Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Samantha Edwards
Publication Date: August 1, 2025 - 06:30
Weather apps put more data than ever at our fingertips – and create the perfect storm for misinformation and anxiety
August 1, 2025
Twelve years ago, near some farmland northwest of Toronto, Adam Skinner was in the passenger seat of a Toyota Corolla, unknowingly heading straight into a tornado.
An amateur storm chaser, Mr. Skinner was using weather radar data on his phone to track the menacing clouds unleashing sheets of rain. The wind was so strong, the nearby highway sign started to wiggle and fold. But the radar had a five-minute delay, so it didn’t show the funnel cloud forming behind the rain.
Unpublished Newswire
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