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Storm Hits Weather Community Over Climate Expert's Global Warming Claims
Fox.com ^ | 01/22/2007

Posted on 01/22/2007 1:07:31 PM PST by devane617

WASHINGTON — The Weather Channel is standing by a staff climatologist who is taking some heat after blogging that TV weather forecasters who are skeptical man-made global warming should lose their professional certification. Climate expert Heidi Cullen defended herself last week in The Weather Channel One Degree Climate Change blog after questioning the fitness of meteorologists who disagree with her conclusions. "I've read all your comments saying I want to silence meteorologists who are skeptical of the science of global warming. That is not true," wrote Cullen, host of "The Climate Code with Dr. Heidi Cullen," a weekly global warming program on The Weather Channel. "The point of my post was never to stifle discussion. It was to raise it to a level that doesn't confuse science and politics. Freedom of scientific expression is essential." Cullen raised Cain last month when she suggested that the American Meteorological Society decertify meteorologists who don't warn about climate change. "If a meteorologist has an AMS Seal of Approval, which is used to confer legitimacy to TV meteorologists, then meteorologists have a responsibility to truly educate themselves on the science of global warming," Cullen wrote in the blog. "If a meteorologist can't speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn't give them a seal of approval."

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To: devane617
Climate expert Heidi Cullen...

What makes her a Climate expert other than the fact that she is a meteorologist? From what I've heard, not a single serious meteorologist believes in human generated global warming.

21 posted on 01/22/2007 1:27:04 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Liberalism in a parasite that ALWAYS kills its host.)
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To: SlowBoat407; pissant

Pinging pissant!


22 posted on 01/22/2007 1:27:26 PM PST by poobear
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To: Ouderkirk

Dumb as dirt, but certainly something to look at.


23 posted on 01/22/2007 1:29:14 PM PST by CobraJet
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To: devane617

IMHO, the Weather Channel should fire that ridiculous alarmist, the Weather Nazi, Heidi Cullen.

Most of her claims are absurd.


24 posted on 01/22/2007 1:31:34 PM PST by Palladin (A mother's womb should be a no-kill shelter.)
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To: Palladin

Yep, fire Cullen, and several of the bosses.


25 posted on 01/22/2007 1:32:37 PM PST by devane617 (It's McCain and a Rat -- Now what?)
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To: devane617

"They have enough to talk about by presenting the facts while staying away from a political agenda."

And now I go to accuweather.com for all my needs.


26 posted on 01/22/2007 1:33:24 PM PST by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: devane617
It was to raise it to a level that doesn't confuse science and politics. Freedom of scientific expression is essential."

It must be really embarrasing for this woman to be reminded that 17,000 real scientists do not subscribe to her view, whereas only 4000 do (I'll pretend for a moment that those are all truly scientists).

If the strength of the scientific method in the role of persuasion is not sufficient, what's left?
Politics, anyone?

27 posted on 01/22/2007 1:33:49 PM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Looks like she's cold to me. What is she saying about global warming?


28 posted on 01/22/2007 1:33:51 PM PST by VRWCmember (Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
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To: devane617
Freedom of scientific expression is essential.

I guess that's why she wants to de-certify anybody that disagrees with her so they won't be considered "scientists" anymore..........

29 posted on 01/22/2007 1:36:35 PM PST by Red Badger (Rachel Carson is responsible for more deaths than Adolf Hitler...............)
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To: CobraJet

Beautiful, dumb and mute, so far so good....


30 posted on 01/22/2007 1:37:47 PM PST by Old North State
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To: devane617
Sounds like Smarmy Weather.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

31 posted on 01/22/2007 1:39:14 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Hans
"Dr. Cullen is a disingenuous fool, who managed to get her tit caught in the wringer."

Haven't heard that expression in ages.....but it certainly fits this situation.

32 posted on 01/22/2007 1:39:16 PM PST by albee (Okay. so he missed aThe best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: Cowboy Bob
Heidi Cullen Heidi finished her assignment as a postdoctoral research scientist on a NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellowship at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction in New York, comes to NCAR with expertise in two distinct areas: history and climate variability. She earned a bachelor's degree in Near Eastern religions and history from Juniata College before going to Columbia University for a bachelor's in engineering and operations research and a Ph.D. in climate variability.

Combining her interests, Heidi has studied historic drought and climate variability in the Middle East as well as the application of forecasts to water resource management in the La Plata Basin of South America. Her doctoral research at Columbia focused in part on the dynamics of the North Atlantic Oscillation as well as its impact on freshwater supplies in the Middle East.

Here's a few other pics of Heidi when she doesn't have the "in studio" glamour shot look going:

Doing the earthy hippy-scientist look (she's the one on the right):

Here she does the scientific woman look:

A younger Heidi getting ready to take on the evil corporate powers of the world:


33 posted on 01/22/2007 1:39:36 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather.)
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To: devane617

"OK OK, I said it, anyone who don't agree with me should be silenced"......"now it made me feel so so gooood, I felt like rolling around in a freshly formed mud puddle and then baking in a sun drenched dog run", Heidi exhulted before she succumb to the "vapors"

34 posted on 01/22/2007 1:42:24 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: devane617

"Freedom os Scientific Expression" Is that another one of those lefty idiots made up "rights"?


35 posted on 01/22/2007 1:49:02 PM PST by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked)
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To: VRWCmember
The picture is not Cullen. Cullen would need a year or more at a beauty spa to even come close to the picture posted. I think the picture was posted to make the point of "why to watch TWC"
36 posted on 01/22/2007 1:50:50 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: devane617
then meteorologists have a responsibility to truly educate themselves on the science of global warming

...And if they don't believe it, or believe the "science of global warming" is political itself, then OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

37 posted on 01/22/2007 1:54:01 PM PST by grobdriver (Let the embeds check the bodies!)
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To: Hans
managed to get her tit caught in the wringer.

Singular?

38 posted on 01/22/2007 1:54:56 PM PST by grobdriver (Let the embeds check the bodies!)
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To: SlowBoat407

LOL that's what I was thinking


39 posted on 01/22/2007 1:56:01 PM PST by hometoroost (TSA = Thousands Standing Around)
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To: SlowBoat407

Chili today!

Hot Tamale!

40 posted on 01/22/2007 1:57:15 PM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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