Posted on 01/19/2007 8:09:00 AM PST by NotchJohnson
WEATHER CHANNEL ABSURDITY
Perhaps the most bizarre story of the week comes from Weather Channel Meteobabe Heidi Cullen. Apparently she hosts a show called "The Climate Code."
Let's all bask for a moment in the extremely clever play on "The DaVinci Code" popularity.
OK .. That's enough. Back to Hysterical Heidi. Cullen wants the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the group that certifies TV weathermen, to decertify any weatherman who dares to question the "fact" that man is causing catastrophic global climate change.
Note, please, that the phrase "Global warming" is no longer really in vogue. After all ... ice just destroyed much of California's citrus crop. So the word now is "climate change."
Here's what Cullen had to say on her blog:
"If a meteorologist can't speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn't give them a Seal of Approval. Clearly, the AMS doesn't agree that global warming can be blamed on cyclical weather patterns. It's like allowing a meteorologist to go on-air and say that hurricanes rotate clockwise and tsunamis are caused by the weather. It's not a political statement...it's just an incorrect statement."
To Cullen the "fundamental science of climate change" is that global warming is being caused by man. She completely discounts cyclical weather patterns which have been proven by science. The earth has been this warm in the past .. warmer .. many times. Cullen doesn't explain why. By the way ... it has been pointed out that hurricanes do rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere -- but why be picky.
Here's another blog you might be interested in. The Weather Blog. This is from AMC certified Meteorologist James Spann. He says that he does not know of a single TV Meteorologist who buys into the man-made global warming hype. There are some excellent comments posted to Spann's blog. A good read.
Don't you just love a good juicy controversy?
In southern New Mexico we don't have any reason to watch a weather channel so we don't get involved in really controversial and important situations like this. We just look outside and we can see the weather if there is any - even miles away. Cuts down on the "situations" we have to deal with.
The leftist agenda is now to claim that every uncomfortable instance of weather is the fault of the opposition.
Somebody needs to quickly spell out and publish what this form of thought control means. Crichton's "State of Fear" was a start.
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The measure of "climate change" depends entirely on the quality and timespan over which observations are made. It's easy to make assertions about climate that are unfounded simply because we have no reasonable record of the past, or because we are extrapolating with large errors that get larger with the extrapolation (into the past or present).
The biggest flaw in global warming is that everyone who is a proponent of this is assuming that these pollutants are inert and that nothing happens to them chemically to break them down. They couldn't be more wrong.
IMO volcanic eruptions have been the major cause of chemical-agent induced change in (at least) the last million years: ash and sulpheric compounds.
Watching last night, there was a special on "climate change" and they were taking multiple core samples of Arctic ice from up to a mile deep. The core samples told them that there have been 8 different "ice ages" dating back however far, each followed by warming trends. Then they went back to the "man causing catostrophic climate change" spiel...
I flipped to the channel for only a moment to catch that, maybe I missed something, but I don't get it...
For all we know, man's activity could be moderating the climate from what it might have been.
Rush played a clip of her speaking. She is referred to as "Dr.," and calls herself a "scientist."
Since no scientist would ever call to end inquiry on any topic, for obvious reasons, she has just failed her qualifying exams and should have her degree revoked. She is no scientist.
Weather Channel Headline:
HEIDI CULL DECLARES GORE'S GLOBAL FLATULENCE IS A FACT!
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