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Re: [Phys-l] Gotta love these HeadLine Writers!

Televised weather is strictly show business. We have gone from the days when the "weathergirl" had a 30 second spot on the local evening news to a high tech dog and pony show that, after 5 minutes of razzle-dazzle, leaves you wondering what the next day's weather is actually going to be like. Even the National Weather Service is getting into the act. It used to be that only hurricanes received names. Now even tropical storms are named - all to make it more memorable to the populace - in the hopes of receiving more funding.

Bob at PC

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] on behalf of William Robertson [wrobert9@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:48 PM
To: marx@phy.ilstu.edu; Forum for Physics Educators
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Gotta love these HeadLine Writers!

This is the first time I've noticed meteorologists and journalists
reporting heat index as if it's the real temp. Anyone have any idea
why it has suddenly become the new way of reporting temperatures in
the summer? Apparently the heat index has been around since 1978. Why
isn't it reported the same as wind chill? Give the actual temperature
and then report the heat index.

Bill


On Jul 25, 2011, at 2:12 PM, David Marx wrote:

The media has been exaggerating these "heat index" temperatures for
two weeks. The latest crop of
journalists seems to think that air temperatures and heat index
values are the same thing.



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