Well, our boys and girls in the polyester blazers should start counting their blessings and be thankful they aren't working in North Korea. Good forecasting there could be a matter of life or death.
According to North Korea's official newspaper Rodong Sinmun, glorious leader Kim Jong Un paid a visit to the country's meteorological institute for a chat. Or rather a rant about the poor forecasting. It seems it has finally come to his attention that his people have been starving for the past 20 years for a variety of reasons including those weather related. It also appears that he does not have his father's special powers (it was officially reported that Kim Jong Il could control the weather based on his moods*).
While he did cut the weathermen some slack by citing poor equipment (most likely 50 year old hand-me-downs from the Chinese) and outdated methodology (most likely 50 year old hand-me-downs from the Russians), Kim Jong Un by all reports was red-faced and bellowing at the ashen-faced staff to "Get It Right". The nation's security and people's well-being was dependent on accurate forecasting, he further asserted thus implying inaccuracy could theoretically be considered treasonous.
Rodong Sinmun released this photo of the incident and thanks to our contact in the NSA, we have a transcript of what was said at the time it was taken. While the caption is fictitious, it's absurd reasoning of introducing coin-flipping as a valid addition to the scientific method comes uncomfortably close to our reality of science denying politicians. Climate change?What climate change. Boy, are we in trouble.
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"How hard can it be? If you say there is a 50% chance of it raining, then I should be
able to flip a coin anytime during the day and have rain half the time. I'm not asking
for much, just that you should be right. What am I paying you for? Do I have to do
everything myself??"
Photo: Rodong Sinmun-truly, I didn't make this up. |
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