If you’re like me then you woke up today expecting a large snowfall and were disappointed. The weathermen over promised and under delivered. And maybe just for a second you could relate, as you had done the same this weekend, but overall you couldn’t shake the feeling of being lied to.
Why are we so easy on weathermen? We keep detailed stats on athletes. We maintain video evidence on political pundits to keep them honest. But when it comes to weathermen, we let them say whatever the hell they want and there are no repercussions for being completely off base. We don’t publicly shame them like we do to other expert predictors even though what they are predicting is arguably more important. It’s not just who will be the number one pick in the NFL draft or who will win the Senate race in Texas. This is about how to dress. How to prepare for the outside world. This is about survival. But oh no please be nice to the poor old weathermen.
Nope! Enough of this. It’s time we crack down on the weathermen frauds. The busts. Those that just can’t cut it in front of a green screen. We need to track their stats. This is the only way we’ll see improvements to their performance. I want to know each weatherman’s average temperature accuracy. How many degrees are they traditionally within? If they say there is a 60% chance of rain on ten different occasions, then how many times did it actually rain? It better have been 6!!
Now I’m going to be real with you. I’m not sure the last time I actually went to a weatherman over the weather app. But that’s because the weather industry has done a horrible job of building superstars. You mean to tell me you wouldn’t tune in for Storm Watch if it featured the guy posting a perfect 7/7 on his last 7 storm predictions? They start calling him the Richter Predictor. You’re not tuning into that? Of course you are.
Step it up weathermen, there’s a storm coming.
