Last week, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J., apologized on Twitter for erroneously predicting that a major, crippling snowstorm of "historic" proportions would ravage the New York metropolitan area. He said: "You made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right, and we didn't."
What is going on? Is it realistic to expect a meteorologist to apologize for a force of nature? Should the public fairly expect an industry notoriously dependent on computer models…Biyernes, Pebrero 13, 2015
GUEST COLUMN: An act of contrition
Last week, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J., apologized on Twitter for erroneously predicting that a major, crippling snowstorm of "historic" proportions would ravage the New York metropolitan area. He said: "You made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right, and we didn't."
What is going on? Is it realistic to expect a meteorologist to apologize for a force of nature? Should the public fairly expect an industry notoriously dependent on computer models…
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