[VIDEO] Frequently-Wrong Meteorologist Arrested While Doing Weather Forecast, Columnist Paul Krugman Fears He’s Next

Posted: July 25, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, The Butcher's Notebook | Tags: AccuWeather, Canada, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Greece, Meteorology, National Weather Service, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Resource Description Framework, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, satire, Thunderstorm, Weather Forecast |Leave a comment

Newfoundland meteorologist Eddie Sheerr arrested during weathercast. (NTV)

Law enforcement is so fed up with the miserably cold, cloudy, and damp weather in Newfoundland, Canada that it has arrested two local broadcast meteorologists.

CBC News meteorologist Ryan Snoddon was the first to take the fall for the anomalous chill. You can watch his arrest – part of an apparent sting operation – below:

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Next in the hopper was NTV meteorologist Eddie Sheerr, arrested while delivering the forecast on the evening news.

Both Snoddon and Sheer were charged with impersonating a meteorologist, failing to provide the essentials of summer – sunshine, good forecasts and blue skies – and trafficking of rain, drizzle, and fog.

Prior to their arrest, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary had issued a statement to the media noting Snoddon and Sheerr were persons of interest given the following state of affairs:

SUMMER was last seen in early August of 2014. When last seen, SUMMER was described as being between 20-30 degrees Celsius (68-86 degrees Fahrenheit), blue skies with a bright and warm source of light in the sky. There have been sporadic sightings of this bright object, but these sightings have been rare since May 2015.

Frequently-wrong New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is reportedly afraid to appear on television, due to fears of being arrested. Krugman has never been held accountable for his dishonest statements and failed predictions.

Sheerr – who is from the U.S. – faces possible deportation, the arresting officer said.

Of course, the arrests were just a humorous stunt – the Canadian’s way of coping with conditions that are egregious even by their own standards.

Newfoundland, Canada isn’t exactly the best place to be for consistently warm, summer sunshine. The average high temperature at St. John’s Airport in July is barely above 70 degrees (20 Celsius) and it gets more than its share of rain, drizzle, and fog – so common that locals simply refer to the trio as RDF.

But this July’s weather has been particularly awful….(read more)

Source: WashingtonPost.com

Original source: ntv.ca