Yesterday, the Northeast braced itself for a potentially historic snowstorm that promised over two feet of snow, power outages, and overall hysteria. Eastern Long Island and parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island have seen large totals, but most of New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia is sitting pretty after Juno. So why do meteorologists create such widespread panic and allow for mob mentality to develop inside local grocery stores? At least one weatherman has the balls to admit when he’s wrong.
Gary Szatkowski, Meteorologist-In-Charge at the National Weather Service in Mt. Holly, N.J., gave some Twitter real talk early Tuesday, as complaints of the storm’s failure to meet expectations in Philly hit social media.
My deepest apologies to many key decision makers and so many members of the general public.
— Gary Szatkowski (@GarySzatkowski) January 27, 2015
You made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right, and we didn’t. Once again, I’m sorry. — Gary Szatkowski (@GarySzatkowski) January 27, 2015
This is a big storm further off to our northeast. New York City will see good amounts of snow, and for portions of New England it will…
— Gary Szatkowski (@GarySzatkowski) January 27, 2015
…be very high impact. But for much of New Jersey, and for the Philadelphia Metropolitan area, this is a big forecast miss. — Gary Szatkowski (@GarySzatkowski) January 27, 2015
Are pigs flying? Is this guy apologizing for messing up his job? Usually weather reporters try to spin a botched storm forecast with tales of the elusive “black ice” and “thundersnow.” Gary, we salute you and your honesty, and we invite you to bingewatch Game of Thrones with us while eating nachos on this fine Tuesday. (Hey, we still have a snow day.)
Related: disappointed New Yorkers love to compare underwhelming snowfall to small penises.
Juno is like a #grindr hookup. Never as big as they say it’s gonna be. #NYCblizzard #blizzardof2015 #facebookdown
— Mike Gillerman (@moishendlishus) January 27, 2015
The #Blizzardof2015 must have been reported by a male meteorologist first because 24″ was more like 4″. #Snowmageddon2015 #blizzard2015
— Joseph Burtoni (@JBBurtoni2) January 27, 2015
The blizzard was definitely a man, all the build up and bragging about inches and than nothing #Blizzardof2015
— Candice Hewitt (@candicehewitt) January 27, 2015
[Photo Credit: @GarySzatkowski]