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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. the Detroit area for 30 years, recalls predict-
But it's the face on the television screen ing 2 to 4 inches of snow in the city several
that people go after. years ago and more than 8 came down. To
Tom Bonner, 35, who has been with retaliate, his colleagues at the station set up