I really wanna know what the performance metrics look like for a meteorologist. I almost got fired from the movies back in high school for quoting the wrong price for a large popcorn to a mystery shopper. How in the hell can you shut down the Federal and District Governments and still be employed the next day? I have to believe that your error carries a bit more weight than me adding a quarter to the price of a Sprite. Coca-Cola's stock price didn't plummet in the market the next morning after my error.
Schools and libraries closed. People didn't go to work. Metro didn't make the money they needed to continue fixing one broken escalator step at a time. Hot dog vendors and sole proprietorships went without the ever-important day's revenue. Some form that was supposed to be mailed out no later than C.O.B. today is still sitting on a desk. It's kind of a big deal. All of this because you and your buddies have been on television all week telling us that the first piece of the sky would dislodge around midnight with the remainder falling from the heavens over the course of the day.
Now don't get me wrong, I know that meteorology isn't an exact science, but I wonder if they know that. Their confidence is misleading. It's gotten to the point that they tell you the weather hourly now. How many times have you checked the weather online to find that you apparently have a force field over your neighborhood, because it's supposed to be raining, but all you see are clear skies? If you can't tell me what's happening right now, how can you tell me what's going to happen three days from now?
So going back to my initial question, what's on their performance review? I've never heard of a meteorologist being fired for being wrong. Here in DC, the same five weathermen from my childhood are still on TV today. I like them, so none of this applies to them, even though they mess up at times too. I guess I'm biased because I feel like I know them. Topper Shutt, Sue Palka and the gang gave me hope many a night before school as a kid. Tony Perkins killed it the next morning when we just had a light dusting. (DCPS OPEN ON TIME) Still, I wonder what's on their review.
1. Consistently places hand in correct spot on green screen
2. Moves out of the way for the weather "slide show" in time
3. Wears clothes that don't create an optical illusion or spawn an epileptic seizure in front of the green screen
4. When sitting at desk "downstairs in the weather center," makes sure the weather map screen saver is on before camera rolls
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