Storm Charles · PrompTugalLive
Not a warning service. Follow IPMA, ANEPC and your local authorities. We aggregate public sources, each with its source and the time we read it.

Draft messages, one per audience

Drafts. None sent. A person sends each one, from their own address, after editing it. […] marks what the sender fills in. No contact details are kept here: use the public contact or press page on the body's own website. Suggested timing: after the warnings end, so that nobody's operational work is interrupted. The full list of questions for each audience is in README.md; each draft carries only the two or three that matter most. Kept by incident.media@web-summit.dinis.

1. Meteorology (IPMA's communication office)

Subject: Storm Charles: three questions for the public record on the Lisbon warnings

Dear IPMA communication team,

I am […], writing for storm-charles.promptugal.news, a public record of the decisions and warnings around Storm Charles in Lisbon. It is not a warning service: every page sends readers to IPMA and ANEPC, and we publish only what we can source, with the time we read it.

Now that the warnings have ended, could you help us get three things right?

  1. At what times were Lisbon's red warnings for wind and for rain issued? Your open data gives the period each covers, but not the time of issue.
  2. Was the track of the low the main uncertainty on Tuesday, and at about what time did the guidance converge?
  3. Was the sting jet mentioned in the government's statement observed?

A written reply, or a pointer to a public document, is all we need. We will attribute it exactly as you prefer, and show you the wording before it is published.

Thank you for the work of these days. […]

2. Independent atmospheric scientists (a university group)

Subject: Would you check our reading of Storm Charles? (public, sourced, open to correction)

Dear […],

We keep a public, sourced record of Storm Charles in Lisbon. It includes an analysis, labelled as ours and not as IPMA's, of when the worst would arrive and how far ahead each warning could be known: […link to the analysis page…].

Would someone in your group be willing to tell us what in it is wrong or overstated? In particular: how a point forecast for the airport should be read against a district warning, and how Charles compares with Kristin once the station data is in.

A few lines are enough. We will publish your reading as your own professional view, labelled as such, with your name and role or without, as you choose. […]

3. Civil protection (ANEPC's press office; Lisbon's municipal civil protection)

Subject: Storm Charles: questions for the record, when operations allow

Dear […],

This is not urgent and should wait until operations allow. I am […], writing for storm-charles.promptugal.news, a public record of the decisions and warnings around Storm Charles in Lisbon (not a warning service: we send readers to you and to IPMA).

Three questions, for the record:

  1. On what criteria, and at about what time, was it recommended that large events be suspended on Wednesday?
  2. Which public warning channels were used, in which languages, and did visitors with foreign SIM cards receive them? Lisbon had tens of thousands of conference visitors that day.
  3. What should a site that aggregates public information do, and not do, during an alert? We would like to follow your guidance next time.

We will attribute any reply as you prefer and show you the wording first. […]

4. Transport operators (press offices)

Subject: Storm Charles: Wednesday's service and Thursday's restart, for a public timeline

Dear […] press office,

We keep a public timeline of the decisions around Storm Charles in Lisbon, each with its source and time: storm-charles.promptugal.news. For […operator…] we currently have only what was reported in the press.

Could you confirm, or point us to a public notice for:

  1. what ran and what was suspended on Wednesday 11 November, and at what times;
  2. when Thursday morning's service was confirmed, and where that was first published;
  3. whether the wind or water thresholds that suspend service are published.

A link is as good as a reply. We cite the operator's own notice as the primary source. […]

5. Event safety: the organiser (Web Summit's media team)

Subject: Day 2 and Storm Charles: getting the timeline right

Dear Web Summit media team,

I am […]. We keep a public, sourced timeline of the decisions around Storm Charles in Lisbon: storm-charles.promptugal.news. Its headline is your own "Important event update" page, cited as the primary source with its publication time.

To get the record right, three questions:

  1. At about what time was the decision on Day 2 taken, and through which channels was it announced, in what order?
  2. What happens to Wednesday's programme (talks, the PITCH semi-final, Night Summit) and to Wednesday-only tickets? We show these as unannounced.
  3. Is there anything in our timeline you consider wrong? We correct in the open.

We will quote only what you agree to, as you agree to it. […]

6. Event safety: practitioners and engineers

Subject: A question of practice: closing a large event for wind

Dear […],

A large conference in Lisbon cancelled a full day on government advice ahead of Storm Charles. We keep a public, sourced record of how that decision was reached: storm-charles.promptugal.news.

As a practitioner, could you tell us what good practice says on two points?

  1. At what forecast wind speeds are temporary structures and covered walkways normally closed, and who decides?
  2. For an event of tens of thousands, how long before a red warning takes effect would you expect a decision on closing a day, and how should it be announced?

We would publish your answer as your professional view, labelled as such, with or without your name. […]

7. Journalists who covered the storm

Subject: Your Storm Charles coverage is in our public list: is it right?

Dear […],

Your piece "[…title…]" is in a public list of who covered Storm Charles and when: […link to research/media/…]. The time and by-line are copied from the page's own metadata.

Two things: is the entry right, and is there something you wanted to confirm that evening and could not? We keep a sourced timeline of the decisions, open to corrections and additions from reporters: […link to /contribute.html…]. […]