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      <![CDATA[haha when has science ever mattered to you CHG?
        
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      <![CDATA[I didn't know that Bruce was a scientist....umm
        
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      <![CDATA[Yes, I admit: I'm busting my buttons over the "I'm with Marty" comment, especially given its source. I'm checking to see whether it's possible to somehow bronze, or otherwise enshrine, online comments.<br>
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Pack and Merc: eat your hearts out.
        
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      <![CDATA[Christ, you people are terrible propagandists, all of you.
        
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      <![CDATA[Enough, peeps! Or, as Professor Irwin Corey himself famously said, "If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."
        
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      <![CDATA[A slight disturbance in the Force, as though millions of voices suddenly cried Awesome!!! and were suddenly silenced.
        
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      <![CDATA[Only a slight disturbance? That's what happens when you eat bad Mexican food.
        
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      <![CDATA[I will admit to feeling a slight disturbance in the force, as I typed those words.
        
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      <![CDATA["I'm with Marty,"--words that will guarantee acceptance at the most exclusive and chic hotspots all over Awesomeworld.
        
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      <![CDATA["I'm with Marty" -- BV: Words that may rank in the history of weather changes right up there with Nixon's "I will go to China."
        
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      <![CDATA[Jack, you and I looked up the Prof a few years back. And now I can't remember why.
        
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      <![CDATA[I'm with Marty. After all, Dr. Irwin Corey is "the world's foremost authority."
        
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      <![CDATA[Jeez, Marty! I was wondering if you were doing seances or sometihng, but I looked it up.
        
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      <![CDATA[auto: yeah, I know what you mean about Dave Brown. His gig as the carnival barker for a phony sporting event certainly does bolster his cred as a weather "scientist."
        
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      <![CDATA[Or hell, forget any sort of panel - let's just have 'ClimateCage'. First round: Cap'n Coal vs the AAKS (Army of Asthmatic Kids).
        
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      <![CDATA[@auto - yeah that's what I pictured: Dave breaking down info from the egghead(s) - so the genpop can unnerstan' them there "5-doller words". And yeah, capes and folding chairs would not go amiss ;)
        
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      <![CDATA[And yeah, not to disparage the other local weather talent, but Dave Brown really would be the best for this job. if you ever watched him moderate the WMC Saturday morning wrestling program, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
        
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      <![CDATA[I'm suggesting those two because they enjoy some credibility in the public eye on this subject, and they're both skilled at breaking down a complex topic into bite-sized pieces. I understand the difference between climate and weather, and what I am proposing is that either of them, or for that matter, any of the other skilled broadcasting meteorologists available locally could make this distinction plain enough for the viewing public.
        
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      <![CDATA[The perfect panelists for this venture would be Tommy V, CHG, and Mickey White representing the Marsha Blackburn fan Club.
        
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      <![CDATA[@auto: again: weather != climate. Dave would be a perfect moderator though ;)<br>
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Maybe someone from the TN Climatologist's office would do one of the weekly Q&A articles?<br>
<a href="http://climate.tennessee.edu/default.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://climate.tennessee.edu/default.html</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[Perhaps the Flyer could get Dave Brown or Jim Jaggers on the record about climate change and how it affects Memphis. Sponsor a Q & A. Maybe I'm being optimistic, but I would guess that there are probably dozens of local groups who would be climbing all over each other to get a chance to help with something like that.
        
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      <![CDATA[Agree, it's a stretch to attribute specific weather events to larger climate shifts. What matters are trends over time.
        
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      <![CDATA[Weather != climate.<br>
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I agree with some (perhaps most) points, but blaming the intensity of those tornadoes on climate change is just as absurd as those denying that warming exists because of the epic snowfall across the East this past winter. That is just the other side of the same (unscientific) coin.<br>
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In other words, neither event can possibly be directly blamed on climate change.
        
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      <![CDATA[I been thinking about installing a reinforced concrete bolt hole underneath my trailer, as me and the dogs and kids are getting tired of hiding in the ditch.
        
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