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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Hype/Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 10, 2008, 05:39:58 PM »

I guess TWC's hype is nothing compared to CNN's hype. They had CNN on in one of the eateries at my school, and they did a huge "BREAKING NEWS" segment on Ike, and their meteorologist, from what I heard, introduced the segment by saying something like, "Hurricane Ike. A category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph. (pause) Or at least that's what it could be at landfall." They seriously tried to make it sound like it was already a cat 4 until that dramatic pause and the revelation that they were actually talking about the future.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 10, 2008, 04:44:37 PM »

They just played the Northeast opener on Weather Center. Pretty sweet.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: September 09, 2008, 09:00:05 PM »

Underside of the desk?

There's a red floor under the desk; I know that...

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Carl Parker

« on: September 09, 2008, 08:17:00 PM »

So, outflow boundaries become visible on radar when bugs fly along them? I don't think I ever realized that before...

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Local Forecast / Re: Minor IntelliStar LDL Update

« on: September 09, 2008, 08:06:28 PM »

The satellite Stars received this update this morning; the time looks MUCH nicer now.

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General Discussion / So I was eating ice cream earlier...

« on: September 08, 2008, 11:21:26 PM »

...then I realized I was chewing it to the tune of the Evening Edition theme. I have a habit of "doing that". Seriously.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: September 08, 2008, 11:20:56 PM »

Sharon just did it to herself again...

"It's time for a look at the next seven days, so let's go there right now."

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: September 08, 2008, 11:04:23 PM »

Rich: Let's see what's going on across the rest of the country. We may even see some storms going on...

Sharon: Yeah, let's go ahead and check it out.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: September 08, 2008, 10:41:33 PM »

IMO, that doesn't count. Ike would have had to be put into a pronoun like "that".

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dr. Steve Lyons and Dr. Greg Forbes

« on: September 08, 2008, 10:40:38 PM »

Dr. Lyons works Saturday-Wednesday during hurricane season when there's nothing in the tropics threatening the U.S, and he appears on the air during Weekend View, A&B, and Evening Edition (weekdays).

During the winter and spring, he's still around, but his on-air appearances are generally limited to recorded segments, and even those are sparse.

Dr. Forbes's schedule seems to be largely dictated by when severe weather breaks out. It's his job to pretty much be there whenever there's severe weather going on.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New schedule to come June 2nd?

« on: September 08, 2008, 06:33:12 PM »

Yeah, it looks like a Storm Alert weekend this time.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Storm Stories Theme Music

« on: September 07, 2008, 11:59:10 PM »

I've read that before; there might even be a post or two about it somewhere around here.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Hype/Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 07, 2008, 09:01:40 PM »

Now Paul and Alexandra are doing EE tonight. Wow, I seriously didn't expect that...

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Hype/Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 07, 2008, 05:58:01 PM »

You mean Walker/Brown...

Anyway, the Keys *probably* aren't going to be hit, and by the time Ike gets over Cuba, there's a chance that it might not even restrengthen to major hurricane status before hitting the U.S. We all saw what happened to Gustav after it got into the Gulf; it actually weakened. I guess we'll see what happens with Ike.

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite Warning Crawl activated...

« on: September 07, 2008, 03:06:20 PM »

They just activated the crawl again, this time for Ike and with the title "HURRICANE IKE UPDATE".