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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4650 on: October 15, 2009, 04:18:14 PM »
I have never been so enraged at TWC. NEVER!!!! This is bullshit.

Heres is what we know. A young kid told his parents someone got onto a balloon and it blew away. Balloon landed and no kid has been found. He either went SPLAT or the kid lied. Either way I dont care. Its 1 kid. NOT worth almost an 1hr continuous coverage on THE WEATHER CHANNEL. Hell they aren't even doing commercials.
« Last Edit: October 15, 2009, 04:21:34 PM by Martin »

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4651 on: October 15, 2009, 05:03:10 PM »
I think they skipped Local on the 8s a few times aswell. :thumbdown:

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4652 on: October 15, 2009, 05:04:06 PM »
What the hell is wrong with them? Two days before, I was watching them for the California storm coverage, and now they're just BS'ing their way through the broadcast.

Also, it seems like the OCM's are getting unlimited vacation time, because 9 out of 10 days there is a fill-in sometime in the day.

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4653 on: October 15, 2009, 05:10:21 PM »
MSNBC ran for at least one or two hours without commercials in continuous live coverage.

Why is TWC covering the story? It's not a weather event at all...

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4654 on: October 15, 2009, 05:13:06 PM »
MSNBC ran for at least one or two hours without commercials in continuous live coverage.

Why is TWC covering the story? It's not a weather event at all...

I think they were covering it because the boy's father was a former weather guy, and that the balloon was used for a weather experiment.

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4655 on: October 15, 2009, 05:23:33 PM »
Ok seriously,if I wanna hear about this story,I can just watch my local news in 40 minutes..They won't even talk about it as much as TWC has.That's pretty sad since a news station probably won't cover it as long..  :hmm:
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4656 on: October 15, 2009, 05:28:29 PM »
Ok seriously,if I wanna hear about this story,I can just watch my local news in 40 minutes..They won't even talk about it as much as TWC has.That's pretty sad since a news station probably won't cover it as long..  :hmm:

Tell you that so, I surely can go and watch it on the local news  :yes:

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4657 on: October 15, 2009, 05:47:49 PM »
Why is TWC covering the story? It's not a weather event at all...
Guy was a stormchaser.
It was a weather balloon.
25-35mph winds in the area.
Cold temps aloft (20s in the 7000ft range, this could go to 10000ft)

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4658 on: October 15, 2009, 06:09:50 PM »
I think they skipped Local on the 8s a few times aswell. :thumbdown:
Probably because long-form was preempted. There wouldn't of been a local anyway.

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4659 on: October 15, 2009, 06:11:37 PM »
As I predicted... the kid lied to his parents. The 6yr old was hiding in the attic.

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4660 on: October 15, 2009, 06:12:33 PM »
As I predicted... the kid lied to his parents. The 6yr old was hiding in the attic.
WTF?!?!?!?  :censored:
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4661 on: October 15, 2009, 06:14:06 PM »
This story gets more sketchy by the minute. :wacko:

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4662 on: October 15, 2009, 06:16:45 PM »
As I predicted... the kid lied to his parents. The 6yr old was hiding in the attic.
WTF?!?!?!?  :censored:

I couldn't have said it better. :lol: This has been a complete FAIL for TWC and all the media covering this.


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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4663 on: October 15, 2009, 06:17:02 PM »
Kid was hiding in a box in the attic. Brother of the kid told the story to his parents. Bet they got a nice laugh. Hope the parents have to pay for all of the wasted money. News media is kinda stumbling now. Seem to quickly be moving past the story now

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #4664 on: October 15, 2009, 06:17:41 PM »
I know, but at least the boy is safe and sound at home
And, we don't have anything to worry about.