On his radio show Tuesday, Rush Limbaugh called the mis-forecast “historic” snowstorm a “teachable moment” about the limits of man’s ability to predict weather and the nature of the relationship between citizens and government.

The “snowjob,” argued Limbaugh, was yet another example of science getting it wrong. Despite only being 24 hours out, meteorologists were unable to accurately predict what the weather would do—and yet their models are supposed to be able to provide dependable forecasts “fifty to a hundred years out.” Limbaugh also highlighted the economic impact of the government’s overreaction, with New York businesses forced to shut down unnecessarily and hundreds of flights canceled:

Why was this presented, this forecast -- and, even at its worst, it was gonna be 24 inches, which New York has survived countless times. Yet this was presented as a life-threatening crisis, and look what they did, look at the economy, the economic commerce that these people from the National Weather Service and all these politicians collectively ganged up on and destroyed. Look at all the stores that closed unnecessarily. Look at all the flights that were canceled unnecessarily.

Now, the weather guy is apologizing and blaming his models. The same people that tell us their models 50 to a hundred years out on climate change can be trusted. Anyway, I mean, I could, I could sit here and do a giant See, I Told You So, predicted this yesterday, and I know what you're gonna retort: "Hey, Rush, they didn't miss it. They just missed where. Boston, New England are getting pounded." That's all true. That's all true, but, folks, 24 hours out they are forecasting that this is gonna be massive and they still miss it in the nation's number one city.

Despite the massive miscalculation, Limbaugh noted, de Blasio refused to apologize because the political class “can never make a mistake.”

It is such a teachable moment about government, the relationship that citizens have to and with government. It's a lesson about how liberals do things and why, and why there will not be an apology from them. de Blasio is saying, "Hey, better safe than sorry." They can never make a mistake. They never screw up. It's everybody else that screws up and has to apologize.

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