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sl8

(17,149 posts) Sat Jan 29, 2022, 08:51 AM Jan 2022

Don't trust big meteorology: [Twitter] [View all]

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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

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Don't trust big meteorology: [Twitter] [View all] sl8 Jan 2022 OP

Shovels? the big money's in blowers! rurallib Jan 2022 #1

LOL, every day now has a 100% chance of mouth-blowers' "hot air" Backseat Driver Jan 2022 #6

Lol! It's hopeless to even try to buck Big Hardware. Hortensis Jan 2022 #33

Somebody finally saying what I've been thinking all along Walleye Jan 2022 #2

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LOL! Wicked Blue Jan 2022 #4

We moved from a "lake effect" area to a Backseat Driver Jan 2022 #16

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Burn your mittens! Wicked Blue Jan 2022 #5

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Barbecue a liberal! Wicked Blue Jan 2022 #22

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"FOX Weather" will fix the problem! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #9

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+1 dalton99a Jan 2022 #24

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Welcome to North Dakota !!! It is frigging cold ! nt PufPuf23 Jan 2022 #28

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