Re: Bravo to the National Hurricane Center !!
Posted by Cape_Fear_NC on 8/22/2009, 11:54 pm
Who are you - the Rush Limbaugh of weather?

I didn't hear a single NHC "bash" in any of his updates. You're taking some event from the past and dragging it on forever...How long does this dead horse get beaten to death?

Your writing is provincial and sophomoric; it deserves no applause for content much less logic.

As for the NHC doing a "great job" - considering how tightly packed the models were, a school child could have drawn the forecast track based on that alone. What Bastardi did, and what the NHC doesn't do - is explain and suggest alternatives; and offer an analysis of why such alternatives are possible. What Bastardi did - is what we do; it's what makes weather exciting.

And a final note; neither Bastardi nor Accuweather was off by "400 miles." Such a statement is to weather what Limbaugh is to politcs - total bullsheit. Accuweather's track was near identical to the NHC track, and Bastardi was off by less than 100 miles. What you and some other do is to look at his "well-explained possibilities", take the one even he acknowledges is least likely to occur - and convert THAT into his official forecast.

Re-writing history to satisfy one's prejudices has gone on since the beginning of time - but it's never fooled everyone - and it doesn't fool every reader here.

What are the chances of you complimenting Bastardi for the education and entertainment he offers? Zero. What are the chances of complimenting Bastardi for a dead-accurate forecast? None.

Proper criticism is fair when it's due - but failure to give credit when it's due tells much about a person. And let's stop pretending Bastardi's job is to BE the NHC.

And on a final note - Bastardi is a practitioner of more than just tropical weather. Forecasting 12 months a year on two continents, Bastardi carries a much bigger tool belt than the NHC does.

Tim in North Carolina



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