Lunatics going after weather forecasters now

Dohnjoe

Weather forecasters getting a torrent of abusive messages and emails for reporting the weather now. Apparently we aren't having heatwaves and if we are they aren't "as bad" as 1976 and everyone needs to get a grip. Ah the post-truth era, where my narrative trumps your temperature reading. No doubt they'll be all over this thread as well.

TheRiverman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058256676/lunatics-going-after-weather-forecasters-now

Trolling.

dePeatrick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058256676/lunatics-going-after-weather-forecasters-now

Yeah, I miss Thresea Mannion hanging in for dear life as someone strolled past behind her. It’s way ott.

Dohnjoe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119404481#Comment_119404481

I wish they were trolling, most of them seem to really believe it's all a conspiracy. The weather.

Oops!

Some people shouldn't be let near a phone or the internet......

NIMAN

Idiots will be idiots

wotzgoingon

The only weather forecaster I trust is myself. I'm self taught and can read the weather charts like a professor can read a book.

xxxxxxl

I remember when it was getting into the 30s they used to say go to the beach get the suncream out have a lovely weekend. No it's lock yourself in the basement buy an aircon drink 13 gallons of water. droughts for weeks were not uncommon either same with hosepipe bans for months.

Zebra3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119405504#Comment_119405504

Obviously the fact that we have a larger population than years ago, more industry, more demand from domestic homes means we should still continue to water our gardens like it’s the 70s. 🙄

Dohnjoe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119405487#Comment_119405487

Hmmm, who to believe..

Majority of scientists: "Uh we're destroying our environment"

Conspiracy theorists, far-right pundits, big oil, tiny handful of individual scientists: "Lol, we aren't, it's not happening, and if it is, it's natural, get out of here you woke snowflakes"

It's a tough one.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119404490#Comment_119404490

Theresa Mannion isn't a weather forecaster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119405504#Comment_119405504

Have you ever heard tell of progress and development?

Eoinbmw

Good old George Lee seems to be the leading weather forecaster on RTE these days

Dohnjoe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119407215#Comment_119407215

You actually put the word scientists in quotes, jesus christ.

I remember when scientists discovered the hole in Ozone, we identified it and took action. You see back then there wasn't a small army of internet anti-science quacks to inject their emotional and political nonsense into the situation, their "anti-woke" hysteria and assorted crapology.

We just got on and dealt with it.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119407448#Comment_119407448

It’s incredible that the, supposedly, most skeptical people of all will swallow whole all the propaganda put out by the oil industry and yet they, then, balk at the idea that modern science is in, near, universal agreement that we are destroying the planet.

The whole WOKE(all caps) thing is the new “red under the bed” for a lot of lads. Flinching whenever they see an electric car or running scared if someone isn’t eating meat.

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119407620#Comment_119407620

...

Quantum Erasure

I don't know, but everything is being put down to climate change these days...

Forest fires started by campers? Climate change

Lough Funshinagh flooding? Climate change

That once in a century event that hasn't happened in over 100 years? Climate change

...

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119407834#Comment_119407834

There's always been forest fires. Why are they so much worse now? Why are they more widespread now?

And, it's global warming. HTH.

j2

I'd rarely watch the weather forecast now, find online weather sites to be a lot better.

pjohnson

Ah its cute they seem to have recently learnt a new buzzword "midwit" tbf.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119407592#Comment_119407592

Ubbquittious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119408210#Comment_119408210

I dont find them that great. Any predictions that are more than a day out are wildly inaccurate. We were supposed to get 38mm of rain on the day after that one record breaking heatwave day and we only got a bitteen of drizzle after. Theyll be predicting full weeks of hot weather and the day before we're supposed to get them they change them to cloud and drizzle and about 10 degrees cooler. It would almost make you want to start trolling them.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119404490#Comment_119404490

I wished she had of gotten blown away that day. Can't stand her at all.

growleaves

'The peak temperature in 1976 was 35.9C, more than four degrees lower than the 40.3C recorded on 19 July.'

It briefly peaked at 40C but it was 37C most of the time.

I have to assume that these forecasters were editorialising about climate change, though the article doesn't say that, because otherwise comments like "Get a grip" make no sense in context.

This "torrent of abuse" was fairly mild, by boards standards at least.

dePeatrick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119409163#Comment_119409163

She’s advertising something or other on radio now, commented to OH that there won’t be any takers as it’s impossible to take her any way seriously, OH agreed 100% 🤣

dePeatrick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119407834#Comment_119407834

My cat got ticks… Climate change, everything is spun to be climate change nowadays…I think we have reached peak hysteria at this stage. It’s become a complete joke tbh…and I’m an old (ex) Green!

on a day like today with grey skies and constant rain, with more to come for the next week, its a bit hard to believe the climate change hype. When I was young we had amazing Summers. We had sandals, shorts and summer dresses on from the end of May right through. I remember it well. Sunny days spent outdoors. I think this Summer has been awful, dull and grey apart from those 3 nice days a few weeks ago.

MrMusician18

The problem is that the media sensationalise and hype everything and worst of all everything is a major existential crisis. The world has been seemingly about to end more times than I can count in the last 15 years according to the media, yet we're still here. This nonsense has jaded many many people, and that's why you see this kind of pushback.

Climate change is a huge problem but worrying and attacking ordinary people about this is not productive. It's governments and corporations that need to make the vast majority of the changes. One weather event of high or low temperature, high or low wind, wet or dry cannot be attributed to climate change, but that climate change has made that event more likely.

Larbre34

Its impossible to argue with stupidity, so don't ever bother.

Let their ignorance and delusion consume them, until they die of it, one way or another.

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119409436#Comment_119409436

I don't know what age you are but I was born in the early 80's and yes we had some nice days but we also had rain. Unless you were born in the 70's or earlier you must have rose tinted glasses on regarding Irish summer weather.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119409496#Comment_119409496

I was ! :-)

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119409424#Comment_119409424

Oh I hate tics. I still remember the first time I seen one of them little bastards like a real fast spider. It did not get away from me do and got crushed into the path.