Weather beat: Skilling exiles self for incorrect Bears game forecast – TheHeckler.com
There’s a lot of inherent risk to weather forecasting, as this article points out (WARNING: Satire).
Asked why he felt the need to sacrifice himself over a wrong prediction – a common occurrence among meteorologist – Skilling said, “Bad predictions are for the [WFLD's rival 9 p.m. weatherman] Rick DiMaios of the world.”