On Thursday, November 14, the debate in ‘El Hormiguero’ focused on the management of storms and weather alerts, after the DANA tragedy in Valencia. During the gathering, Pardo, who also presents ‘Más Vale Tarde’ on laSexta, highlighted the relevance of the alerts sent to citizens’ cell phones, which, according to her, are essential to prevent disasters. “We have seen it in the last few hours, there has been coordination between administrations, There have been repeated preventive alerts to the population and I think that is good news,” Pardo stressed, emphasizing the importance of transmitting clear instructions to citizens.
The debate became more controversial when Nuria Roca questioned the effectiveness of the alerts. Roca pointed out that, in some provinces of Valencia, the forecast did not coincide with reality, since the rain did not reach the expected magnitude. “I have the feeling that if we don’t change how the alarms are given and get it right, when they happen two or three times like today, there will be a maximum red alert and no water falls, people will stop doingor,” Roca warned, suggesting that the warnings should be more precise to prevent people from losing confidence in them.
For his part, Pablo Motos introduced a proposal to establish a new alert level. “Maybe one black alert which means go home and leave everything,” the presenter suggested, advocating for an extreme level of warning. Cristina Pardo also recalled that, although in some areas affected by DANA in Valencia it did not rain as much as expected, the tragedy was unleashed due to the force of the overflowing ravines, caused by the accumulation of water in nearby areas. . “It may happen that there is a black alert and In the end it didn’t rain as much as expected”said Pardo, for whom, in these cases, prevention is better than cure. “Maybe it won’t rain, but it’s better to prevent,” he said.
Furthermore, he made reference to an example that occurred this week in Andalusia: “There has been a town of Cadiz that had a yellow alert, they have lived a normal life and at twelve in the morning the alert changed for the worse. The weather is a changing thing and it is better, right now at least, prevent than cure. Then over time we can all learn and establish severity within the alerts,” he added.
Juan del Val also expressed his support for preventive alerts, stating that “It is better to sin by excess in these cases”. Furthermore, he assured: “Evidently it has not rained as much these days as it did in Valencia two weeks ago, but perhaps we are not experiencing fatalities in some of the towns because people have done what they had to do. “The politicians and citizens who have stayed at home”
Finally, Tamara Falcó related her personal experience with the alerts in Valencia. The socialite confessed that, the day before, when she was alone in the city, she did not understand the warning she had received, since she did not know that such strident sounds were emergency signals. “Yesterday I was alone and the alarm went off, but I didn’t know what it was. I thought it was something in the building,” Falcó explained, reflecting a general lack of knowledge about how these alert systems work.
