Blown forecasts are the bane of a meteorologist’s existence. Painful! I’d bow my head in shame and speak in a softer than normal shout after a miss.
I’ve apologized for blown forecasts more than once. Everyone knew.
Some of you have personally made sure I understood your anger. Not easy to deal with.
However, I’ve never had Kim Jong-un as my boss¹. In North Korea he’s the last word in everything.
Kim Jong-un says there have been “many incorrect forecasts” because the Hydro-meteorological Service’s methods aren’t “modern or scientific”, state newspaper Rodong Sinmun reports.
Ooh. Bad employee review.
The North Korean leader says weather service staff must “fundamentally improve their work”, because good forecasts are needed to “protect the lives and properties of the people from disasters caused by abnormal climatic phenomenon”
Must I explain how downsizing works in North Korea?
After a bad forecast I’d try not to go out in public too much. Seriously. No one wants to subject themselves to that!
But North Korea. Tough crowd.
¹ – The lovely and talented Ann Nyberg often called his late father, Kim Jung-“Mentally”-Il.