Re: Rain

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From: Joe Buck
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1992 04:22

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In article <1992Feb14.015812.3941@bagdad.uucp> jas@bagdad.uucp (Jim Smith) writes:
>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-).

Hmm.  Seems having "Ph.D." after your name is no prevention from uttering
idiocy.  If his statement were true, then no meteorologist would ever call
for 70% chance of rain, or any other chance, since any such statement would
be an exact declaration that an exact fraction of an area would get rain.
So this guy either doesn't know what he's talking about or someone misquoted
him.

--
Joe Buck	jbuck@ohm.berkeley.edu

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