rainynight65 on Nostr: So the BOM has taken to posting severe weather warnings first on Twitter, only ...
So the BOM has taken to posting severe weather warnings first on Twitter, only visible to logged-in users.
Currently there appears to be a severe weather warning for Brisbane that is only visible to logged-in users on Twitter. It is not published on their website, nor on other social media. I can't verify this because I don't have a Twitter account, but coworkers have relayed that observation.
This is not only extremely, extremely bad - this potentially puts people at risk. Especially after yesterday's storm which dropped devastating hail on a few areas.
So according to the below weather warning, issued at 9:42 today, severe thunderstorms are likely today for the South East Coast, Wide Bay and Darling Downs regions. None of this is currently visible on the BOM website.
Government orgs should NOT use an exclusionary platform like Twitter for important public information. DO BETTER!
#australia #weather #government
Published at
2025-11-25 02:39:33 UTCEvent JSON
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