I was amazed and frustrated beyond belief last night. I was under the impression that California weather men were the most excitable people ever. Seriously, weather men in California? How hard is that job? "Uh, it's going to be nice today". And if by some freak of nature there is some weather, they practically go into seizures they are so excited. "There is going to be some wind today, people, do you hear us? WIND! Our Doppler Satellite 45,001 has pinpointed the exact square kilometer that the wind may strike. TAKE COVER! THIS COULD BE THE STRONGEST WIND SINCE LAST WEEK! PANIC!!!"
I made fun of them. Mercilessly. But apparently I just forgot that weather men around the globe are just pathetic little computer nerds, just quivering at the chance to show off the incredible technology they have at their fingertips, that they so rarely get to use.
We had an incredible front move through last night. It was 70 degrees yesterday morning, by afternoon the wind had really picked up. Big storms, thunder, lightning, even some rotating clouds. Supposedly it is going to be 40 degrees today as a result, although I haven't gone outside yet to find out.
I could go into much more detail than this, because I was subjected to an hour of coverage last night. Not cumulative. An hour straight. And the sad thing was, it was at 8, and the t-storm warnings expired at 8:15. But the weather men loved zooming in on these teeny tiny towns (like Black Gnat, I'm not even making that up), and showing graphics of twisters looming over them. Then they would say, "But this is way up in the clouds and may not even hit land). Sure enough, at 8:30, the bad systems had mostly dissipated.
I'm not making light of yesterday's storms. I think one person was even killed in Kentucky. Very sad. But do we really need this much weather coverage? During sweeps no less? They seriously had the power company's number up on the screen at one point. "Many people have lost power in our viewing area. Here is LG&E's number to call". Um, if you've lost power, you probably aren't watching tv, so THAT IS A WASTE OF TIME.
Hopefully they'll replay my episode of "According to Jim" on a more peaceful night. At least this didn't happen during Lost!
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The best is when they have the weather men out in the middle of the storm getting pummeled by hail or blown over by wind.
This morning on the Today show the "BIG" feature was-- what would it feel like to be inside a building while it's burning down.
The reporter got inside a practice building while it was burning down and reported "Wow-- it's amazing how hot it is-- just from this part of the hall to here."
That's when I turned it off. WHO CARES? I hope to never find out how it feels-- and if it does happen to me I don't think I'm going to be assessing the heat, I'm going to get the heck OUT!
Hey hey now...watch the weatherman put-downs. I have to mention that although Frank is a forecaster, he is not by any means a computer nerd. And yes, forecasters in california do have a boring job. The same exact weather every single day can't be much of a challenge.
I can't believe that the weatherman gets a defense, but my slur about West Virginians a few posts ago just slides by. Interesting...
Hey, I'm not from West Virginia and neither is my husband, so I can't defend people from West Virginia (though they are the butt of quite a few jokes here in MD). All I can do is defend my weatherman husband! Though by defending my husband and his profession, I can't deny that there are some "weather Weenies" and computer nerds..just not my hubby!
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