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snowed over Christmas, I wouldn't live to see Bend, IN, says, "One little old lady called the
New Year's," said Bob Gregory, who has been police department and wanted the weather-
the forecaster at WTHR-1V in Indianapolis for man arrested for bringing all the snow."
nine years. A woman upset that it had rained for her
Most of the forecasters claimed they are daughter's wedding called Tom Jolls of
accurate 80 to 90 percent of the time on one- WKBW-1V in Buffalo, NY, to give him a piece
day forecasts, but longer-range predictions of her mind. "She held me responsible and
get tricky. And most conceded they are simply said if she ever met me she would probably hit
reporting information supplied by computers me," he said.
and anonymous meteorologists from the Na- Sonny Eliot of WJBK-TV, a forecaster in
tional Weather Service or a private agency