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Say Nothing About the Failing Satellite

Posted by kdawson on from the or-about-global-warming-either dept.

The QuikScat satellite used for predicting the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any time (it's already past its designed lifetime). Without this satellite, the accuracy of US forecasters' predictions could be degraded by up to 16% — and there are no plans for any replacement. Bill Proenza, director of the National Hurricane Center, has been outspokenly critical of his superiors on this situation, but he has been warned to stop commenting on it.

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  1. Global Warming by cbelle13013 · · Score: 5, Funny



    This is all part of a ploy by the global warming alarmists to show how "crazy" hurricanes are behaving and how meteorologists can no longer predict their path with the accuracy they could in the past. To ensure another Katrina doesn't happy, the Imperial Federal Government will establish behavior guidelines to make sure the citizens are acting in a way that is friendly to our environment.

    Shortly after that, Freedom and Liberty are brought out back and shot.

    </tin foil hat off>

    Boy it's a lovely day outside.