He said the forecast is useful to farmers or groups that need to plan responses to floods or forest fires, but that it would be unwise for anybody to bet the family farm on it.? Phillips said Environment Canada ?" whose one-day forecasts are 93 per cent accurate ?" could keep the relatively uncertain seasonal forecast to itself, but that Canadians love it. "For the general public, my god, it is the most sought after thing," he said. "They wait for it with bated breath. And what are they going to do with it? Nothing."