|
 DECEMBER 2006
--- Despite his
failed prophecy from May 2006 that "vicious
hurricanes" and a possible tsunami would lash the American
coastline this year, Pat Robertson has been named
"Meteorologist of the Year" by the American Meteorologist
Society. "He may be a false prophet, but he's one heck of a
weatherman" said AMS spokesman Ned Wainwright in
his praise of the famous 700 Club host. "We believe that Pat
exemplifies the quintessential meteorologist when he proves
that we don't know squat about weather forecasting. Sure, his
hurricane prediction was a colossal blunder, but when was the
last time Willard Scott got anything right?"
Though most major weather
forecasters expected a busy hurricane season this year, none
of them claimed to receive their information from a divine
source. Despite their dire predictions, however, the 2006 hurricane
season (which ended in November) was one of the quietest in
almost a decade. In fact, according to the National
Hurricane Center, not a single hurricane or tsunami hit the U.S. shoreline
during the entire season, an event which hasn't happened since
2001.
Upon hearing the news of his
award, Robertson gave all the credit to God. "The Lord made me
the meteorologist I am today; and if I heard Him correctly,
He's got more disasters for me to warn about in 2007. I've got
a biblical feeling that my prophetic gifts will bring in a record
amount of contributions to The 700 Club in order to
fend off these end-time weather catastrophes... But don't hold me to
it."
When asked about a possible backlash by supporters because of false
divination, Robertson replied, "What are they gonna do, stone me?
I'm just giving weather reports, for pete's sake." |
