September 2nd, 2008
Hurricanes and their “Cones of Uncertainty”
Posted by
Michael Calienes in
miscellany
Using the project management term, “the cone of uncertainty”, to describe the area within which a hurricane may travel has proven a gem in my eyes; however, I’m surprised meteorologists didn’t take this further. Why not the Terror Triangle? Death Alley? Panic Pendulum? As if a storm the size of the Gulf of Mexico weren’t enough to brown some pants. The mass media has the power to alleviate fears as well as create them; we just have to be wise enough to question the degree of exaggeration to which they will go for ratings — otherwise known as the B.S. Bell Curve.
