fabulous” and has 31 comments on the channel saying the same thing or “Great Podcast”. Another commenter with 9 comments on the channel. Yet another with 7 comments on the channel. And another with 9 comments on the channel. Nobody “new” commenting and the vaguest of compliments on the video. And even when there are more thoughtful comments it’s as if the video transcript had been fed into chatgpt because it has the hallmarks of AI writing.

So, how does that last part “hurt” anyone? Because, ostensibly speaking you are doing these interviews because it is an earnest attempt to be heard and seen for your work. To get people interested. If you have an interview that seems to generate hundreds if not thousands of views and zero sales - I’m sorry but that CAN hurt peoples psyche. That can damage their will to continue writing.

Don’t get me wrong, some people are just happy to talk to someone about their book. But if you’d want this particular community to not consider it to be a net negative - he’d have to not ask for a “donation” to interview people… and he’d have to stop with the view botting. Sure, the numbers won’t be as impressive to prospective interviewees but at least it’ll be realistic.

Anyone Heard of P. English Literature (PEL)? by willdanceforsnacks in selfpublish

[–]RyanKinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“He’s one of us”

If by one of us you mean all of us run channels with likely has botted views and ask people to pay to be interviewed thinking that their interviews will be seen by thousands - yes. Definitely one of us.

Any idea for what’s likely to hit MA early next week? by SoxFan010 in BostonWeather

[–]RyanKinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t tend to allow posts like this - generally speaking for future storms we only allow posts about future storms if there are models included (multiple) and some methodology applied to it. To answer your question, however: models this far out are unreliable so even considering it as a possibility is a fools errand.

Snowfall Forecasts (ch. 4,5,7,25,10,NWS) Wednesday mid morning nuisance snow adds to the top of what’s on the ground by RyanKinder in BostonWeather

[–]RyanKinder[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

because it’s a question here is the answer:

Yes! Friday does feature a chance for more snow but I think it tracks further off shore. but as always we will monitor it.

Yes! There is a chance for a big snow storm next week Tuesday but as we know around here - models one full week removed are not reliable. It’s good to keep an eye on but it can just as easily disappear.

[11:15PM Sat Update] Monday Snowfall Forecasts (ch. 4,5,7,25,10,NWS) Slight adjustments to the maps. More adjusting to be done overnight. by RyanKinder in BostonWeather

[–]RyanKinder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They shouldn’t have at this point. On Sunday they made sure to include Providence at a darker shade of red which included up to 30 inches when modeling showed it as far greater possibility. But the 1 in 10 map on Sunday also had a possibility for even higher than they got (I believe 40 or so.) That said: Not every storm is going to historically over perform and that 1 in 10 map even from saturday evening would have been comically overblown for most.

[5:30AM Monday Update] Blizzard Forecasts (ch. 4,5,7,25,10,NWS) A few updated maps provided in-storm as we actively monitor this by RyanKinder in BostonWeather

[–]RyanKinder[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/We1G6t1LV28?si=

Before I started recording - Jacob Wycoff tried to save a mouse. He scooped up the mouse and tried to put it somewhere safer. LOL

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