Dear LFTP: should meteorologists stop saying 'gloomy'?

• Should TV meteorologists stop calling rainy weather miserable, gloomy, or dreary?

A host reads a letter complaining that TV meteorologists calling rain 'miserable,' clouds 'gloomy,' and gray days 'dreary' is irresponsible toward emotionally vulnerable viewers. The hosts push back: a weatherman's adjective can't play you like a fiddle, the root problem is outsourcing your emotional state to people who don't even want the job, and humility means considering 'maybe it's me who's wrong' — one jokes 'Mike says to himself, I think we're raising people without any grit.' The Secular answer advises directing the complaint to the local station manager.