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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Gustav Storm Alert Prediction Thread

« on: August 30, 2008, 05:09:31 PM »

You know, I was just looking at the NHC's forecast cones, and it seems that TWC's cones for both Gustav and Hanna are really different from what the NHC is forecasting. I wonder why they're seeing things so differently...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: August 30, 2008, 03:12:45 PM »

They had the Weekend Now projector wall divider up during the first segment of WWC today; it's fixed now, though.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 30, 2008, 03:08:54 PM »

Cheryl Lemke and Mike Seidel are doing WWC today so that Carl and Kristina can do the extended edition of PME later tonight.

I still wonder if they'll run Forecast Earth at 4 PM CT, though.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 30, 2008, 02:58:45 PM »

Looks like the info bar is up now during long-form.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 30, 2008, 02:11:47 PM »

I don't think TWC was ready to go into preemptions yet; I'm thinking they didn't plan on Gustav becoming a major hurricane and didn't call in the needed OCMs to get through the night. Hey, my mom is sitting here absolutely captivated by ICHT compared to the studio programming. She's obviously in the "target demographic." >_<

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 30, 2008, 01:17:11 PM »

Usually it's when the storm is 36-48 hours away from landfall from what I can recall.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: No Music on Star and Star's Timing is off.

« on: August 30, 2008, 01:54:31 AM »

The music thing was a national issue at the time; it had nothing to do with the STARs.

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

« on: August 30, 2008, 01:40:08 AM »

Wow, Rich and Sharon were really on a roll tonight; I just reviewed my recording, and at 10:44 CT...

Rich: All right, now let's take a look at the forecast for at least the next few days.

Sharon: All right, let's do just that.

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

« on: August 30, 2008, 12:57:58 AM »

And thanks again to Rich for finishing the week's worth of shows in the most fitting way possible during that last segment.

Sharon: Let's take you day by day here.

Rich: Ok... (pause) let's do that. (Sharon giggles)

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

« on: August 30, 2008, 12:32:25 AM »

How'd I know it was going to happen right there? I was going to leave the room, but I stuck around just in case.

Sharon: Rich is standing by now with the information and track on Gustav.

Rich: Yeah, let's do that.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: August 30, 2008, 12:01:19 AM »

I knew it, and the lower third just proved it! Her real name is "Rich Johnson Resultan"!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 29, 2008, 11:09:17 PM »

They actually don't have the satellite inset up yet. Now that I think about it, that's pretty surprising.

I'm sure they'll be in total freak-out mode soon enough, though.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Hurricane Central 2008

« on: August 29, 2008, 01:47:12 PM »

Can someone please explain what is going on with Hannah's track? It's not very often that you see storms DIVE to the south like that, gang.

Seriously, though, I wonder where it will wind up over time if it takes that odd track.

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

« on: August 29, 2008, 12:36:54 PM »

Logically, they won't. We might see the afternoon long-form on Saturday, but I would think everything would be preempted by Sunday.

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

« on: August 29, 2008, 08:26:19 AM »

Ray Stagich is actually still there, and he did his first full show in HD this past Saturday alongside Cheryl Lemke.

Warren Madden, however, I have not seen in HD.