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Without claiming any real knowledge of the matter, we have always supposed the world of professional meteorologists to be a calm and collegial sort of place, where earnest weatherpersons chat quietly about isobars, dew points, and orographic precipitation while sipping from cups of herbal tea with pinkies extended.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Without claiming any real knowledge of the matter, we have always supposed the world of professional meteorologists to be a calm and collegial sort of place, where earnest weatherpersons chat quietly about isobars, dew points, and orographic precipitation while sipping from cups of herbal tea with pinkies extended. We are therefore sorry to hear that the soft totalitarianism of the larger culture has invaded the staid precincts of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Weather Channel hostess Heidi Cullen has urged the AMS to decertify any TV weathermen who express doubt that human activity is ...

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