Friday, July 22, 2011

Climate Common Sense: Excuses,excuses and more excuses.
Because even visually handicapped Frederick can now see that the climate model predictions are bullsh*t we are seeing a range of excuses for their failure ignoring the obvious one! These excuses are immediately being treated as gospel akin to the Laws of Gravity by the Unscientific American and other such rags and then broadcast through the MSM gaining more and more veracity in the retelling.
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Basically the computer models are always correct - it is the real world that is getting it wrong!
Talking about the weather, post chitchat | Grist
Stay tuned for a whole slew of reasons why it's time to stop erring on the side of caution and to begin addressing the weather-climate connection in earnest in our communications, along with examinations of some possible approaches and frames, at look at public receptiveness to the weather-climate conversation, what messaging experts are saying, and -- ultimately -- my take on best practices.
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Anna Fahey is a communications strategist at Sightline Institute, a Seattle-based research and communications center working on sustainable solutions for the Pacific NW.
Wretched weekend of weather - National - NZ Herald News
A harsh winter weekend which is expected to bring snow to sea level has kicked off with reports of a tornado ripping through a Northland property.  [If tornadoes are caused by warm weather, isn't that an odd sentence?]

A wintery blast set to hit New Zealand may bring an "incredibly rare" mix of snow and sleet to North Island centres including Wellington, a forecaster predicts.

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