Storm Hits Weather Community Over Climate Expert's Global Warming Claims

Fox.com ^ | 01/22/2007

[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."

[Cowboy Bob]

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.

[poobear]

Pinging pissant!

[CobraJet]

Dumb as dirt, but certainly something to look at.

[Palladin]

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

Most of her claims are absurd.

[devane617]

Yep, fire Cullen, and several of the bosses.

[brownsfan]

"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.

[Publius6961]

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?

[VRWCmember]

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

[Red Badger]

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..........

[Old North State]

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

[LonePalm]

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)

[albee]

"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.

[Ouderkirk]

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:

[Doogle]

"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"

[vpintheak]

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

[Red_Devil 232]

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"

[grobdriver]

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!

[grobdriver]

managed to get her tit caught in the wringer.

Singular?

[hometoroost]

LOL that's what I was thinking

[TC Rider]

Chili today!

Hot Tamale!