I actually sat down and did a study in 2004 for the hurricane season and got a trial Accuweather web account so I could go through Bastardi's columns...
He forecast tropical development basically every two days - and even during periods of weeks where nothing forms.
I realize that for some strange reason people feel an emotional bond with him - I think it's that's he's not good looking and not slick, yet enthusiastic - but I really hope to get across to people that Bastardi is selling snake oil and AccuWeather is a deceptive and often incompetent organization, more concerned with publicity than accurate forecasting.
However, it seems that they have plenty of political pull. Last year I heard that Sen. Santorum (I think) was trying to cut off funding for NOAA weather internet radar services to eliminate Accuweather's "competition". I wrote my congresspersons to protest this, but never heard anything back. I hope nothing will come of it.