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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1500 on: August 30, 2008, 05:17:59 PM »
I don't see how people are saying "I hear Storm Alert music", when we don't even know what they use for storm alert music, beause they havn't gone into storm alert yet...  :dunno:
They are hearing the storm Alert music from previous years (2005, 2006). ;)
Well it'd be nice if they mentioned that.

I wonder what the music will sound like, though.  :yes:

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1501 on: August 30, 2008, 05:22:20 PM »
I don't see how people are saying "I hear Storm Alert music", when we don't even know what they use for storm alert music, beause they havn't gone into storm alert yet...  :dunno:

Exactly my thinking, Kyle.

I also think that Storm Alert probably won't start until Sunday morning at 7 AM ET since it usually doesn't start until the system is less than 36 hours out, and 7 AM ET seems to be the precedent for when Storm Alert starts. Now I have to debate whether to stay up for it or not... >_<

Maybe I'll just sleep in like three hour increments and wake up in time for each show's timeslot to start. :P

As a final thought, even though they're not in Storm Alert, will TWC find the means to go live overnight like they should, or will they leave us in the dark again? If they do go live overnight, they would certainly need the help of the weekday folks to do that.
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1502 on: August 30, 2008, 05:23:10 PM »
I don't see how people are saying "I hear Storm Alert music", when we don't even know what they use for storm alert music, beause they havn't gone into storm alert yet...  :dunno:
They are hearing the storm Alert music from previous years (2005, 2006). ;)
I didn't hear that at all today. Did I miss something?
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1503 on: August 30, 2008, 05:25:11 PM »
I don't see how people are saying "I hear Storm Alert music", when we don't even know what they use for storm alert music, beause they havn't gone into storm alert yet...  :dunno:
They are hearing the storm Alert music from previous years (2005, 2006). ;)
I didn't hear that at all today. Did I miss something?
No, but it's played occasionally the past few days/weeks/months.
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1504 on: August 30, 2008, 05:32:47 PM »
One more discussion point: Why did TWC cover Dean's landfall in Mexico so much last year when generally, (including right now) TWC doesn't care that much to cover non-U.S. landfalls? Was that just due to the lack of U.S. action last year?
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1505 on: August 30, 2008, 05:39:27 PM »
One more discussion point: Why did TWC cover Dean's landfall in Mexico so much last year when generally, (including right now) TWC doesn't care that much to cover non-U.S. landfalls? Was that just due to the lack of U.S. action last year?
Probably because (a) 2007 was a lot less active in the US than they had anticipated and (b) it was a Category 5 at the time of landfall.
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1506 on: August 30, 2008, 05:56:50 PM »
Jeff Morrow has been deployed for this storm; that's his first of the season! I wonder who will fill in for him on Monday morning; my guess would be Cheryl Lemke.
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1507 on: August 30, 2008, 06:02:39 PM »
Hey, they fixed the lights to the right side of the city backdrop! I guess they wanted to be ready for the hurricane coverage...

...Carl also busted out a tie I've never seen before for this special occasion. :P
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1508 on: August 30, 2008, 06:09:19 PM »
As of 6:08, Locals are not in SA mode yet...still the lame August list and the Labor Day opener.

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1509 on: August 30, 2008, 06:10:11 PM »
I think that will be the case all night...
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1510 on: August 30, 2008, 06:13:28 PM »
Who knows.  TWC is so unpredictable.

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1511 on: August 30, 2008, 07:26:30 PM »
That's not new, Victor. ;) They used it several times before with earlier storms this year, and they used that last year too.
That inset animates in too fast IMO. They should make the animation a bit slower.

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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1512 on: August 30, 2008, 09:02:29 PM »
Indeed, no Storm Alert tonight. I wonder if Adam will be willing to say "gang" tonight under these circumstances... :P
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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1513 on: August 30, 2008, 09:09:00 PM »
Kristin said TWC would be on "High Alert" for the next 12 hours so maybe they will go into Storm Alert tomorrow morning.  :hmm:  :thinking:


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Re: General TWC Discussion
« Reply #1514 on: August 30, 2008, 09:34:03 PM »
Basically this storm is going to make landfall on Monday or Chooseday. :P
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