From "Storms Brewing" by Elizabeth Kolbert, published June 13th in The New Yorker "....Obama’s visit to Joplin was the third that he had made in a month to the site of a weather-related disaster. In mid-May, the President met with Memphis residents who had been left homeless by the flooding of the Mississippi River, and, not long before that, he toured sections of … [Read more...]
Cosmic Rays May Forecast Weather!
Thanks to http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/01/cosmic-rays-may-forecast-weather/ and the March 1931 issue of Popular Science... … [Read more...]
Haruspication
Haruspication: fortune telling (e.g. weather forecasting) using animal innards From environmentalgraffitti.com: Paul Smokov, an 84 year old cattle rancher from Steele, N.D., claims that he has forecasted the weather with 85% accuracy by observing the shape of pig spleens. The National Weather Service, with their millions in high tech equipment, is about 60% … [Read more...]