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This is a good thread from a really smart guy.
My 2¢: (next tweet)
1/ https://twitter.com/pmarshwx/status/1249062400327909379
My 2¢: (next tweet)
1/ https://twitter.com/pmarshwx/status/1249062400327909379
For public-facing comms, I favor using “a # on a scale of 1 of 5” message, with or without text labels.
This at least provides some context to any text label you use. It’s prob the closest to having & eating your cake we’ll get.
But...
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This at least provides some context to any text label you use. It’s prob the closest to having & eating your cake we’ll get.
But...
2/
This is all wah-wah-wah-wah if we don’t pair this with specific scenarios, impacts, timing and calls to action, if appropriate:
- What’s coming?
- When will it get here?
- How bad could it get?
- How will it affect me?
- What should I be doing about it now?
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- What’s coming?
- When will it get here?
- How bad could it get?
- How will it affect me?
- What should I be doing about it now?
3/
At the risk of sounding like hurricane season, there’s more to the story than the category, regardless of what you call it. And even in this reckoning, not all “slight risk/2-of-5” days are alike in hazard, timing, or preps.
Communication is more than numbers and labels.
4/4
Communication is more than numbers and labels.
4/4
