tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post7456947254019444111..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Fire, Fireworks and Wild Weather - the year ends in AustraliaJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-73105933642455435542008-01-02T06:17:00.000+11:002008-01-02T06:17:00.000+11:00Coincidentally, Lexcen, 1 January turned out to be...Coincidentally, Lexcen, 1 January turned out to be the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Bureau of Met. <BR/><BR/>While I think that I agree with you re the over-dependence on weather forecasts, they are only forecasts, I think that you are a little harsh re tea leaves. Met actually does a pretty good job.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-66724024017025141152008-01-01T13:43:00.000+11:002008-01-01T13:43:00.000+11:00The tragedy of trucks getting caught in bushfire s...The tragedy of trucks getting caught in bushfire seems to overshadow the real issue which is an over dependence on weather forecasts. The fact is that weather forecasts at the best of times are no better than reading tea leaves and people should realize that the weather bureau is only effective in telling us what the weather WAS and not what it will be.Lexcenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856993035719777231noreply@blogger.com