Brazil: Weatherman may be prosecuted for wrong forecast

[glenn1]

Hmmm.... change this to the USA and politicians and lawyers, and we may have something...

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Some TV weather forecasters catch grief for making the wrong predictions, but Luiz Carlos Austin could be going to jail.

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro wants Austin prosecuted for predicting heavy rain for New Year's Eve.

The rain never came, but the mayor says the errant forecast could have caused panic in the flood-weary city. Austin defends his forecast, saying a cold front broke up earlier than expected.

Prosecutors say they'll likely charge the weatherman with sounding a false alarm, punishable by up to six months in prison.

 

[The Stigenator]

a few days back(wednesday) it was scheduled to rain heavy on wednesday and clear up on thrusday. So I planned going to Sea World with my sister on Thursday.

Well it turns out htat the weather guys were wrong, on wednesday morning they say the rain isnt coming today. Sure enough it comes late that night. So the weatherman's fault (and rather quick correction 12 hrs later) made my day at sea world memorable.

 

[gittyup]

Sounds like they take the weather very seriously over there. Ofcourse weather people are not god, so they are just making guesstimates. Seems most SANE people can fogure that out.

 

[edjam]

That's a bit harsh init.