Meteorologists: Modern Day Fortune Tellers

I have a theory that I’ve been developing that equates Meteorologists to modern day fortune tellers/psychics. Under the guise of “science” of course. That may seem a bit “out there”, but consider these points:

  1. Both predict the future
  2. Both are often wrong (from what I’ve heard anyway)
  3. Both still get paid regardless of their predictions

What got me going today was the snow prediction from yesterday compared to today…

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Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not against the weatherman. But I think it’s a little silly to expect them to tell us what the weather is going to be like 15 days from now when they often can’t tell us what the weather will be like tomorrow beyond a temperature range that is based on the average for that day over the past hundred and some years. (Summer forecasts are far more accurate than winter ones from my observations.)

So with that said, I’ll have my shovel handy in the event that we do get a few inches of snow (the last I heard was to expect 2-4 inches by noon tomorrow). But I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we either get very little snow or we get 4-6 inches (or more). It has been known to happen. Let’s sit back and see what the outcome really is.



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