There has been a lot of talk lately about Hurricane Dorian and Alabama and Sharpie pens and weather maps and, well, a whole bunch of things.
Some people think that the current occupant is obsessing about Alabama because he had the weather forecast wrong. I don't think so.
I think he doesn't know where Alabama is on a map of the good old United States. That's why he can't let it go. He doesn't want people to realize that he doesn't even know where Alabama is.
On my TV machine recently, I heard him say a bunch of words including these:
"The original path that most people thought it was going to be taking as you know was right through Florida where on the right would have been Georgia, Alabama, etc."
And then he was asked about the Sharpie extension drawn on the map and said:
"I don't know. I don't know. I don't know." On a side note, seems to me he should be saying that every day about, well you name it, he can say "I don't know" and he would be correct about that statement.
But, back to Alabama. Look at that first quote. He said ... right through Florida where on the right would have been Georgia, Alabama, etc.
Is he thinking that Alabama is on the right side of Florida just like Georgia is? That's what it sounds like to me. It sounds like he doesn't know where Alabama is. He thinks it is on the East Coast.
Someone hand him a blank map of the 50 states and his famous Sharpie and make him write in the names of all the states. Do you think he could do it? Do you think he could spell the states correctly? Would he get Iowa and Ohio mixed up? Would he accidentally on purpose leave off Hawaii?
So many questions and no way to find out. Unless it is at tomorrow's press conference. Ha. Joking. There's not going to be a press conference.
But hey, while I have your attention, why not head on over to the Red Cross website and donate some money for hurricane relief. Or go to one of the other worthy groups that are helping.
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Global Warming
I am sure you have heard that it is cold in the Midwest. It's true. Very cold. And if you are reading this, then it just follows that you have seen Stephen doing his famous impression of Richard Nixon pretending to be cold and saying "Brrrrr," and shaking his head back and forth. (Even Dan Aykroyd has done that famous Nixon "Brrrr" impression.) Recently Stephen talked about the current president and one of his tweets.
It goes something like this:
"In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded. In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can't last outside even for minutes. What the (heck) is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!"
I used the word heck. You can figure out what was really used but I'm not going to say that here.
There are a few things wrong with that tweet.
First, of course is the Miss Spelling of Warming. Stephen pointed that out.
Second, there is the fact that he (current president) does not understand the concept of weather versus climate. Weather is your basic day to day conditions. You wake up and wonder what the weather will be like today. Will it be hot? Will it be cold? Will it rain? Will it snow? You know, the kind of stuff the weatherman (woman) talks about on the TV machine.
Climate is studying a whole bunch of weather over a long period of time for someplace. No one ever had a job on TV as a climateman (woman). No one wakes up and wonders what the climate will be like today.
Third, he is wrong about it being the coldest ever recorded. Wind chill temperatures of minus 60 means the temperature is cold, maybe 45 degrees below zero. When you add in the blowing wind, then it seems as cold as if it was minus 60.
But there are records of temperatures being as cold as minus 60 degrees and that isn't even taking the wind into consideration. It would feel even colder and therefore the wind chill would be lower than minus 60. Fact: There are wind chills of minus 67 that have been recorded in Minnesota. (I found that on the internet.)
Fourth, and I think this is actually the most important thing that is wrong with that tweet, he had it all backwards, or inside out, or kitty-wumpus. Every other president would have written something like this:
"It's winter and the Midwest is experiencing extremely cold temperatures and even colder wind chills. And it is expected to get worse. Stay inside. If you must travel, dress warmly in layers. Cover all exposed skin. Have emergency kit in your car. Let your loved ones know when you leave and when you are expected at your destination. Look out for your neighbors, especially elderly people and people that live alone. Get medical help if you have any signs of frostbite. We need to look out for each other."
It goes something like this:
"In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded. In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can't last outside even for minutes. What the (heck) is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!"
I used the word heck. You can figure out what was really used but I'm not going to say that here.
There are a few things wrong with that tweet.
First, of course is the Miss Spelling of Warming. Stephen pointed that out.
Second, there is the fact that he (current president) does not understand the concept of weather versus climate. Weather is your basic day to day conditions. You wake up and wonder what the weather will be like today. Will it be hot? Will it be cold? Will it rain? Will it snow? You know, the kind of stuff the weatherman (woman) talks about on the TV machine.
Climate is studying a whole bunch of weather over a long period of time for someplace. No one ever had a job on TV as a climateman (woman). No one wakes up and wonders what the climate will be like today.
Third, he is wrong about it being the coldest ever recorded. Wind chill temperatures of minus 60 means the temperature is cold, maybe 45 degrees below zero. When you add in the blowing wind, then it seems as cold as if it was minus 60.
But there are records of temperatures being as cold as minus 60 degrees and that isn't even taking the wind into consideration. It would feel even colder and therefore the wind chill would be lower than minus 60. Fact: There are wind chills of minus 67 that have been recorded in Minnesota. (I found that on the internet.)
Fourth, and I think this is actually the most important thing that is wrong with that tweet, he had it all backwards, or inside out, or kitty-wumpus. Every other president would have written something like this:
"It's winter and the Midwest is experiencing extremely cold temperatures and even colder wind chills. And it is expected to get worse. Stay inside. If you must travel, dress warmly in layers. Cover all exposed skin. Have emergency kit in your car. Let your loved ones know when you leave and when you are expected at your destination. Look out for your neighbors, especially elderly people and people that live alone. Get medical help if you have any signs of frostbite. We need to look out for each other."
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