The Farmer's Almanac that goes on sale this week predicts a snowy winter from Maryland to Maine with five coastal storms to bring winter misery to the region.
The publication, now in its 200th year, isn't afraid to go out on a limb with long-term weather forecasts that rely on a formula founder David Young first used in 1818 that utilizes sunspots, tidal action and other factors shunned by modern scientists.
Editors are looking to redeem themselves after missing the mark when heavy snow failed to materialize in the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic states were milder than anticipated last winter.
"Being in the business of predicting long-range weather forecasts is exciting, worrisome and rewarding," said managing editor Sandi Duncan. "Many of our readers rejoice when we predict cold and snowy conditions while others complain that it's too cold and wet. Yet we have to stick by our predictions no matter what Mother Nature may throw at us."
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Shoots the hell out of that "Global Warming" BS!
ReplyDeleteSo figure the opposite.
ReplyDeleteso I guess Dan can now take a 6 month vacation and take his triple track Doppler radar with him based on this "reliable" information.
ReplyDeleteBring it on!!
ReplyDeleteDan, I'm counting on you.....say it with me... Partly Sunny, highs in the mid 80's.
ReplyDeleteLather, rinse and REPEAT!
Hate the cold!
OMG, that might explain why the stores are out of toilet paper, milk n bread. The Born Here crowd is freaking out.....ahhhhh
ReplyDeleteThey were way off the mark last winter. It's all junk science. Sort of like the Daily Horoscope or reading the tabloid. Basically bathroom material. Disaster porn!
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