Spoken
(Weather Hobbyist)
Tue Aug 09 2005 02:25 PM
Re: Irene...

It seems that "JB" is a Mister Joe Bastardi at Accuweather.com – who seems to be going through some sort of a midlife crisis at the moment. At least that was this viewer's impression. I gave up after two minutes. Actually it was the first time I can remember hearing a commercial meteorologist warning that a big storm was poised to do something "dangerous" and widely unexpected. Might that be an example of wishcasting? Anyway that's what I thought I heard him saying. Admittedly for one minute it seemed refreshing not to hear a professional reassuring me that everything is going to be beautiful in its own way.