Follow up: Christmas/Holiday retail sales
The predictions (gloomy) versus what actually happened (sales were up).
Opinion: Practicing Factfulness based on data.
The predictions (gloomy) versus what actually happened (sales were up).
Predictions of the future are generally not very useful. Like this one turned out.
No state suffered a blackout.
The year was forecast to have devastating wildfires all over the west. But that didn't happen.
The media blamed climate change for the Palisades Fire. But in October 2025, an arson suspect was arrested, accused of starting a fire that led to the conflagration.
In 2023, experts said The Great Salt Lake would dry up within 5 years. How did that turn out?
Have you noticed that most media hyped forecasts for the future turn out wrong? They never do follow ups.
Less than 2 weeks ago, there was a model forecast for a major hurricane to strike Florida yesterday... not too accurate.
Numerous government agencies concluded Covid was a lab leak - but this information was hidden from the public.