Obviously we dont know what is going on down there, but I assume this guy has Internet access and that how he is getting his word out, if he really wanted the weather forcast he could get it from the internet.
From what I can see, based on this thread (not research)
He is in a warm station at the bottom of the world, eating other peoples rations, sleeping in other peoples beds has the basic creature comforts being kindly provided for by the taxpayers of other countries, and bitchin and moaning to the world about how they aren't helping him get out of a mess he got himself into.