The Duplex by Glenn McCoy for March 16, 2015
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TV: Now for the extended forecast. Monday will be chilly with highs in the 50s. Followed by two days of global warming. And then Thursday dips back in the 50s...
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Yet someone else fails to understand the difference between ‘weather’ and ‘climate’. Climate is the overall trend, weather being the conditions on a day-to-day basis.
Here’s an analogy that might work. Surely, 10,000 people will listen to Rush Limbaugh tomorrow. But can you give me a list of 10,000 people who will?
Being able to predict that 10,000 people will listen to Rush is predicting climate. Being able to name the individuals who will listen is predicting weather.