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Summer 2015 - Long Range Forecasts
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Here we go - the most famous of all long range forecasters has spoken!
From Irish Times -
Donegal postman Michael Gallagher is saying all signs indicate we have a very good summer ahead.
Mr Gallagher, who has developed his weather forecasting expertise during his more than 40 years of working as postman, says a cold May is a strong indicator of a nice summer. His predictions are based on the behaviour of the Donegal wildlife, he says.
“Nature and animals are very knowledgeable, they know what’s going to happen with the weather,” said Mr Gallagher. “They have an instinct which we as human beings don’t have.”
He says sheep and cattle tend to retreat down the mountains in search of shelter when a cold snap is on the way. He added that the cry of the curlew bird is a traditional sign that rain is on the cards.
With no curlews audible and livestock exploring the upper plains of the Donegal hills, it looks like the good weather is here to stay, he says.
However, he warns that hot weather will inevitably bring heavy downpours and plenty of thunder.0 -
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Here we go - the most famous of all long range forecasters has spoken!
From Irish Times -
Donegal postman Michael Gallagher is saying all signs indicate we have a very good summer ahead.
Mr Gallagher, who has developed his weather forecasting expertise during his more than 40 years of working as postman, says a cold May is a strong indicator of a nice summer. His predictions are based on the behaviour of the Donegal wildlife, he says.
“Nature and animals are very knowledgeable, they know what’s going to happen with the weather,” said Mr Gallagher. “They have an instinct which we as human beings don’t have.”
He says sheep and cattle tend to retreat down the mountains in search of shelter when a cold snap is on the way. He added that the cry of the curlew bird is a traditional sign that rain is on the cards.
With no curlews audible and livestock exploring the upper plains of the Donegal hills, it looks like the good weather is here to stay, he says.
However, he warns that hot weather will inevitably bring heavy downpours and plenty of thunder.
That must be why hill sheep get stuck in snow. The call of a Curlew depends on when it mates & nests. I believe that they were early this year so they won't be calling now.
My local nursery hate this man. He once warned of a bad Winter & no one would buy plants. The nursery got stuck with lots of unsold stock. It turned out to be a mild Winter & would of been perfect for planting :mad:0 -
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Alexis Sanchez wrote: »I'm all for free speech and I wish we had it guaranteed in our constitution, like they do in America. What gave you the impression that I'm against it?
These people are scaremongering with pseudo-scientific nonsense and they are consistently inaccurate, so someone should be held liable for the damages they cost. I'm not asking for them to go to prison or anything, just to pay for the losses they cost businesses with their nonsense.
I wouldn't keep company with PC folk - calling for censorship is saying you've lost the debate.
I guess the notion of ordinary Joes making inaccurate weather forecasts paying for the consequences of other folk acting on them is as clear an attack on free speech as I can imagine!
I'd prefer Mystic Meg or Pat the Postman to a bunch of lawyers any day, especially in the context of what certain billionaires are doing in Ireland to clamp down on free speech.
But that is a very different issue to long term forecasts!
I'm going to change my name to Infallible Forecaster and predict that anyone shopping in Tesco next week will cause the wettest and coldest July since 1816.
Sue me!
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That went well didn't itHere we go - the most famous of all long range forecasters has spoken!
From Irish Times -
Donegal postman Michael Gallagher is saying all signs indicate we have a very good summer ahead.
Mr Gallagher, who has developed his weather forecasting expertise during his more than 40 years of working as postman, says a cold May is a strong indicator of a nice summer. His predictions are based on the behaviour of the Donegal wildlife, he says.
“Nature and animals are very knowledgeable, they know what’s going to happen with the weather,” said Mr Gallagher. “They have an instinct which we as human beings don’t have.”
He says sheep and cattle tend to retreat down the mountains in search of shelter when a cold snap is on the way. He added that the cry of the curlew bird is a traditional sign that rain is on the cards.
With no curlews audible and livestock exploring the upper plains of the Donegal hills, it looks like the good weather is here to stay, he says.
However, he warns that hot weather will inevitably bring heavy downpours and plenty of thunder.0 -
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Schadenfreudia wrote: »I wouldn't keep company with PC folk - calling for censorship is saying you've lost the debate.
I guess the notion of ordinary Joes making inaccurate weather forecasts paying for the consequences of other folk acting on them is as clear an attack on free speech as I can imagine!
I'd prefer Mystic Meg or Pat the Postman to a bunch of lawyers any day, especially in the context of what certain billionaires are doing in Ireland to clamp down on free speech.
But that is a very different issue to long term forecasts!
I'm going to change my name to Infallible Forecaster and predict that anyone shopping in Tesco next week will cause the wettest and coldest July since 1816.
Sue me!
I think your problem is you're incapable of distinguishing the difference between censoring and suing - they are not the same thing. Unlike what happened to Ken Ring in New Zealand, I'm not advocating that the quacks should be censored, just that they and the tabloid newspapers are held financially responsible for the damage they've done to businesses with their pseudo-scientific weather forecasts. They can continue with their weather forecasts all they want, they just better be careful or else it cost them.0 -
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