B. Dean Berry

Operations Director @KPWX_Media | Contractor @WeatherNation | Director of Field Operations @FoliageReport | Media Contact - @livestormsmedia

[The Foliage Report @FoliageReport]

Move over, midterm elections — it's time for The Foliage Report's annual vote on the best fall foliage color!

Don't worry, Leaf Daddy would never spam your phone with political texts.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

The Market (tm) is supposed to be our God these days, so let me quote some scripture:

Homes aren't magical. They're like cars or guns or stereos, or anything else. If your house has been on the market long enough to approach a birthday, and it still hasn't moved, it's priced too high for it's markets and comps. No one buys houses CASHHHH anymore, it's all financed. He will have to account for that and should find a closer match on comps for the region, city, and neighborhood. If he wants to sell fast, he could try beating comps.

These Boomers now-a-days, I tell ya hwhat. They should stop being snowflakes, pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and learn that a house is a house, not an investment vehicle. They should take the loss, and be happy they're getting experience selling property.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@tornadopaigeyy TBH, @keepitcloaked worked like a charm for this.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@ContentWxGuy Not a lot of land side effects going on

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@jnphotographies Dude, wait until the first lake effect event of the winter, and go to Erie.

[The Foliage Report @FoliageReport]

Field Operations Director @KeystonePRIME provides an update from the latest report!

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@jromejko @FoliageReport Note - The Foliage Report's maps are not, and have never been, AI generated. They are professional KML maps, assembled using a combination of weather data, satellite photography, and eyes on the ground reporting from fans, contributors, and correspondents.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@SouthwestWX @WeatherLiveTV gets a backyard chase.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

Luce makes a good point here.

There are a lot of offices that got publicly burned for using AI slop maps that issued non-existent products for non-existent towns about a year ago, looking like a shitty event flyer or restaurant menu. It legit required someone to look at it and say "yep. I'll post this".

Of course, as mentioned, combined with an academic pinky-out sense of judgement. "Oh yes, I see the CC drop and velocity signature concurrent with the location of the obvious tornado barfing sky debris that you're looking at right now, but there's no clear sightline to the ground...."

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@shaneadamsmusic @a_dose_of_wx Yep, similar product, just different avenues. I still like legacy nationwide weather media, too. It's got a cozy factor

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@shaneadamsmusic @a_dose_of_wx Eh, a lot of people out there still like a dashcam view and banter.

Problem is we hit maximum saturation of that, while legacy media is in full collapse.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@CloudEscolar @anthonieisacnt @Mike_M_Klotz Any Escape past 2012 is pure form garbage.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@RustySuretteTV "Choosing". Yeah, that's what's going on.

I bet it has nothing to do with everything being 3x as expensive as it was 7 years ago and "starter homes" in locations that aren't shitholes being priced at a quarter million bucks.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@watchtheweathe It's a pretty easy way to get any income from X, really. I just dump mine into the bank every now and then.

[Shea Gibson @SheaGibsonWx]

This one hurts. A dear friend in life and an excellent colleague in our weather industry Jared Smith (@chswx Charleston Weather) unexpectedly passed away yesterday due to extended complications from his heart surgery last Thursday. It was a planned surgery that was to help avoid further complications and get him where he needed to be, but it turned for the worst and many of us are surprisingly upset and very sad. Just contacted him last Wed night before the surgery and he was very positive and optimistic going into it - even said he wanted to have another get-together after the whole thing was over. Made sure to give him some positive words and wish him well. Glad I did - because I didn't know it would be the last conversation I would have with him. 😥
Jared was a one-of-a-kind person who was both genuine and generous with his time. If you knew him, he was extremely talented in all areas of his careers. I met and worked with him on the @CarolinaWxGroup for many years and we kept in good touch for all things weather here locally. Jared had just gotten married to his wife Lily Wald and was very happy. There are a lot of sad folks today wondering how and why with the complications, but let's focus on the person he was and celebrate his time with us - he touched a lot of lives with his personality and his incredible ability to share his knowledge. Truly a light that shone brightly - gone too soon. Keep him, his family and loved ones in your thoughts and say a prayer for their well being through this hard time.
Take care and hug your peeps today - make those calls you've been meaning to make that time has washed over. It's worth it.
Pics below include his wife Lily and at a College of Charleston meteorology event with Dr. Marshall Shepherd, TV Personality, Professor, Author as speaker and Meteorologist Trevor Gibbs, who among the first graduates of the CofC meteorology program. Jared was super stoked to be there as you can see. Great memory!

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@ChrisJacksonSC Gotta pack a case of beef ravioli, man.

[B. Dean Berry @KeystonePRIME]

@tornadopaigeyy SO BEAUTIFUL GOBBLES HOSS