CHAPTER 6
The Weather Station
Since time immemorial, Man has been fascinated by the weather, asking questions such as: “Will it rain for our crops? Will it snow, so we can go skiing? Will a tornado carry our house to a fictitious country populated by supernatural women and flight-capable primates? We get some kind of weather every day: What’s it going to be today?”
Forecasting the weather has not always been a scientific pursuit. People would pray to the rain gods for rain and to the sun gods for sunshine. If prayer didn’t work, they would often visit a prophet or a seer, who professed the ability to look into the future and predict the path ...
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