{"id":1640,"date":"2012-07-18T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T11:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1640"},"modified":"2012-07-18T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T11:50:51","slug":"weathercasters-in-netherlands-to-be-fined-for-wrong-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/weathercasters-in-netherlands-to-be-fined-for-wrong-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Weathercasters in Netherlands to be fined for wrong updates"},"content":{"rendered":"
No one likes weather forecasters, as all they seem to do is bring bad news.<\/p>\n
Watching the weather reports at the moment can make for some painful viewing, as it only seems to be rain, rain and more rain.<\/p>\n
However, councillors in the Netherlands have floated a novel idea to make forecasters take their job seriously – fine them if they are wrong.<\/p>\n
It comes after the nation enjoyed a period of seasonably good weather, despite the fact the men and women supposedly in the know had forecast heavy rain and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
Joep Thonissen, head of the Dutch tourist attraction association Recron, stated: "Last week it was really good weather over most of the country but the weather forecasts were full of heavy rain and thunderstorms, so people stayed home."<\/p>\n
It does seem slightly harsh, but is the type of policy that could catch on and it would be interesting to see if it made any difference.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Councillors in the Netherlands are considering plans to fin weather forecasters if they get the update wrong. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n