Comments on: EU weather satelite unit

EU weather satelite unit

longsleeves — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:37:10 -0800

accurate weather forecasts...yes... Add your own sound effects.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:11:48 -0800

MSG is bad for you, isn't it?

By: MJ6

MJ6 — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:45:55 -0800

Given this appears to be a much larger and significant investment than the previous Meteosat platforms, I wonder if the designers are at all worried about the major sunspot (read: coronal mass ejections) that have been happening over the past few years. These have the possibility of seriously damaging even shielded equipment.. hopefully nothing drastic happens, that would be a shame given what this new satellite can do.

By: greasepig

greasepig — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:16:55 -0800

What feature of this is supposed to give us better forecasts than before? I mean, this is one of the things that I'm disappointed with in today's technology. They can't do weather for crap. For example, this week, there was supposed to be a big storm in San Francisco on Tuesday--never happened. I would love to see an example where they could actually predict the weather with some kind of accuracy, but, until it's actually shown, I just don't believe it. This whole modern technology fad just doesn't do it for me.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:44:33 -0800

Anecdotal evidence is king!

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:34:22 -0800

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By: MiltonRandKalman

MiltonRandKalman — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:39:04 -0800

Perfect, they can now tell you precisely how cold and shitty London will be tomorrow, up until now Brits were informed with vague notions cold and shitty days ahead. I almost wore trunks.