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Originally Posted by Pierre
Firstly, I don't need to stop quoting "experts" is such fashion, and you are correct I am implying that they are not experts or certainly not credible.
Whenever I see, or hear, a story that starts with the sentence "experts say" or "scientists say" I treat it with the contempt it deserves. The quote from that professor confirms my reservations
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It depends who the experts are. Scientists at the Met Office are credible sources of information, some guy who calls himself an expert without the evidence to back it up is not credible.
The Met Office has many different areas of staff but they are generally well educated in their fields. We're talking PhD and Masters level, often in subjects much as physics and maths. Then to top that off there are many years of experience. So if they say something than maybe your first reaction should not be to "treat it with the contempt it deserves". I am trying to think of a major scientific institution which rejects the science behind global warming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...climate_change
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The met office may be staffed by some intelligent people, doesn't make a blind bit of difference. They are the ones going on record as predicting calamity abound for years to come if we don't act on "climate change" when they they can't forecast several months in advance let alone years
Well if they don't pretend to know everything, and if weather is so unpredictable, then why are they contributing to this statement??????
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Your the one making the mistake in thinking predicting short term weather patterns, like will it rain next week, is the same science as forecasting weather trends and examining those in the past. They know which conditions cause certain events (hurricanes, floods, droughts) and they can estimate the likelihood of those occurring again.