{
 "about": "The questions the incident team would put to bodies and experts who could give an official view on Storm Charles, by field. Drafts: none has been sent; a person sends every message. No contact details are kept. Generated from outreach/README.md.",
 "by": "incident.media@web-summit.dinis",
 "updated": "2026-11-10T23:50:00Z",
 "questions": [
  {
   "id": "Q-meteorology-1",
   "field": "Meteorology",
   "audience": "IPMA; independent atmospheric scientists",
   "question": "At what times (UTC) were Lisbon's red warnings for wind and for rain issued? The open data gives the period each covers, not when it was issued.",
   "what_we_have_now": "the lead-time table, now part press, part two reads.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-meteorology-2",
   "field": "Meteorology",
   "audience": "IPMA; independent atmospheric scientists",
   "question": "Was the track (\"between Sines and Cabo Carvoeiro\") the main uncertainty on Tuesday, and when did the models agree?",
   "what_we_have_now": "why the rain warning went red about nine hours after the wind.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-meteorology-3",
   "field": "Meteorology",
   "audience": "IPMA; independent atmospheric scientists",
   "question": "The government's statement cites a possible sting jet with gusts above 150 km/h. What probability did IPMA attach to it, and was it observed?",
   "what_we_have_now": "quoted via the government; our analysis only.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-meteorology-4",
   "field": "Meteorology",
   "audience": "IPMA; independent atmospheric scientists",
   "question": "The airport forecast (TAF) weakened at 23:00 on Tuesday while the red warnings stood. How should the public read a point forecast for pilots against a district warning?",
   "what_we_have_now": "our own explanation, labelled analysis.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-meteorology-5",
   "field": "Meteorology",
   "audience": "IPMA; independent atmospheric scientists",
   "question": "How does Charles compare with Kristin, in measured gusts and rainfall, once the stations are in?",
   "what_we_have_now": "press comparisons only.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-meteorology-6",
   "field": "Meteorology",
   "audience": "IPMA; independent atmospheric scientists",
   "question": "Who named the storm, on what date, and under which criterion?",
   "what_we_have_now": "not read.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-meteorology-7",
   "field": "Meteorology",
   "audience": "IPMA; independent atmospheric scientists",
   "question": "For independent scientists: is there anything in our analysis that is wrong or overstated?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-civil-protection-1",
   "field": "Civil protection",
   "audience": "ANEPC; Lisbon's municipal civil protection",
   "question": "When was the decision taken to recommend that large events be suspended on Wednesday, and on what criteria (the warning level, the tide, the wind on structures)?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-civil-protection-2",
   "field": "Civil protection",
   "audience": "ANEPC; Lisbon's municipal civil protection",
   "question": "Is there a written threshold at which an indoor event with outdoor structures and tens of thousands of people is advised to close, or is it case by case?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-civil-protection-3",
   "field": "Civil protection",
   "audience": "ANEPC; Lisbon's municipal civil protection",
   "question": "How many incidents were recorded in the Lisbon district between Tuesday 00:00 and Thursday 00:00, by type?",
   "what_we_have_now": "partial counts via press.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-civil-protection-4",
   "field": "Civil protection",
   "audience": "ANEPC; Lisbon's municipal civil protection",
   "question": "Which public warning channels were used (cell broadcast, SMS, the site), in which languages, and at what times? Did visitors on foreign SIM cards receive them?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-civil-protection-5",
   "field": "Civil protection",
   "audience": "ANEPC; Lisbon's municipal civil protection",
   "question": "What would you want an aggregator like this site to do, and not do, during an alert?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-government-1",
   "field": "Government",
   "audience": "Ministry of Internal Administration",
   "question": "At what time was the recommendation to suspend Web Summit on Wednesday communicated to the organisers, and in what form?",
   "what_we_have_now": "press at 17:53; the organisers' page says the government \"formally advised\".",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-government-2",
   "field": "Government",
   "audience": "Ministry of Internal Administration",
   "question": "Does an \"alert situation\" oblige the suspension of an event in a private venue, or only recommend it? Who decides?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-transport-1",
   "field": "Transport",
   "audience": "Metro, Carris, CP, Fertagus, Transtejo Soflusa, Lusoponte, IP, ANA, NAV",
   "question": "What service ran on Wednesday between 12:00 and 21:00, and what was suspended, at what times?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-transport-2",
   "field": "Transport",
   "audience": "Metro, Carris, CP, Fertagus, Transtejo Soflusa, Lusoponte, IP, ANA, NAV",
   "question": "What wind or water thresholds close a line, a bridge, a ferry crossing or a runway, and are they published?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-transport-3",
   "field": "Transport",
   "audience": "Metro, Carris, CP, Fertagus, Transtejo Soflusa, Lusoponte, IP, ANA, NAV",
   "question": "When was Thursday morning's service confirmed, and through which channel first?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-transport-4",
   "field": "Transport",
   "audience": "Metro, Carris, CP, Fertagus, Transtejo Soflusa, Lusoponte, IP, ANA, NAV",
   "question": "For the airport: how many flights were cancelled or diverted on Wednesday, and when did operations return to normal?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-event-safety-1",
   "field": "Event safety",
   "audience": "Web Summit; the venues; practitioners",
   "question": "At what time did the organisers decide, and what was the last piece of information that settled it?",
   "what_we_have_now": "the page was published 19:09; press reported the government's recommendation at 17:53.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-event-safety-2",
   "field": "Event safety",
   "audience": "Web Summit; the venues; practitioners",
   "question": "What happens to Wednesday's programme (talks, the PITCH semi-final, Night Summit, side events), and to Wednesday-only tickets?",
   "what_we_have_now": "unannounced; PITCH timing in conflict between two sources.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-event-safety-3",
   "field": "Event safety",
   "audience": "Web Summit; the venues; practitioners",
   "question": "Through which channels, in what order, was the decision communicated (email, app, the website, social)? We read the page at its source 109 minutes after it was published: it sat outside the paths our watch read.",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-event-safety-4",
   "field": "Event safety",
   "audience": "Web Summit; the venues; practitioners",
   "question": "For the venues: what is the rated wind limit of the temporary structures between the halls, and what caused the water ingress reported on Tuesday afternoon?",
   "what_we_have_now": "press only.",
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-event-safety-5",
   "field": "Event safety",
   "audience": "Web Summit; the venues; practitioners",
   "question": "For practitioners: for an event of this size, what lead time is normal between a red warning and a decision to close a day, and what does good practice say about announcing it?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-journalists-who-covered-it-1",
   "field": "Journalists who covered it",
   "audience": "Journalists who covered it",
   "question": "Is your article's time and by-line right in our list? (Copied from each page's own metadata.)",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-journalists-who-covered-it-2",
   "field": "Journalists who covered it",
   "audience": "Journalists who covered it",
   "question": "What did you want to confirm and could not, for lack of a primary source? (That list is our research list too.)",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  },
  {
   "id": "Q-journalists-who-covered-it-3",
   "field": "Journalists who covered it",
   "audience": "Journalists who covered it",
   "question": "Would a single public timeline of decisions, each with its primary source and time, have been useful on Tuesday evening, and in what form?",
   "what_we_have_now": null,
   "status": "draft: not sent",
   "answer": null
  }
 ]
}