Don't trust big meteorology: [Twitter]

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James Hamblin
@jameshamblin

So we're all supposed to "prepare for blizzard conditions" just because the scientific establishment and the media say so? And anyone who says it will be sunny and 70 is canceled?
All's I'm saying is, lots of $ changing hands in snow shovel industry. Do your own meteorology.

3:24 PM · Jan 28, 2022

[rurallib]

1. Shovels? the big money's in blowers!

But "they" don't want you to know that.

[Backseat Driver]

6. LOL, every day now has a 100% chance of mouth-blowers' "hot air"

and pressure-driven new low millmeter bars of (toxic) Hg creating political storms, big and small!

Still gauging our activities on our "woollie bear," a 7-day Bushnell indoor weather station on the wall in the kitchen (Bushnell hasn't made these AccuWeather supported devices for some years, and one can't find any that display even a rough estimate of an icon-driven 7-day forecast anymore from any mfg!--I'm going to be clueless when it no longer works or goes offline!) and the "Sensor Network" readings from nearby full personal outdoor stations via wunderground.com.

[Hortensis]

33. Lol! It's hopeless to even try to buck Big Hardware.

"We have been divided up and handed over to greedy, corrupt corporations for wealth extraction. This is the ultimate capitalist dream."

A very sincere person on another OP setting straight those who believe they can lowe utility costs by shopping for cheaper suppliers.

[Walleye]

2. Somebody finally saying what I've been thinking all along

These people who pretend to be so “confused” by CDC guidelines have been dealing with percentages of chances of rain all their lives. And predictions often change from hour to hour. Do they call their local weatherman a liar?

[irisblue]

3. Further down thread...

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[Wicked Blue]

4. LOL!

[Backseat Driver]

16. We moved from a "lake effect" area to a

central land-locked city, and the folks there made fun of my guy's red/black buffalo plaid wool winter jacket...hardly anyone there wore anything more than windbreaker. We moved once more, and thankfully Buckeye fans realized the value of a warm outdoor jacket and thermals as long as the "colors" were licensed - and NOT navy blue and maize! Of course, there's still a few big guys wearing nothing but face-paint, beads, and a loincloth...

[Wicked Blue]

18. It's not that cold in Maryland, but there is a certain type of guy

that likes walking around in shorts in January here. I suppose it's a macho thing.

[Wicked Blue]

5. Burn your mittens!

Bring out your barbecue grills, while you're at it

[not fooled]

19. Yeah, that's ths spirit!

I want barbecue NOW and no damn liberal's gonna stop me!

[Wicked Blue]

22. Barbecue a liberal!

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. Seen on Twitter also: "The Earth is Flat! Researched coast of California on internet. Flat!!"

And that will get hundreds of likes…bots love everything posted on Twitter.

[UserNotFound]

8. I'm a weather junkie.

Seems like the TV is always on The Weather Channel. Their predictions are pretty accurate, from what I've seen. The idea that weather forecasting is mere "guesswork" is ignorant and asinine...

[gab13by13]

15. I agree,

I live in central Pa. so I don't need to run out and buy a snow shovel, I already have a couple of shovels, a snow blower, and ice scraper, and very expensive pet friendly salt. I appreciate the weather forecasts.

[paleotn]

21. It's science, mathematics and computing power for the most part....

Lots of computing power.

https://www.weather.gov/about/supercomputers

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. "FOX Weather" will fix the problem!

They'll only provide the weather reports that makes old white people proud of it! With the actual radar of white-Santa delivering gifts to all the good right-wing boys and girls.

[EYESORE 9001]

10. A tangentially related story from my misspent youth

Hanging out at a friend’s house in an altered state of consciousness, one fellow stood at the window and observed, ‘it’s raining.’ From out of nowhere, my reply came: ‘are you a meteorologist or just a know-it-all?’ The raucous response from the room was enough to fuel my ego toward an amateur career as a big-mouthed smartass.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. It started for me as a toddler, after Mom said...

... she was also warming up some beans for supper.

I asked if they were "human beans", which made everyone in my family laugh hysterically. I actually said it as a joke, but played dumb after they laughed so hard.

Edit: Maybe I was 4 or 5 years old, and not a toddler? Not sure now.

[EYESORE 9001]

13. There's a coffee kiosk in my community named The Human Bean

I’ve never bought coffee there, but I always see a line at the drive-up window.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Cute name for a coffee house!

[EYESORE 9001]

17. I just found out that it's a franchise

https://thehumanbean.com/

[Buckeye_Democrat]

20. None of them are very close to me, so maybe...

... I should try to raise money from my older siblings to start up another one in my area? I'll try to squeeze out every drop of good faith from that old joke.

[MLAA]

29. Hilarious

I give it 3 ROFLs!!!

[keithbvadu2]

12. North Dakota Weather Alert (warning XX X )

North Dakota Weather Alert (warning XX X )
My kind of weather guy ...
Native American Indian weather broadcast straight off of a reservation TV station in North Dakota:
Finally, a weather report that doesn't take 10 minutes to explain with multiple graphics and words that you have no clue as to what they mean. This is direct and
to the point!
North Dakota Weather Alert! Stay Inside

[dalton99a]

24. +1

[HUAJIAO]

25. LOLOLOL love it

He's not fucking kidding !!!

[niyad]

26. Thank you! I had saved this one from last winter and then lost it. Cracks me up.

[PufPuf23]

28. Welcome to North Dakota !!! It is frigging cold ! nt

[Midnight Writer]

23. Was it Senator Imhofe who claimed climate change was a hoax made up by The Weather Channel?

Or was it some other wing-nut?

He claimed The Weather Channel was creating climate change fears in order to goose the ratings and make those big Weather Channel advertisement sales.

[niyad]

27. Inhofe was the moran who "proved" that global warming is a hoax with a

snowball.

[AllaN01Bear]

30. true story a few winters back

look at the fake clouds . look at the fake snow , gasp , the chemtrails , the guberment is sparying us.

[NCjack]

31. If other professions had the same success rate as meteorology, we

would abandon science.

We must cancel meteorology. That means snipping it in the bud by eliminating meteorology departments in universities, destroying all books on weather prediction, and erasing all computer programs that predict weather. They have taken the human out of the art of prediction.

We need a total reset on meteorology. Let's go back to Biblical principles and build some tools that work.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

32. An old saying in Ohio is, "If you don't like..."

"... the weather in Ohio, just wait 5 minutes and it will change."



The meteorologists around here provide pretty decent predictions about those short-term changes, though.

It will always be a struggle to predict the weather (unlike long-term climate tendencies) too far in advance, of course, because of Chaos Theory.

[niyad]

34. We have it here in Colorado Springs as well, and with good reason. As I explain

to newcomers, we do indeed have four seasons. Often all on the same day. And we do not have summer and winter wardrobes, ours are morning, afternoon, and evening.

It is 60 today. Last week it was 60 one day, 22 the next. Typical.