After The Storm, Everybody’s A Meteorologist
Monday, July 22nd, 2019 Catastrophe PropertyA week after Hurricane Barry washed ashore, people everywhere have become expert weather forecasters.
I realized this last Sunday after an irate caller told WWL Radio listeners the fake news media, meteorologists and public officials had conspired to deliver a doomsday forecast just to scare coastal residents.
She railed that the 10-20 inches of rain experts had predicted never materialized and that Mississippi River levees never overtopped or broke. The off-the-mark prognostications, she argued, would prompt residents to disregard officials’ warnings the next time a storm threatens.
“Wow,” I thought, “would this person be happier if the storm had killed someone? Or flooded thousands of homes?”
External References & Further Reading
https://www.houmatoday.com/news/20190721/editors-opinion-after-storm-everybodys-meteorologist
