cyclone ita heading to far north queensland, page-42

In case anyone thinks I was tough on the BOM, I have just read this:


Cognitive scientist C. R. R. Kampen thinks the annihilation of a city of 150,000 people might just provide the teaching moment we need:

You see, consensus is so often only reached after a painful confrontation with evidence.

Knowing this, I hope against knowledge of her expected track that Cyclone Ita will wipe Cairns off the map. Because the sooner the lesson is learnt by early confrontation, the better one more population will be suited to anticipate and mitigate the vast weather and climate (+ related) disasters that lie in the immediate future and to lose all distractions on the way.

http://climatenuremberg.com/2014/04/11/communication-dilemmas-1-wishing-death-on-people-without-losing-them/

Did the BOM's best wishes cloud their senses?

And for Jingo. The rain stopped early this morn so it should be OK tomorrow. The water doesn't hang around too long.