So this morning, the weather people came clean … On KVOA New 4 Tucson’s Facebook page, Jeff Beamish tried to explain it all away with science:
Meteorologist Jeff Beamish here. Yep, we were wrong Tucson & we’re not afraid to admit it. For transparency’s sake, here’s an explanation of what happened…
Odile’s remnants took an unexpected 70 mile shift southeast, putting the 2-5″ rainfall amounts over Santa Cruz & Cochise Counties.
All those very important Pima County public information media alerts and planning, and those sandbags. Frankly, I think the county lucked out so it wouldn’t have to explain drainage and infrastructure issues not far from Tucson’s own potholes and river streets.
But seriously, Beamish. Science?
If Tucson really wants to examine what happened to our rain-loving city, maybe we need to collectively ask ourselves, “What would Pat Robertson say?”
God didn’t want Tucson to have all that rain because it’s that liberal lower half?
OK, science wins.
This article appears in Sep 18-24, 2014.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! SNORK!!!
This is hysterical. Thanks for giving me a good laugh first thing in the morning.
I sort of enjoyed reading your light-hearted teasing of Mr. Beamish, Mari.
But I think you may have been a bit too tough on him.
That’s because our mountainous region here in Southern Arizona makes predicting weather here extremely difficult.
Frankly, I think that any weather forecasters here should be earning far more than, say, a weather forecaster up in Connecticut where I once lived.
Weather up there was boring. And so predictable.
OK! Tucson had a lot of rain, courtesy of Odile. What was done to capture that bonus water and reposition it for the future??? Is AZ not still in a long-term drought? Is it not wise to try to capture the surplus? Odile aside, this was the monsoon season – it rains, capture it, save it for a non-rainy day.