We have all cursed the weather man on occasion but North Korean forecasters are facing a more tangible threat this week. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has turned his menacing eye on meteorologists and warned that there are “many incorrect forecasts.” Since reports state that Kim Jong Un had his wife’s former musical group executed, forecasters are understandably concerned that one unpredicted rain shower could bring lead showers. If Al Roker gets a call with a job offer from Pyongyang he might want to read the fine print.
Kim has of course continued his father’s policy of cutting off his country and virtually starving the population while he lives lavishly as a type of community godhead. There is no indication that he is anything more than a thuggish dolt. However, he went to the state-run Hydro-Meteorological Service to give guidance to the meteorologists that they need to avoid wrong forecasts. The problem is that his government has not only cut itself off from the world but the world’s technology. While spending a good portion of his revenues on weapons and a nuclear program, Kim has left North Korean in the stone age. Forecasters would have probably pointed out that they have been left with the scientific equivalent to a rock and metal rod for predictions, but that would result in a 100% chance of dead weathermen.
With a drought worsening the nation’s lack of food, Kim reportedly visited the site “to learn in detail about meteorological observation and weather forecast.” He is shown giving instructions to the meteorologists from his official state-recognized natural brilliance.
Once Typhoon Wipha hit Alaska with hurricane winds on Oct. 17, 2013) … less than a year ago:
(Weather Service).
Judge Dredd During the past five decades, an average of 5.6 MAJOR Hurricanes struck the United States per decade. During the preceding five decades, and average of 8.4 Major Hurricanes struck the United States. Major Hurricane strikes occurred 50 percent more often 50-100 years ago than they have during the past 50 years. World Wide Tropical Cyclone activity remains between 30-40 year lows for the 4th year in a row and THERE IS NO INCREASING TRENDS IN SUPER TYPHOONS. Baboon deaths however are on the increase.
doglover wrote “If Kim Jong Un is as goofy as he is portrayed in the Western press”
I have written about the DPRK extensively on my blog and “goofy” is not an accurate word to describe Kim Jong-un. Kim is a Korean Henry VIII, with Western media concentrating on the tawdry and bizarre. I would not describe a country which imprisons as many as 200,000 people in concentration camps as goofy.
“Satisfy your local military industrial/security complex and nothing else matters”
This is a good comment. Kim will not stay in power unless he panders to the military, which is allowed to steal donated food and sell it on the black market while ordinary North Koreans starve.
Joe Blow
Longest Stretch in the Hurricane Record to go without a MAJOR Hurricane Strike on the U.S. Coast Cat 3-5 will be nine years October 24 2014 if one does not strike before then.
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Wrong.
One hit Alaska last year:
(How Fifth Graders Analyze Hurricane Sandy – 2).
Last time I checked Alaska has more coastline than all the rest of the continental U.S. put together.
I wish there was a like button Mr. Keebler. Can you please pass out some of your cookies so I don’t have to worry about it. I know that as soon as people eat your cookies and step outside their door they will start to feel better. They’ll remember that don’t believe in any of that fake global warming crap and that they are in control of their own life. I promise as soon as you finish eating Mr. Keeblers cookies you’ll feel right as rain.
Joe Blow
Longest Stretch in the Hurricane Record to go without a MAJOR Hurricane Strike on the U.S. Coast Cat 3-5 will be nine years October 24 2014 if one does not strike before then.
2013 One of the Least Active Hurricane Seasons on Record and World Wide Tropical Activity remains between 30-40 year lows for the 4th year in a row.
What you heard was as the globe warms so do the oceans leading to more intense hurricanes.
Record Low Tornadic activity 2013 one of the least on record, so far well below average to start 2014. No increasing trends in F3-5 over the last 50 years.
What you heard was as the globe warms violent tornadoes will become more frequent and intense.
Arctic Ice NOT Ice Free 2013. NW Passage is not open for business. After achieving near record low levels the Arctic is FULL of Ice. Greenland is not melting, at least not from temperature, barley gets above 32 degrees on a sunny day in summer.Niagara falls froze over twice this past winter and the Great Lakes had over 90% of Ice coverage. IT”S STILL THERE IN LAKE SUPERIOR IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
What you heard was the Arctic will be Ice Free in 2013. Al Gore say 2014 how ever with the VERY QUICK refreeze experienced it’s gonna be a while as there is only about 60 days left before the temperatures start trending towards winter again and the Great Lakes will never freeze again.
Antarctic same as Arctic above except they don’t put a year on it. The Truth ? Global Sea Ice is WAY WAY WAY above average. How much ? IT”S A RECORD LEVELS
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Highest on Record for the last 5 years.
What you heard was as the globe warms it will warm in winter and “Snowfall will become a thing of the past” Dr. David Viner
Listen I could go on and on and on. To call me a denier is name calling and is in violation of the civility rule. If you wish to address me or my comments please refer to me as MR. BLOW. Joe to the people who know me at the NSA.
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You forgot “See! the Earth is flat after all.”
“Once upon a time the Earth was flat, causing the stars and planets to orbit around it, because it was also the center of the universe.
Weather on the flat Earth was stable, in that, it was always either winter, summer, fall, or spring at the same time on the vast flatness.
Then the Earth was changed into a globe by librul scientists.
So, all those planets went into orbit around stars like our Sun, and now even the stars are no longer orbiting the Earth.
Additionally, ever since the Earth became no longer flat, instead becoming a globe orbiting the Sun, there has been both summer and winter at the same time on Earth.
For example, now as we speak “it” has been threating to become 122 deg. F. (50 deg. C) in Australia, while “it” is super cold at the very same time in the flat lands in the U.S. Midwest.
Libruls have made it difficult for some to “get it” now, because “it” is summer near Antarctica and “it” is winter in Kansas at the same time.”
(The Damaged Global Climate System).
You really do live on a globe, so you need a global perspective on climate.
Not even a year ago 6,000 people were killed by a hurricane (typhoon) which is typical of what is happening on the globe.
What’s that Dylan song, you don’t need a ____ to know which way the wind blows.
I wrote “he lives the life of Jack Welch”
Change to “Kim Jong-un will live the life of Jack Welch.”
If Kim Jong Un is as goofy as he is portrayed in the Western press, yet he still has enough support by the military and Korean money to stay in power, then there is a good chance that any other country – including the US, could have an equally goofy leader supported by the military and the 1%. Germany did. Satisfy your local military industrial/security complex and nothing else matters.
Turley wrote “lives lavishly as a type of community godhead”
Actually, he reminds me of a typical American CEO, making an insanely high salary, screwing his workers, and being generally incompetent (e.g. Target’s Gregg Steinhafel). The two main differences are that CEOs generally don’t kill people (except in 1948 Donora, the nuclear industry, and a few other areas) and instead of an obscene golden parachute, he lives the life of Jack Welch until he dies. I’m shocked you don’t admire Kim Jong-un.
“Kim Jong Un had his wife’s former musical group executed”
Kim Jong-un’s former girlfriend appears to have reappeared alive, so the story of the Unhasu Orchestra executions is murky.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10837897/Executed-Kim-Jong-Un-girlfriend-reappears-on-North-Korea-television.html
And the photo you chose is of Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un’s father (go to the Wikipedia page on Kim Jong-il, go halfway down, and find the photo with the caption, “Portraits of Kim Jong-il and his father in the Grand People’s Study House in Pyongyang”).
Your Honor, we move for a mistrial.
Dredd,
Want to go on a camping trip? Mt. Shasta 10,000Ft, Ca. (the peak of sanity). Got to get up at 5:00am to beat the ice pack melt. Had a freeze dried meal the night before.
I was in a tent, unzipped the sleeping bag, rolled over, and we were climbing to the summit of Mt. Shasta in less than half an hour. Now that’s what I call progress.
Longest Stretch in the Hurricane Record to go without a MAJOR Hurricane Strike on the U.S. Coast Cat 3-5 will be nine years October 24 2014 if one does not strike before then.
2013 One of the Least Active Hurricane Seasons on Record and World Wide Tropical Activity remains between 30-40 year lows for the 4th year in a row.
What you heard was as the globe warms so do the oceans leading to more intense hurricanes.
Record Low Tornadic activity 2013 one of the least on record, so far well below average to start 2014. No increasing trends in F3-5 over the last 50 years.
What you heard was as the globe warms violent tornadoes will become more frequent and intense.
Arctic Ice NOT Ice Free 2013. NW Passage is not open for business. After achieving near record low levels the Arctic is FULL of Ice. Greenland is not melting, at least not from temperature, barley gets above 32 degrees on a sunny day in summer.Niagara falls froze over twice this past winter and the Great Lakes had over 90% of Ice coverage. IT”S STILL THERE IN LAKE SUPERIOR IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
What you heard was the Arctic will be Ice Free in 2013. Al Gore say 2014 how ever with the VERY QUICK refreeze experienced it’s gonna be a while as there is only about 60 days left before the temperatures start trending towards winter again and the Great Lakes will never freeze again.
Antarctic same as Arctic above except they don’t put a year on it. The Truth ? Global Sea Ice is WAY WAY WAY above average. How much ? IT”S A RECORD LEVELS
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Highest on Record for the last 5 years.
What you heard was as the globe warms it will warm in winter and “Snowfall will become a thing of the past” Dr. David Viner
Listen I could go on and on and on. To call me a denier is name calling and is in violation of the civility rule. If you wish to address me or my comments please refer to me as MR. BLOW. Joe to the people who know me at the NSA.
Jerry,
Rule one in an ecosystem: don’t sh*t where you eat.
Civilization is happy to do that, the denier’s rule in this ecosystem is eat sh*t.
Two contrasting paradigms (The Peak of Sanity – 8).
At least Al Roker tells the truth. If Kim can top the $7-10 million/year salary, he’d be worth every penny. Steer clear of the garlic and broccoli rabe AL. Kim might not like the after effects.
joe blow: Some of us were wondering when you’d turn up since one of the threads turned to global warming.
You and your co-worker, schulte aren’t swaying any minds here. The overwhelming amount of science, data, and observation confirm predictions of a global climate change.
You guys carry on and the rest of the world will set about doing what needs to be done.
Kim Jong Un may not have heard of global warming induced climate change, or the currently forming El Nino.
Those realities make weather prediction like landing planes in a fog.
It is easier to predict the climate than it is the local weather.
Like Darren said, meteorologists in wrong-wing denier districts and in Kim Jong Un’s district should consider: “Forecasters predict incidents of weather in Pyongyang”
Or perhaps the Kim should consider what the wing-nuts in the Carolinas did.
They outlawed sea level rise:
(Social Dementia Causes Heated Misunderestimations – 2). And Kim, don’t forget to give a hat tip to those republicans down in NC for the idea.
Kim Jong Un with the weather. Today there is a 90% chance of executions.
Deniers are entertaining:
Objection: Global temperatures have been trending down since 1998. Global warming is over.
Answer: At the time, 1998 was a record high year in both the CRU and the NASA GISS analyses. In fact, it blew away the previous record by .2 degrees C. (That previous record went all the way back to 1997, by the way!)
According to NASA, it was elevated far above the trend line because 1998 was the year of the strongest El Nino of the century. Choosing that year as a starting point is a classic cherry pick and demonstrates why it is necessary to remove chaotic year-to year-variability (aka: weather) by smoothing out the data. Looking at CRU’s graph below, you can see the result of that smoothing in black.
http://grist.org/climate-energy/global-warming-stopped-in-1998/
At least Un has a (reported) belief in science, which is more than can be said for deniers…..:
Kim said there had been “many incorrect forecasts as the meteorological observation has not been put on a modern and scientific basis,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency. He added that the country needed proper meteorological observations in order to protect people and property from disaster.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/12/north-korean-leader-kim-complains-about-inaccurate-weather-service/
First earthquake scientists in Italy, now meteorologists in North Korea.
http://jonathanturley.org/2012/10/23/leading-italian-scientists-convicted-of-failing-to-predict-2009-earthquake/
What’s next astronomers in Somalia?
The North Koreans should possibly take a defensive position:
“Forecasters predict incidents of weather in Pyongyang”
“He is shown giving instructions to the meteorologists”
Obama is no different he gave instructions to the EPA a few weeks ago.
Wish he would do the same with climate scientist as Earth celebrates it’s 18th year in a row in no significant Global Warming. “The Pause” continues.