We are writing in response to Carmen Cerra’s Poison Ink cartoon on Nov. 4 picturing a person with an umbrella buried under six feet of snow.

First of all, we don’t know whose forecast you looked at or were listening to. In the meteorology department, we have a forecasting contest where we predict temperatures and precipitation for the following day. On Monday, two-thirds of the seniors in the contest effectively predicted snow for Tuesday morning, followed by rain or mist in the following hours.

If you want to vote for a new weatherman you can vote for any one of us in the meteorology department. If you desire accurate forecasts, just give us a call.

Second, precipitation is the hardest thing to predict when it comes to the weather. It is possible to have snow when the temperature is above freezing. Likewise, it is possible to have rain if the temperature is below freezing.

Third, when I woke up on Tuesday, I didn’t see some idiot out there standing under six feet of snow with an umbrella, especially when the total accumulation was barely an inch.

Fourth, meteorology is one of the hardest majors available at this school, and predicting the weather is not an easy task. If people knew the math and physics involved, they would not think our major was a joke.

Mr. Cerra, you can vote for a new weatherman if you like, and we will vote for a new Poison Ink cartoonist.

Chase VanValkingburg

Senior

Meteorology

Jeremiah Birdsall

Senior

Meteorology