Maybe you’ve seen the movie, “Sully.” It’s the dramatic portrayal of Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger’s emergency landing of a commuter jet on the Hudson River. When Sully realizes that the best option for survival is to put the plane down on the Hudson River, he announces, “Brace for impact!” Then the flight attendants walk through the cabin shouting, “Brace for impact! Heads Down! Stay Down!” The passengers are alarmed but put their heads down as directed. The flight attendants keep shouting, Heads down! Stay down! Heads down! Stay down! That scene has played in my memory several times over the last 24 hours. As the professional weather watchers realized Hurricane Matthew was shifting tow
So Hurricane Matthew is a thing and it has provided me with a new favorite phrase: the CONE OF UNCERTAINTY As the TV meteorologist directed my attention to the map forecasting the path of Matthew, he pointed to the CONE OF UNCERTAINTY, the area which could maybe probably kinda sorta somewhat be affected by Matthew’s violent high-powered circular winds. And just when I think I am one of the first people on the planet to learn this term, the annoying reality is that’s its simply new to me. Alas! Google informed me that the original concept of a Cone of Uncertainty was developed for engineering and project management in 1958! So much for me being on the cusp of trendy, cutting edge thinking!
