Friday, October 04, 2013

The Old Man is Back

Fergus Brown, the old man in a boat is back with a new blog.  Good news.

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6 comments:

  1. The Old Man is back4/10/13 5:18 PM

    Why thank ya Sir you are most gracious. deserves a riposte: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGDGlS9E9w , or perhaps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neBftfMt5xA
    Big fan of NY.

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  2. Rattus Norvegicus4/10/13 9:22 PM

    Glad you're back Fergus. And entirely off topic, but funny, the best forecast discussion evah:

    http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=AFC&product=AFD&format=CI&version=3&glossary=1

    Read the first letter of each line :-)

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  3. The Old Man is back5/10/13 6:15 AM

    Thanks, Rat.
    Love the forecast report - a classic. Has it been picked up?
    Always did like the Alaskan office, their communications frequently have undertones of humour and personality, something not always obvious amongst meteorologists.

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  4. Hank Roberts5/10/13 1:48 PM

    That original forecast link now requires clicking 'previous' a couple of times to see; the Atlantic Wire has it: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/secret-plea-help-some-poor-national-weather-service-forecaster/70218/

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  5. Susan Anderson6/10/13 11:28 PM

    DotEarth captured it:
    http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/a-budget-distress-call-please-pay-us-hidden-in-a-federal-weather-forecast/

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  6. Magnus7/10/13 6:47 PM

    I do like him, prefer the needle and the damage done. And then there is this

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