We’re at the end of our time with The Weather Machine.
Next week, try to get your hands on Radium Girls. We’ll mostly be discussing expectations for the books — I realize and understand that it’s a little harder to get your hands on a copy of a book these days for, er, a couple of reasons — so no reading assigned. You should be able to get ahold of it in audiobook or ebook forms if you’re avoiding print. Either way, it’s a longer one, so if you end up joining late that’s okay too!
This week:
What did you like about The Weather Machine?
What did you not like about The Weather Machine?
What was your takeway from the book? Did you learn anything cool?
I liked the latter part of the book better than the beginning. Maybe because it was more about the current forecasts rather than the history? I had thought the book might be a lot more wonky than it was but it was very approachable, and I learned all kinds of things about how the forecast works that I probably never would have guessed. I’d recommend it — especially as an easier read on a new subject.
Loved the book and have already started to recommend it to people. My general takeaway from the book is that I never knew that the weather and how they forecast it was this interesting. I learned a good amount of cool things as the book gave me a much better knowledge of weather and appreciation of forecasts, especially the 7 Day one. Also it got me in the mood to watch Twister again and boy I would I love to see another Twister movie made.
I liked the book because by the end I had a clear understanding of how weather is currently forecasted, and how forecasting changed from the early measurements to the system that tells my cell phone to warn me it will rain in 23 minutes. What is most interesting is how forecasting depends on international cooperation. I stand in awe of the early modern weather forecasters who were able to engage governments and military to support the effort and launch wildly expensive satellites and to keep them launching and build the IT infrastructure to process the information. That was awesome. No complaints. I have recommended it.
I liked the latter part of the book better than the beginning. Maybe because it was more about the current forecasts rather than the history? I had thought the book might be a lot more wonky than it was but it was very approachable, and I learned all kinds of things about how the forecast works that I probably never would have guessed. I’d recommend it — especially as an easier read on a new subject.
Loved the book and have already started to recommend it to people. My general takeaway from the book is that I never knew that the weather and how they forecast it was this interesting. I learned a good amount of cool things as the book gave me a much better knowledge of weather and appreciation of forecasts, especially the 7 Day one. Also it got me in the mood to watch Twister again and boy I would I love to see another Twister movie made.
I liked the book because by the end I had a clear understanding of how weather is currently forecasted, and how forecasting changed from the early measurements to the system that tells my cell phone to warn me it will rain in 23 minutes. What is most interesting is how forecasting depends on international cooperation. I stand in awe of the early modern weather forecasters who were able to engage governments and military to support the effort and launch wildly expensive satellites and to keep them launching and build the IT infrastructure to process the information. That was awesome. No complaints. I have recommended it.