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.

6 comments:

The Old Man is back said...

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.

Rattus Norvegicus said...

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 :-)

The Old Man is back said...

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.

Hank Roberts said...

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/

Susan Anderson said...

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

Magnus said...

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