You don't see anything at the very least irresponsible about planting a seed of doubt in some people's minds about the credibility of the National Weather Service and the severe weather information they provide? This is to say nothing of the local television and radio meteorologists he tried to discredit.

I am a broadcaster and someone who provides local severe weather coverage in a small market. I resent the implication that myself and my colleagues would exaggerate the severity of a weather event to sell bottled water or drive ratings. I can assure you that NOAA forecasts the weather with an accuracy that comes far closer to Rush's vaunted "99.8%" rate of success than his record in predicting events of any kind.

It is doubly infuriating when I see people in my profession put their lives on the line to keep people safe while he slinks out of town when his disinformation blows up in his face, leaving the job of providing relevant, life saving information to the public to the men and women he slandered.