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  • US govt hiding top hurricane forecast model sparks outrage after deadly Helene

    10/06/2024 3:06:15 AM PDT · by blueplum · 20 replies
    The Register ^ | 01 Oct 2024 | iconThomas Claburn
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) cannot reveal weather forecasts from a particularly accurate hurricane prediction model to the public that pays for the American government agency – because of a deal with a private insurance risk firm. The model at issue is called the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP) Corrected Consensus Approach (HCCA). In 2023, it was deemed in a National Hurricane Center (NHC) report [PDF] to be one of the two "best performers," the other being a model called IVCN (Intensity Variable Consensus). A 2020 contract between NOAA and RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences, disclosed in response to a...
  • Barbars Boxer vs. Meg Whitman: Which Is Worse, Bad Hair or Being a Nazi?

    06/13/2010 9:05:41 PM PDT · by stolinsky · 9 replies · 554+ views
    www.stolinsky.com ^ | 06-14-10 | stolinsky
    The Republican candidate for the Senate from California, Carly Fiorina, was excoriated in the media for an off-microphone comment about the hair of her Democratic opponent, long-time Senator Barbara Boxer. In fact, Fiorina was recounting the comment of another person, who said that Boxer’s hair was “yesterday.” Nevertheless, the mainstream media depicted Fiorina as petty and catty. Meanwhile, the Democratic candidate for Governor of California, Jerry Brown, compared his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman, to Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels was Hitler’s minister of propaganda. He was such a devoted Nazi that when Hitler committed suicide, Goebbels and his wife did the same...