"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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These absurd "long range" forecasts (!?) are becoming more than just a
source of amusement - they are actually becoming a confounded
nuisance.

I never look at them let alone pay any regard to rumours flying around
re MetChuck, etc. But friends and acquaintances are more and more
often saying to me - knowing of my interests - "I hear we are going to
have a cold winter".

These amateurs, admittedly with a marvelous gift for self publicity,
might actually be affecting the economy in some ways. I am in fact
quite surprised not to have seen a sign outside any garage selling
coal, logs etc that proclaims: "Stock up now for the hard winter
ahead"

Somebody came up to me the other day and started going on about
how we were going to have a cold winter. I sighed inwardly and patiently
explained that what he had heard was almost certainly a forecast from
the likes of Metcheck/TWO and their tactics of crowing about the ones they
got right and quietly forgetting about the ones they got wrong.

I sent him away with him promising to be more sceptical about what he
hears in the media from now on

Col
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