http://pdberger.com/hurricane/ The blog of a British freelance writer living in New York Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:38:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pdberger.com/hurricane/#comment-6811 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:49:01 +0000 http://pdberger.com/hurricane/#comment-6811 For a more scientific view, visit the nice guys at the National Hurricane Center. There was similar reporting in the UK after a tornado hit Birmingham (a cause for celebartion, surely). For a more scientific view, visit the nice guys at the National Hurricane Center. There was similar reporting in the UK after a tornado hit Birmingham (a cause for celebartion, surely).

]]> http://pdberger.com/hurricane/#comment-6810 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:26:37 +0000 http://pdberger.com/hurricane/#comment-6810 This is a great example of un-scientific reporting. I particularly like the phrase 'targeted by hurricanes', as if Katrina and Rita decided that the Gulf Coast were in for a good going over - maybe when Katrina were but a young breeze she was denied entry to some fancy New Orleans bar and has had it in for them ever since. Also, just to be a super pedant, last year's hurricanes have no influence over this year's, so the probability of a hurricane in New York this year is the same as it was last year, excluding climate change. This is a great example of un-scientific reporting. I particularly like the phrase ‘targeted by hurricanes’, as if Katrina and Rita decided that the Gulf Coast were in for a good going over - maybe when Katrina were but a young breeze she was denied entry to some fancy New Orleans bar and has had it in for them ever since. Also, just to be a super pedant, last year’s hurricanes have no influence over this year’s, so the probability of a hurricane in New York this year is the same as it was last year, excluding climate change.

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