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Article #22469Re: Rain
From: Jim Smith
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 01:58
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 01:58
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In article <kpis7tINN24m@agate.berkeley.edu> jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) writes: > >Ah, but that doesn't mean they were wrong! They said there was a 70% >chance of rain, which means 30% chance of no rain, right? Not exactly! When I attended a seminar given by Dr. George Fishbeck, a local LA weatherman, he explained that a 70% percent chance of rain meant that there was a 100% chance that 70% of the area would get rain. Seems kinda silly, but hey, you gotta be a little silly to try to predict the weather in the first place 8-). -- jas@rdii.com is James A. Smith| Racal-Dana Instruments Inc. | This space for rent. PO Box C-19541 Irvine CA 92713| UUCP: ...!uunet!bagdad!jas |
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,e67c709e18588222 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-19 23:13:51 PST Newsgroups: ca.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.claremont.edu!ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!gordius!bagdad.uucp!jas From: jas@bagdad.uucp (Jim Smith) Subject: Re: Rain Message-ID: <1992Feb14.015812.3941@bagdad.uucp> Organization: Racal-Dana Instruments, Inc. References: <1992Feb12.025047.8915@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> <3635@cod.NOSC.MIL> <kpis7tINN24m@agate.berkeley.edu> Distribution: ca Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 01:58:12 GMT