Weather forecasters just can't shake the mindset that warm & sunny is good, cool & rainy is bad.
For a [news piece about drought & forest fires](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-season-heats-up-as-hot-dry-conditions-fuel-risk-in-northern-alberta-1.7252762 ), the quoted Environment Canada meteorologist uses words like "risk" and "threat" of precipitation.
I had to read it twice to fully process that the "risk" he was talking about wasn't the risk of more lightning strikes, it was the much-needed moisture that could reduce the *fire* risk being discussed in the rest of the article.
Amelia Bellamy-Royds :progress:
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