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DemocracyForever

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16. Reading a website doesn't make you an expert
Tue May 26, 2026, 01:36 PM
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You think that because you read a website that you know more than experts with decades of experience. It's clear that you don't. FYI, meteorologists have extensive weather training. My engineer/pilot father had extensive weather training as weather knowledge is critical for pilot survival. You obviously have no such weather training. My engineer father well understood that our warming planet is causing the jet steam to change and behave in very different ways than it did in the past. This is contributing to hurricanes behaving in very different ways and becoming much more damaging. You don't seem to understand that. You've also never actually flown hurricane reconnaissance like my engineer/pilot father so you have no idea. Since my engineer father knew exactly how every aviation and automotive fuel and oils were formulated, he was well aware of the greenhouse gases that are created when fossil fuel is burned and the fact that these greenhouse gases are poisoning our planet, significantly changing the weather patterns and threatening the survival of humanity.
One of many things that's wrong with our country is the disrespect for expertise by people with no such expertise. Again, you think that because you read a website, you're an expert. That's not how it works. Your disrespect for expertise you'll never have is offensive.

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If I recall correctly, WestMichRad Friday #1
It depends on the intensity of the ENSO state BumRushDaShow Friday #2
Thank you! WestMichRad Saturday #6
Most welcome! BumRushDaShow Saturday #7
Hah! WestMichRad Saturday #8
The oceans are continuing to warm DemocracyForever Friday #3
You can always check out Copernicus, which is handled by the EU's mets and climatologists BumRushDaShow Friday #4
I'm going by my engineer father who well understood the threat of climate chhange DemocracyForever Saturday #5
As a retired chemist BumRushDaShow Saturday #9
My engineer father flew hurricane reconnaissance DemocracyForever Sunday #10
The Hurricane Hunters are a treasure that 45 has now decimated. BumRushDaShow Sunday #11
You're ignoring Ashville, NC in 2024 DemocracyForever Sunday #12
Not ignoring Ashville because the same damn thing happened in the Houston Metro area with Hurricane Harvey in 2017 BumRushDaShow Sunday #13
You're not an engineer or a climate scientist DemocracyForever Monday #14
Meterologists are not "climate scientists" or "engineers" either BumRushDaShow Monday #15
Reading a website doesn't make you an expert DemocracyForever Tuesday #16
What are you talking about? BumRushDaShow Tuesday #17
Stop ignoring my engineer/pilot father's expertise DemocracyForever Wednesday #18
So you are not going to answer my question about YOUR science background BumRushDaShow Wednesday #19
You refuse to answer my question! DemocracyForever 23 hrs ago #20
Here is a direct response BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #21
Your lack of experience shows once again DemocracyForever 1 hr ago #22
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