The Destruction of the Language Is a (Continuous and) Subtle Thing

Since this is Florida, dependent on tourism and therefor acutely aware of rain, hurricanes, and other forms of weather, we watch the reports which local TV obsesses about. The station we watch, the local NBC affiliate brags that Haley Webb, their weather lady, not only "tells you where it's raining," but then goes on to tell you "where it's going to rain!"

Well, duh. I thought that was the whole purpose of weather reports and always had been. They seem inordinately proud of the obvious.

The worst part, though, is that telling you what's going on now is apparently considered the "forecast." Telling you what will happen is now called the "futurecast."

The sad part is, I'm sure these idiots have no idea what's wrong with their choice of words. At all.