Weather forecasting is useless
Yeah, I wrote it. Useless. Yesterday, all I heard on the news was, "wow, golly gee, this whole weekend is going to be beautiful! Plan all the outdoor activities you can! Great weather after all that rain we had last week!" So of course, now we're under a thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. AND it's supposed to be stormy for the remainder of the weekend!
If I gave clients statements like forecasters give the public (i.e., routinely wrong), I could get sued.
Meanwhile, Joe Blow the Weather Ho gets to make all the wild, reckless promises he wants to and there's nothing we can do about it! Why do they get paid? Why do we devote resources to university programs for "meteorology?"
I'm sure weather...people...and their supporters would opine "but, but, but it's hhhh...hard to forecast!" Oh yeah. That's a fart in a stiff wind. Lots of things are hard, and very few people doing those things wrong all the time get to keep their jobs.
What's worse is that they base these routinely wrong predictions on computer programs and gadgetry, and then whine about how hard it is to predict the weather. I walk outside this morning, feel how stuffy and humid it is at 8 a.m. and think, "Hmmmm. In my experiences on this Earth, it usually storms when it's stuffy and humid outside in the morning. I daresay it might rain today!"
And I was right! I think the weather forecasters entice us with promises of nice weather just so they can get a laugh when people get caught in rain storms or get beaten up by hail stones.
That's not nice. I need a glass of water now. Okay. I'm alright.
If I gave clients statements like forecasters give the public (i.e., routinely wrong), I could get sued.
Meanwhile, Joe Blow the Weather Ho gets to make all the wild, reckless promises he wants to and there's nothing we can do about it! Why do they get paid? Why do we devote resources to university programs for "meteorology?"
I'm sure weather...people...and their supporters would opine "but, but, but it's hhhh...hard to forecast!" Oh yeah. That's a fart in a stiff wind. Lots of things are hard, and very few people doing those things wrong all the time get to keep their jobs.
What's worse is that they base these routinely wrong predictions on computer programs and gadgetry, and then whine about how hard it is to predict the weather. I walk outside this morning, feel how stuffy and humid it is at 8 a.m. and think, "Hmmmm. In my experiences on this Earth, it usually storms when it's stuffy and humid outside in the morning. I daresay it might rain today!"
And I was right! I think the weather forecasters entice us with promises of nice weather just so they can get a laugh when people get caught in rain storms or get beaten up by hail stones.
That's not nice. I need a glass of water now. Okay. I'm alright.
posted by Me at 15:31
1 Comments:
Yeah...I was having a rough day. I think maybe I should apologize to everybody.
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