As a culture we no longer rely on public fortune tellers/soothsayers or clairvoyants to devine the future of our communities. Except when it comes to the weather. Weather folks "predict" or "see" bad weather coming and often have it on good authority; who can argue with Doppler Radar? Followers of the readers of weather tea leaves react accordingly, storming grocery stores, cancelling school, after-school activities and life all based on a prediction. What really kills me is that 60% of the time, the predictions are wrong. We cancel all sorts of things based on a prediction and when it goes south, we shrug it off, eat the emergency bread we bought and put the candles back in the freezer. I pay no attention to the forecast. When the wildlife start acting weird, that is when I hustle to the store and move for higher ground.
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