Weather or Not

I was watching the local early morning news today, and I can't help but marvel at some of the "tricks" they resort to in order to convince you that they got the weather forecast right, or, if they didn't get it right, they really did, you just can't feel it.
I know this sounds a bit confusing, but, don't worry, I'll explain. For the past couple of days, they (they, being the local meterologists)have been predicting rain for this morning. So, this morning, at least around here, it's not raining. So the weather lady is saying, "Hey, it IS drizzling. And it's really raining down south of here, but high pressure is drying the heavy moisture up before it hits us."
Now, do you get what she's doing? She's covering herself by saying that it's raining close to us. Hey, lady, we know it's probably raining somewhere in the world, but you're supposed to be doing the local weather. And this trick of trying to tell us that it's really raining two thousand feet above us, but not reaching the ground, is not going to work. If we were birds, great info, but for us earthbound viewers, who cares?
In the fifteen minute period I was watching, the weather lady came on at least three times trying to defend her forecast. Finally, she said (and I'm really quoting here) "You'll be getting rain today, but if you don't, you'll feel drizzle, but if you don't, there are going to be clouds overhead." Now, that's what I call a definitive forecast.
If the rest of us were allowed such a wide margin of accuracy in our jobs, this really would be a screwed up world. I think I'll try and get by with these tactics. I'll go out on a limb and say that today's blog will have you rolling on the floor laughing, but if not, you will smile sometime while reading it, but if not, there will be words on the screen. Now, prove me wrong.