@a: "January 18 2010
"Sack the lot of them," demanded Englishman Michael Brighton in 2007, 
enraged by the inaccuracy of weather-predicting "muppets" at Britain's Met 
office.
And the BBC may be planning to do exactly that:
"Buffeted by complaints about its inaccurate weather forecasts, the Met 
Office now faces being dumped by the BBC after almost 90 years. "
"The Met Office contract with the BBC expires in April and the broadcaster 
has begun talks with Metra, the national forecaster for New Zealand, as a 
possible alternative . "
"Last July the state-owned forecaster's predictions for a "barbecue summer" 
turned into a washout. And its forecast for a mild winter attracted derision 
when temperatures recently plunged as low as -22�C. "
Poor warmies.
On the plus side, however, reduced hours for the Met's supermegacomputer 
would be good for the environment.
Locally, let's see if the ABC follows the BBC's example and veers away from 
Met alarmism:
"A study forecasts that global warming will set in with a vengeance after 
2009. "
<url>
Warmest Regards
Bon_0
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps 
US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists 
worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct 
from natural variation."
Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville"
    @webbfamily: "<quote>
'It's very good jam,' said the Queen.
'Well, I don't want any TO-DAY, at any rate.'
'You couldn't have it if you DID want it,' the Queen said. 'The rule is, jam 
to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day.'
'It MUST come sometimes to "jam to-day,"' Alice objected.
'No, it can't,' said the Queen. 'It's jam every OTHER day: to-day isn't any 
OTHER day, you know.'
'I don't understand you,' said Alice. 'It's dreadfully confusing!'"
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