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01-31-2011, 10:27 PM
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Many of us get on TVG's handicappers for not showing their past results. How about weathermen (or women)? Here in the Chicago area they are predicting 20-24 inches of snow over the next few days.......I will be quite surprised if it comes anywhere near that total. The weathermen have ZERO accountability. Have you ever heard a weatherman apologize for a $hitty forecast? "I'm sorry to all you people who cancelled your Saturday barbecue plans because I said heavy rains, but I just f-d up. In fact, I've been total $hit with my forecasts all week." No you never hear that. And the result? Over-predicting of rain and snow, and always erring on the outlandish side.
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01-31-2011, 10:30 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Weathermen = joke.
Any weather report over 30 seconds is a waste of time.
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01-31-2011, 10:46 PM
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They have to err on the max side...if not, and it happens to snow 24 inches, they're screwed for not warning everyone...
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01-31-2011, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
They have to err on the max side...if not, and it happens to snow 24 inches, they're screwed for not warning everyone...
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What a thankless occupation. 
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01-31-2011, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
Many of us get on TVG's handicappers for not showing their past results. How about weathermen (or women)? Here in the Chicago area they are predicting 20-24 inches of snow over the next few days.......I will be quite surprised if it comes anywhere near that total. The weathermen have ZERO accountability. Have you ever heard a weatherman apologize for a $hitty forecast? "I'm sorry to all you people who cancelled your Saturday barbecue plans because I said heavy rains, but I just f-d up. In fact, I've been total $hit with my forecasts all week." No you never hear that. And the result? Over-predicting of rain and snow, and always erring on the outlandish side.
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Weathermen don't have to show their results. They're always wrong. Nevertheless it's always better to err on the side of caution. I cancelled my outdoor pool party, made sure I had candles and batteries, stocked up on food a little and most important made sure my two kitties had enough food and litter.
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01-31-2011, 11:28 PM
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Weatherhumans in Arizona are the greatest. A single drop of rain anywhere in the state is all anyone will talk about for days... so needless to say, the weatherhumans on the local newscasts ALWAYS have a day or two witha chansa in the next week... Rain sells baby.
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02-01-2011, 12:54 AM
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I have always considered TV weathermen to be somewhat of a joke. First, all they do is report the weather. The National Weather Service provides the predictions.
About 15 years ago here in Reno, we had one of the local weathermen who was doing his own predictions. He would interpret what the NWS provided and vary quite a bit. He was horrible.
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02-01-2011, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
They have to err on the max side...if not, and it happens to snow 24 inches, they're screwed for not warning everyone...
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OK, I get it.
They are show bettors!
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02-01-2011, 08:15 AM
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Amusing is it not? Science cannot predict with any degree of certainty what the weather will be like five days from now. In spite of this, liberals tell us that the polar ice caps will be gone, the seas will rise, and temperatures will be far higher ten years from now, unless we all stop using plastic bags, start using the type of lightbulb the government tells us to, and start driving electric cars, or at least a hybrid.
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02-01-2011, 10:10 AM
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These are the same attitudes that caused people to ride out Hurricane Katrina and end up in the Super Dome.
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02-01-2011, 10:12 AM
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I thought this was a thread about some anti-war radicals. Oops, carry on!
Meanwhile, it's sunny and 75 degrees down here. We have to wait for hurricane season for our "snow days."
A good, but underrated, film: "The Weather Man" (2005) - Nicolas Cage
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02-01-2011, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
They have to err on the max side...if not, and it happens to snow 24 inches, they're screwed for not warning everyone...
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Why are they screwed? Is their job to (in their minds) look out for our best interests? Or is it to give predictions? IMO, their job is to make predictions and let us look out for our own best interests.
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02-01-2011, 02:10 PM
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they're really covering all bases now. I've just heard them calling for snowfall in the range of 1-3 feet. and they're using a term I've never heard of before, they said there will be periodic thundersnow. what the hell is thundersnow?
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02-01-2011, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
they're really covering all bases now. I've just heard them calling for snowfall in the range of 1-3 feet. and they're using a term I've never heard of before, they said there will be periodic thundersnow. what the hell is thundersnow?
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I have been in that. Thundering during snow. It was really coming down. We got 10 inches in 3 hours.
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02-01-2011, 02:37 PM
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We had thundersnow last Wednesday night. The thunder was brief and accompanied by lightning. The weatherman on TV said that usually it only happens when it is snowing the hardest.
Can't say I remember it happening around here before last Wednesday.
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