Weather.com: Hurricane Florence will "Debunk Climatology"

[kellyb]

This is the strangest article I've ever seen on weather.com.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-09-07-florence-unusual-track-united-states-east-coast

It starts off with the title:

Why Climatology Doesn't Have Much of a Say in Florence's Unusual Track

The article never even addresses that, as far as I can tell. And kind of out of the blue, they throw this line in:

This mighty ridge of high pressure is set to debunk climatology.

What in the world?

 

[varwoche]

The channel was started by a GW denier. Perhaps there are remnants of the nuttery.

 

[Venom]

Sad to see some of these very mundane domains taken by cranks, scammers, and spam bots.

 

[kellyb]

Sad to see some of these very mundane domains taken by cranks, scammers, and spam bots.

No, it's the Weather Channel's website, and it's owned by IBM.

 

[bruto]

Aside from the teaser language, though, it sounds mostly as if the article is saying that traditional climatology, using past history to predict the future, no longer works. And that seems to be the case, as one would expect with anthropogenic climate change I would think. I suspect that the article was either clumsily written, or purposely designed to stir things up.

 

[kellyb]

I suspect that the article was either clumsily written, or purposely designed to stir things up.

Or both. Probably both, actually.

 

[varwoche]

No, it's the Weather Channel's website, and it's owned by IBM.

Sure. But once upon a time, this mundane domain had indeed been taken over by a crank.

 

[Whip]

lol:

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1040711257026977792

 

[Apathia]

lol:

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1040711257026977792

Just what I thought! There was no "hurricane Florence." It was all fake news!
A lot of wind machines for a Hollywood special effect.
Hurricanes are a hoax created by the Boy Scouts!