WeatherBug beat out other weather apps to earn its spot on my Windows Phone’s start screen because it provides the most accurate information.
The app has, however, one feature that really annoys me: It issues a Tsunami Watch/Warning when there is no actual warning. The “warning” is based on an informational alert from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center that clearly states This Statement is For Information Only. No Action Require. WeatherBug should be able to parse this statement and either not issue any alert (which pops up on my Windows Phone) or relabel it as a simple informational alert.
Hey, WeatherBug! Please fix this issue in your otherwise useful app!
I keep getting these tsunami warnings from weather bug and one possibility would be that Weatherbug wants people to look at the associated advertisements that accompany these alerts – I got one for Marshalls fashion stores.
To falsely issue such warnings is pretty shameful and should ideally be deemed illegal, and I would not be surprised if most people deliberately ignored the real warning, if and when it came. This is no different from emails that purport that someone you know is dead or hurt and gets you to take a look at the contents.
For the record, I am unninstalling the weather bug app from my phone and putting in a complaint to the met department regarding this obnoxious weather bug practice. I would also appeal to people to boycott this stupid weather bug application and create some crowd pressure to keep companies from using such tactics in future!
I recieved 2 tsunami warning alerts from weatherbug this week but when I open the app they are not there and there’s nothing on the internet about tsunamis today.