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Article #22472Re: Rain
From: Bill who?
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1992 20:15
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1992 20:15
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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 >Joe Buck jbuck@ohm.berkeley.edu "Dr." George Fishbeck only has an honorary PHD from the University of New Mexico. I guess that still makes him "Dr." but don't people think he is better suited to be a physical science teacher at the junior high level than a weatherman at KABC, okay, a former weatherman there? After all, how can the name Fishbeck compete with names like Mountain or Rains (who does that mans hair, Don King?) in this "Hollywood" market? Bill
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,e67c709e18588222 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-21 12:25:40 PST Newsgroups: ca.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero.org!arecibo.aero.org!terwill From: terwill@arecibo.aero.org (Bill who?) Subject: Re: Rain Message-ID: <21FEB199212154311@arecibo.aero.org> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: news@aero.org Reply-To: terwill@arecibo.aero.org Organization: The Aerospace Corporation References: <3635@cod.NOSC.MIL> <kpis7tINN24m@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Feb14.015812.3941@bagdad.uucp> <kq8vjlINNb4j@agate.berkeley.edu> Distribution: ca Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1992 20:15:00 GMT