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30 January 2012
Is Putting The Heat On Skeptical TV Weathercasters A Good Idea?
Forecast the Facts is a new campaign with the aim of putting some public heat on climate skeptical TV weathercasters. The issue here isn’t whether or not their statements (if quoted accurately) were opposite to the overwhelming science, because they are without question. Instead, the main question is whether this is the right way to tackle the problem. I’m uncertain this is the right way to go about educating the skeptical …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.