From the weather is not climate unless we say it is department comes this disturbing admission. From Tom Nelson, an illustration of the sort of defective thinking we see in some people who think climate and weather have no distinction:
WJZ meteorologist Bernadette Woods is leaving the CBS-owned station to join a non-profit firm in New Jersey focused on climate change, she said Wednesday night.
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Woods described Climate Central as a “non-profit, non-lobbying company which deals with climate information, basically trying to educate the public” on climate change.
“There’s so much misinformation out there, that this company started in an effort to try and get good information to the public,” she said.”They are trying to connect climate with extreme weather, because that’s a lot of what’s happening. That’s really exciting for me, because I do love the science.”
Woods, a Penn State graduate with a B.S. in meteorology, earned her Television Seal of Approval through the American Meteorological Society in 2004.
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“Oh, I’m a weather geek, no doubt about it,” she said laughing. “The bigger the storm, the better.”
[(Nelson:)Wait, so she laughs about tragic storms that kill and injure people, including children? To her, bigger storms are “better”?]
Like some storm chasers, some TV weather types get an adrenaline rush from severe weather events. I was once that way when I was young and stupid, until one day I was sent into the field to cover a tornado damage story, and I saw firsthand the loss of people hit by the storm.
As I’m sure Ms. Woods will eventually read this story, I direct her this history on technology, media, and severe weather to help her gain some perspective.
UPDATE: I erred in the original headline thinking she was a student of Dr. Mann. My information on the date Mann joined PSU (2004) was incorrect, it was actually 2005. Thus I have edited the headline and first sentence to correct my error – Anthony
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I too am enjoying the comments! There are times when an article may have been taken out of the oven and served before it was done. This would be one of them. But it encourages the continued lively discussion on this web site and keeps me adding popcorn to my grocery list on a regular basis.
From the sound of it, this weather reporter may have found her home! As in “village” and all that.
It seems from the quote that this woman was educated in B. S. at Penn State.
Climate Central’s funders:
http://www.climatecentral.org/about/funding/
This non-profit organization is very top heavy with management. Ms Woods will fit quite nicely into the staff of this behemoth of special interests, too bad she is not Asian.
It is great that so many young academics are gainfully employed in this “climate”; 5 science writers, 8 board members, 3 founders, 8 editors…totaling 33 people with 25 in apparent management rolls. Many are prolifically published…wow very impressive (sarc), but i could not find any primary research. I do confess that i was overwhelmed by the amount of info and went for a nap.
http://www.climatecentral.org/what-we-do/people/
Where else in the world (and on what blog?) could one write the above and get it published – and not be looking forward to a ‘turn on the spit over a roaring fire’?
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