The thing that I see coming out of this is that in the future the weather-guessers will be even more inclined to throw out warnings - ones that cover even wider areas and longer time-frames than they do now. Providing warnings instead of information will allow them to say, "I told you so" without really telling us anything of useful value.
Damnit John, that's a negative attitude. I agree 100% but it still a pretty poor attitude toward our fellow man.