By the Numbers: Winter Edition
1 - Number of people I saw driving around last week in a convertible with the top down (it was dark outside and he was moving, sorry for the photo quality).
19 - Degrees Fahrenheit it was outside when that picture was taken.
6 - Inches of snow that fell here during the day on Thursday. 3-10 inches was the prediction by local meteorologists, which in my opinion, is broad enough that it could have been made by someone without any background in meteorology.
20 - Inches of snow that was predicted to fall between Saturday night and Sunday evening.
12 - Inches of snow that actually fell during that period (it is still lightly snowing, at 11 p.m. Sunday). I'm starting to think meteorology isn't a real science at all.
Comments
Lauren said:
You only saw ONE person with the top down? Foolish...
glittersmama said:
Here they were promising 3-5 inches of snow, and as the time approached they kept decreasing their estimates to a light dusting. I guess it takes a genius.
Becky said:
I dated a guy in college who was a meteorology student... weird. only wanted to watch the weather channel.
I think other science people look at meteorologists like everyone else does at fortune-tellers. in what other field do we accept speculation as a legitimate profession?
I said:
Penn State has a big meteorology program, so I went to school with a few of them. From what I understand, it's fairly easy to predict temperatures, but predicting precipitation any more than 24 hours in advance is pure speculation. They only do things like the "7-day forecast" because the public wants them to.
But what am I going to do, blame "the public"? Nonsense! Down with meteorologists!
Nancy Face said:
I think Convertible Man was actually a woman experiencing a hot flash.
The meteorologists in the Phoenix area are much better...they predicted no snow, and they got it right!
Lia said:
We had snow predicted, and snow fell. But I never really trust the weatherman. Even though I'm one of those people checking the extended forecast.
Sarah said:
Snow? I knew what that was once...
cadiz12 said:
top down in the snow? INSANITY
No Cool Story said:
Maybe Top Down Man (that was no woman, trust me) wanted to be featured on a blog.
Congrats Sir!
I don't trust the weather people. One minute they tell me it'll be dry and the next we got ice and snow. MEH!
S. Joanna said:
I don't watch the weather. Why would I want someone to tell me that it's going to rain? Or snow?
I can see how it'd be useful to know that a hurricane is headed in your general direction, but for day to day stuff, the weather reports seem useless to me.
My mum loves to watch the weather channel, though -- and tell me what the forecast is for my home town. I find that pretty funny.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
That man was on his way to a Polar Bear Club meeting. You know that one where old, paunchy people put on Speedos and frolic about in water with icy chunks floating in it.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
What your harem of lady readers really want to know Omar is if you've broken out the red thermal undies yet?
glo said:
Well, yesterday, our "weather man" (aka unemployed actor) said that we would have much rain in the valleys today. This morning, he said the jetstream was "trapped up north" so rain was unlikely.
I stepped off the train and wished I'd had my umbrella.
Since our weather person doesn't even know what's ACTUALLY happening with the weather, I give no creedence to predictions.
Jon said:
This is precisely why I rely on trick knees and strange cat behavior to predict any changes in the weather.
As for the convertible, one of my old college roommates used to love to open the window when it was freezing outside and crank the heat. I thought he was insane and I found another roommate.
Jonathan said:
Maybe its like the one car I use to have where the window wouldn't go back up one day. Maybe he put the top down this fall and hasn't been able to put it back up?
Jonathan said:
I have to post again to test something
Jonathan said:
ok, that was strange, when i submitted my first reply I heard a strange tune play from some where. I thought maybe that was a new op.net feature. (although i don't usually have the sound up so that could have always been there). However the 2nd post didn't cause the sound so now I just dont know.
Oh well - pad pad
aubrey said:
crazy, dude. 19 degrees. in a convertible. i'm cold and it is 43 degrees. is that wrong? does that make me a wimp?
Rhonda said:
SNOW! I am so envious. We need snow in Texas for Christmas!