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You think Florida had it rough? Pff!

That’s a photograph of my computer screen showing the BBC hour-by-hour forecast this morning. That 2,269 is wind speed in miles per hour. It’s like that for a few days and then returns to normal.

BBC put out a sheepish note saying ‘yes we know we have a problem’ but it’s been 24 hours and it’s not fixed yet. Nobody knows how to drive their software, I guess. The more suspicious among us speculate that there are algorithms in place to tweak the incoming data and one has gone rogue.

I have a lecture to go to later, so this will do for now. All the best for everyone in Florida.

Comments


Comment from QuasiModo
Time: October 10, 2024, 7:12 pm

OMG! You poor people over there!…the wind is traveling at the speed of sound!…get into your root cellar ASAP!


Comment from Mark Matis
Time: October 10, 2024, 7:30 pm

My bet is that they use Microsoft Windows, and that is a normal result of Bill Gates’ finest!


Comment from Skandia Recluse
Time: October 10, 2024, 7:51 pm

Somewhere between the conversion from kph to mph would be my guess. Math is hard!


Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: October 11, 2024, 1:33 am

@Quasimodo – too late, they never heard it coming.

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