Herald Journal Blog

When I was a kid, weather reports were shown inside TV studios, where the weathercaster stood in front of a big map. When the weather forecaster said, “It’s a beautiful, sunny day,” and the viewer looked outside the window and saw pouring rain, the viewer thought the weathercaster was an idiot. Twin Cities weathercasters got smart (Paul Douglas-bless his soul) and started reporting the weather standing outside where the viewer could see their reports matched the actual conditions. Even if the weather forecaster had to hold an umbrella dripping water all over his shoes, it showed he knew what he was talking about. Today in the metro newspaper, however, a columnist must have written an article about global warming far in advance. It’s called “The heat is on - and that threatens fishing.” While I’m reading the column I’m sitting in front of a big window. It’s snowing like nuts outside, the wind is howling and it’s 28 degrees. The same newspaper is reporting the average low for April 26 is 40 degrees. How believable do you think I considered this column? Not much. Call me a global warming agnostic.