The DC area’s forecast for Friday calls for temperatures near 60 degrees with thunderstorms. In January.
But you won’t catch our television weather presenters attributing the bizarre forecast to global warming loading the dice for extreme weather! No, sir! Expect to hear lots of things like, “Wow, tropical weather in January. Uh … weird!”
If they mentioned our changing climate, they might get angry calls from viewers who find climate reality doesn’t fit in with their political views. Here in the DC area, unless your name is Bob Ryan, you’re likely to figure it’s better to keep quiet about the facts than risk standing up for inconvenient truths. Or maybe, like Topper Shutt, you’re a climate science denier yourself.
Learn more about why some TV weathermen aren’t straight with their viewers about climate science at ForecastTheFacts.org.
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