Yes, I made it sunny

Today's strip kind of deals with one of my hot topics: meteorologists. Or, really, criticism of them. It drives me up a wall when people complain that the meteorologist predicted 6 inches of snow and we only got a dusting and what do these people get paid for?! Because nature is so easy to predict. Geez. Sorry, it's just that complaining about this is practically the Official Winter Hobby for Washington.

Anyway. That's not what the strip is about. Is this really the case? I guess a lot of time the meteorologist will use "we" (e.g., "Well, we've got a great weekend coming up"). And some of what he's saying isn't that bad--"I've got a sunny weekend", "I assure you today will be great." I don't know that I've heard a meteorologist say something like, "I'll give you..." because that's stupid.

And speaking of stupid, "Earth warming seems to be playing a dirty trick on us"? It's global warming, Scaduto. Geez. And while I have heard stuff like, "Mother Nature dealt us this awful day," I have heard the "And Mother Nature is smiling on us" sort of thing.

But really, even if everything in the strip were true (except, of course, the global warming issue), I don't really have a problem with it. Meteorologists have to deal with people's wrath enough; I'd try to deflect the blame as well.