tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post2393333374588062351..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Foolproof Weatherman of 1989 (1939)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-69285185407654493162008-05-30T18:47:00.000-04:002008-05-30T18:47:00.000-04:00Just as architectural futurism and predictive tech...Just as architectural futurism and predictive technological models ("concept cars" etc.) tend to underestimate the engineering challenges involved, so we underestimated the complexity of the fluid dynamics that make up weather. I wonder whether chaos theory will have evolved enough in a hundred years to provide us a few percentage points more accuracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-74968013847074171112008-01-12T22:16:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:16:00.000-05:00I think the point is, the author was a bit optimis...I think the point is, the author was a bit optimistic about weather prediction. You can't really, even today in the shiny 21st century, predict with that kind of accuracy what's going to happen more than 4 days ahead of time. And in my area, no more than 12 hours ahead. Stupid weathermen!<BR/><BR/>--BonnachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-29493541825117213152008-01-12T15:26:00.000-05:002008-01-12T15:26:00.000-05:00The writer's prediction of instantly viewing condi...The writer's prediction of instantly viewing conditions around the world could also describe imaging by weather satellites, so I'd say it's remarkably prescient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-32633334798531014382008-01-12T15:08:00.000-05:002008-01-12T15:08:00.000-05:00"So he thinks Medicine Hat is in the US?"Not any m..."So he thinks Medicine Hat is in the US?"<BR/><BR/>Not any more than he thinks Siberia is.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I was thinking that the US weather department is probably one of the few American government departments that would even know Medecine Hat exists, being the only one that routinely looks past the borders. To get the attention of any of the others, you have to start shooting at Americans. ;o)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-56521175888565485952008-01-12T11:06:00.000-05:002008-01-12T11:06:00.000-05:00Missed the word "has't" there - we haven't really ...Missed the word "has't" there - we haven't really had much smog in Pittsburgh in years!Laurie Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886124993171547304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-9339653032087943532008-01-12T11:05:00.000-05:002008-01-12T11:05:00.000-05:00Actually, that's been true for many years - Pittsb...Actually, that's been true for many years - Pittsburgh was one of the first cities in the country to institute various smog controls.<BR/><BR/>And then, the steel mills went away, so there's surprisingly little smog in Pittsburgh these days.<BR/><BR/>Due to our location, however, we're something like the 2nd or 3rd cloudiest city in the country, after Seattle and Buffalo.<BR/><BR/>What's interesting about this prediction is that is was only off by about five years. By the mid-90s, most cities had cameras that let you immediately see what the weather was like from the Internet.Laurie Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886124993171547304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-54773996437558622442008-01-11T17:53:00.000-05:002008-01-11T17:53:00.000-05:00The most amazing prediction was that there would b...The most amazing prediction was that there would be no more smoky skies in Pittsburg.<BR/><BR/>(re: comment 1 -- No one said all the sites in the meteorologist's video tour were in the U.S. ... he does go on also to name Siberia...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-5291725884316967822008-01-11T13:20:00.000-05:002008-01-11T13:20:00.000-05:00So he thinks Medicine Hat is in the US?So he thinks Medicine Hat is in the US?Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469827362374622318noreply@blogger.com