The Met Office seasonal forecast record is nearly perfect. Whatever they predict, plan for the exact opposite.
Disrupting the Borg is expensive and time consuming!
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Kevin’s been living under a rock.
They even got the volcano ash cloud wrong with their “models”.
It IS trusted, alright. It is trusted to get it wrong, every time. They’re even better at that than the astrologers.
Met Office : “trusted by millions of people across Britain”
Politicians: “trusted by millions of people across Britain”
Used car salesman: “trusted by millions of people across Britain”
Penis enlargement: “trusted by millions of people across Britain”
Astrologers: “trusted by millions of people across Britain”
Oh! Hang on, strike that last one. That one is true.
http://geology.com/usgs/alaska-coastal-erosion/
USGS searched high and low and found the fastest eroding cliff on earth
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/uk-storm-blamed-on-climate-change-20110217-1ay75.html
The computer that can’t predict the next day’s weather said so, so it must be right
I never use the Met Office as my lead scientific adviser, I look out of the window.
I work in the power industry, and forecasting the weather is important to us, as we nned to be able to trade with a good knowledge of plant output on a daily basis. Needless to say, we do not use the Met office for this data.
More here on ‘Climate Week’: http://climatelessons.blogspot.com/2011/02/topical-storm-alert-climate-week-has.html
Who would have guessed that the dull and stodgy old Met Office of 30 years ago would turn into such a source of succour for political adventurism?
There is a “Sucker Born Every Minute” and these people are living proof.
They actually think this is a good selling point. Words fail me, these people are thick.
Trusted—boy, they’ve earned it!
/sarc