Russian weatherpeople may be jailed if their forecasts are wrong

[Lancet Jades]

Minister forecasts fines for weathermen

April 25 2004 at 01:32PM
(http://www.iol.co.za/html/corporate/about_us.html)



Russian weathermen who get their predictions wrong could face stiff fines if one government minister has his way.

And repeat offenders could even be sent to jail, if Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu's plan is approved.

The minister was speaking in Irkutsk, which is on flood alert. He said he wanted weathermen to pay the price if they got forecasts wrong, because that led to emergency services being needlessly called out.

"If there is a disaster we send rescuers and equipment and spend money. But weathermen hold no responsibility - and do not think about having to defend the population."

Weathermen in Irkutsk have said the risk of flooding should subside soon. But according to Interfax, Shoigu "promised to squeeze compensation out of the weather forecasters if their forecasts proved wrong". - Ananova.com

[Chicken Little]

LOL trust russia to find something else to send ppl to jail for.

You. You have shoes TO SIBERIA!!!

[Leknaat]

o.O How can you hold someone responsible for something that can be so unpredictable in the first place...?

[Laggy]

=/ well..80% of the time weather people are right...i feel sorry for the ones working when the other 20% happends it occur...

[idgaf rpgfan]

And I thought my job was bad. I've never been sent to jail for a mistake

[Laggy]

most people in jail man a mistake no?....

[Quel Thalas]

...somethings telling me this guy is a communist or something, cause that sounds like a communist thing to do

[Lancet Jades]

yeah, but, its russia. What WOULD you expect?

[Laggy]

meh its the same thing here...if you think about our school system and how everything is tied into it, if you do bad in school you cant drive if you do bad in school you cant do this and that...and other things...the usa is seeming more unfree every day...i mean..yeah i feel sorry for the russians but...im not there...and in our own way we have the same shiz here...

[Kiros]

lmao...thats funny!

[Chicken Little]

my god, not comunist, socialist. There are no communist nations alive today, the majority of the ones who claim to be are socialist. Actually Spain just became Socialist i think in their elections.

[Tiffany]

yeah those ppl r pretty screwed up in the head

[The Wang Master]

Well if your job is predicting weather patterns, and you are being relied on to do your job right, if you fail I believe you should have something to lose. Considering what it takes to ready for a flood there better be a ****ing flood that could take at least 20 lives. Then again you shouldn't get mad at someone reading from a teleprompter.

[Laggy]

someing as big as a flood would be hard to miss..i havnt ever known of anyone saying there would be then..there wasnt....the things weather people miss is rain or what days will be sunny...and for that they shouldnt go to jail...there not risking anyones lives unless there computers and such is 40 years out dated...and that would suck....lol

[The Wang Master]

Well I think the government intended only for times where they would use money and resources at a high level. I don't think it costs much to carry an umbrella incase it rains. Although, I'm sure it cost alot to deploy flood protection vehicles and the paying the overtime to get the man power to fortify against the impending floods.

[Chicken Little]

actually you cant really predict how heavy it will rain and how long with any great accuracy, yeah you can say 'OH ITS GONNA RAIN' but that doesnt say how heavy, how widespread and how long.