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General Discussion / Google continues to change YouTube :/

« on: November 08, 2013, 03:01:55 PM »

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed all the recent changes on You Tube with more changes yet to come? I don't like what Google is doing to the site. The most recent, you can't make comments on yt videos unless it is done on google+. I don't like this. What are your thoughts?

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General Discussion / Happy Birthday, Trammell Starks!!

« on: August 01, 2013, 02:17:19 PM »

Lets wish Trammell Starks a happy birthday!! I just saw on his Facebook that today is his birthday. 

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General Weather Chat / Summer Heat (Lack of)

« on: July 31, 2013, 02:12:18 PM »

I have not liked the pattern we've been in this summer. It's too cool and unsummer-like. Where I live, we've only had a few days of 90-degree heat all summer. What are your thoughts about this unusual summer weather pattern?

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General Weather Chat / Anyone know who Gary England is?

« on: July 25, 2013, 06:25:06 PM »

Does anyone know who Gary England is? Some of us probably do. He is the chief meteorologist for KWTV channel 9, the CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City and has been for many, many years. He has been excellent with his severe weather and tornado coverage for that market, which as we well know, is right in the middle of tornado alley. He had outstanding coverage of the May 3rd, 1999 tornado outbreak and more recently, the outbreaks in May of this year. Anyway, he is stepping down from that position and moving to a new position, which is not meteorology.

http://newsok.com/gary-england-to-sign-off-as-kwtv-9-chief-meteorologist-on-aug.-30/article/3865120

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Hazardous Weather / Summer Thunderstorms/Lightning

« on: July 20, 2013, 02:20:57 PM »

I thought I'd start a thread, specifically about summer thunderstorms and the dangerous lightning they produce. Florida may be where the most occur, but we all know that this applies to the whole country. Let's talk about lightning injuries and fatalities in this thread. Where I live, lightning start a house fire and the manager of a Staples store was struck back on Wednesday, the 10th.

BTW, does anyone know that all you have to do is turn on a radio to the AM dial and if there's lightning nearby, you can hear the sound on the radio?

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General Weather Chat / Storms of the 21st Century

« on: July 06, 2013, 06:55:20 PM »

As many (or at least, some) may remember, at the end of 1999, The Weather Channel had people voting for the top storms of the 20th century. The Superstorm of 1993, the April 3-4, 1974 super tornado outbreak, and the Galveston, Texas 1900 hurricane were some that made the top 5.

Although we are only 14 years into this century, what storms would be your pick as to the top 5 storms of this century, 2000-present? Here are some of my examples to choose from and it doesn't have to be on this list here to be picked for your top 5, but these are the options and remind me if I forget any:

Hurricane Katrina 2005

Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy 2012

Super tornado outbreak April 25-28, 2011

Camilla, Georgia tornado February 14, 2000

Presidents' Day blizzard February 16-17, 2003

Hurricane Charley, August 13th, 2004, Southwestern Florida

Veterans Day tornado outbreak, November 10-11, 2002

Ft. Worth, Texas tornado - March 2000

Kansas City, MO area and many other locations from OK to AL tornado outbreak, May 4-10, 2003

Hurricane Ivan, September 16th, 2004, Alabama, Florida panhandle

Greensburg, Kansas EF5 tornado May 4th, 2007

Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak, February 5th-6th, 2008

Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado, May 2011

Groundhog Day blizzard, February 1-3, 2011

Southern Winter Storm, January 9-10, 2011

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Programming and Graphics / Forecasting The End

« on: June 09, 2013, 06:26:23 PM »

I am just wondering, what are everybody's thoughts on this show? I saw part of an episode yesterday about astroids hitting the earth and places, such as Las Vegas and Los Angeles (and worldwide), as we know them, no longer exsisting. They had a scene of someone driving in L.A. and watching the sky in horror as astriods were falling down to the earth's surface.

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OCMs / Anyone seen Kim Cunningham's Facebook page?

« on: May 09, 2013, 04:00:14 PM »

Go to Kim Cunningham's Facebook page and she has put many photos of classic twc on it, including lengendary OCMs.

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General Discussion / Happy Birthday, Texasstooge! (Michael)

« on: May 07, 2013, 06:12:53 PM »

Everyone, let's wish texasstooge (Michael) a happy birthday!  

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Local Forecast / Weather Star III/3000

« on: April 29, 2013, 06:28:17 PM »

How were selections made as to what locations would be on the "Latest Hourly Observations", "Conditions Across The Region" and "Forecast Across The Region" pages, relative to the location you were watching TWC from?

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General Discussion / 20th Anniversary of the Superstorm/Blizzard of 1993

« on: March 12, 2013, 06:24:13 PM »

Today's date, as well as tomorrow's, marks the 20-year anniversary of the Superstorm of 1993, (A.K.A. "Storm of the Century") which spawned severe weather and tornadoes in Florida, strong winds caused a deadly storm surge in the big bend area of NW Florida, and you know the rest - heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions in the south and up the east coast. Birmingham, Atlanta, Chattanooga, and everywhere in between were paralyzed by the storm and it continued up the east coast and into the northeast and new england. Please share your own thoughts and memories about this storm.

Here is an overview of the event from The Weather Channel:

Former TWC OCM Dennis Smith recaps the Superstorm of '93

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Clip of Vince Miller

« on: February 18, 2013, 06:31:55 PM »

Just a clip of Vince Miller giving severe weather coverage during an outbreak in March 1991.

Vince Miller Severe Weather Coverage TWC 3-26-1991

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General Discussion / Happy Birthday Tyler!

« on: January 28, 2013, 06:23:19 PM »

Everyone, let's wish Tyler and very happy birthday!! 

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OCMs & Personalities / Heather Tesch

« on: January 14, 2013, 10:02:59 PM »

Is Heather Tesch gone? My granddad, who watches TWC a lot and we often talk about the OCMs from over the years, said yesterday that he hasn't seen her on in sometime. 

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General Discussion / Connecticut School Tradegy

« on: December 14, 2012, 08:40:32 PM »

I am sure that by now most, if not all of us know and have been watching the news about the horrific shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and the innocent children being killed in that.  Share your thoughts about it here.