Re: The sky is falling! NOAA goofs up...

[Guest guest]

OMG! global warming! we're all gonna die...eventually...just like every

living thing does.

On Wednesday, Dec 17, 2003, at 16:17 US/Central, Mike , LP wrote:

> http://www.informationweek.com/story/

> showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17000138

>

> An errant advisory on the National Weather Service's Web site Wednesday

> briefly reported that Earth had broken out of its orbit and is

> careening

> toward a fiery end.

>

> By M. Ewalt

>              

> For a while, it looked like Santa was going to need a tank top this

> year.

> According to an urgent advisory issued Wednesday morning by the

> National

> Weather Service, the Earth has broken out of its orbit and is careening

> toward a fiery end.

>

> " Unusually hot weather has entered the region for December ... as the

> Earth has left its orbit and is hurtling towards the sun, " read the

> message, posted on the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's

> Web

> site. " Unusually hot weather will occur for at least the next several

> days

> as the Earth draws ever nearer to the sun. Therefore, an excessive heat

> watch has been posted. "

>

> But don't assume this news is going to get you out of finishing your

> Christmas shopping. The release, signed " Heinlein, " was only a test

> message, erroneously posted by during a training session, according to

> a

> Weather Service spokesman. By midafternoon, the statement had been

> removed

> and a correction issued.

[Guest guest]

Oh good! Maybe the Florida citrus crop will thaw out? (Here's a tip: expect good

buys on canned orange juice)

Larry