El Nino could bring more record-breaking weather to U.S.:

I always said “when I come back/reincarnated I want to be a weather man.” They make big money and only have to be right 50% of the time, maybe.

We now have a prognosticator in our midst named Bryan Walsh that is predicting a giant El Nino this year. It threatens to change weather patterns around the world and supposedly going to affect billions of people.

Bryan may be right but there is a 50% chance he isn’t. These weather-dudes can’t tell us what the weather is going to from one day to day let alone six months from now.

Significant, in this case, is just a half-degree Celsius. However, according to Time magazine senior writer Bryan Walsh, who covers energy and environmental issues, that’s a lot, considering the Pacific’s size.

A quote from Walsh; “Over the course of a number of months, that actually changes weather patterns around the world, has a number of effects that are different in different parts of the world but generally result in a lot of warming, a lot of rain in some places, a lot of drought elsewhere and really just can have a lot of impact.”

Another astronomical clairvoyant is the Farmers Almanac. They are almost never right.

Then we have a bunch of knuckle heads with tuxedos and top hats on betting on a large rodent named Punxsutawney Phil who hasn’t hit it on the head more than 11% of the time. I can do better than that.

These guys are probably getting all buzzed up on some cheap champagne while they wait for the furry critter to show his head.

ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE THAT CONDUCT THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS:

Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania Prognosticator is 10.9% right

The National Weather Service or other “official” 49.16% right – I was off in my estimate by .84%

The Good Old Farmer’s Almanac a sad 8.93% right. The almanac was started many years ago as a gauge for the farmers to use for plant their crops by. No wonder the cost of the veggies are sky high.

If I ever decide to go back to get a college degree, I am going to make sure to get a degree in weatheroligy, then move to Asyut Egypt where they receive 0.02 of rain a year. What a cake walk that weather-guy has!