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Title: Some People!
Post by: Drobbins on May 25, 2010, 06:18:00 PM
We have heard of poor weather coverage during bad weather - here is the other side of the coin:
Angry Weather Caller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJdhmsfbPg&feature=player_embedded#)
Title: Re: Some People!
Post by: Localonthe8s on May 25, 2010, 06:32:01 PM
We have heard of poor weather coverage during bad weather - here is the other side of the coin:
Angry Weather Caller ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJdhmsfbPg&feature=player_embedded#[/url])

Maybe I'm the only one, but this video makes no sense.
Title: Re: Some People!
Post by: Drobbins on May 25, 2010, 06:40:03 PM
I think the video was added to a recorded phone call so it could be posted on youtube. Just ignore the video and listen.  ;)
Title: Re: Some People!
Post by: TWCToday on May 25, 2010, 10:51:20 PM
You would be surprised how many insane calls local stations get. Probably even more so for national stations like TWC. And thus this is why sending in complaints is virtually pointless on a small scale
Title: Re: Some People!
Post by: wxmediafan on May 26, 2010, 12:29:48 AM
I laughed out loud that whole video. 

People are selfish.  Anytime there is severe weather, dozens of people complain because it isn't their area.  I get so mad when people get mad because they are missing their *precious..and important* show.  Boo freakin' whoo.
Title: Re: Some People!
Post by: toxictwister00 on May 26, 2010, 04:23:37 AM
You would be surprised how many insane calls local stations get. Probably even more so for national stations like TWC. And thus this is why sending in complaints is virtually pointless on a small scale

I don't remember the name of the video on YT, but it showed Mark Mancuso covering Hurricane Bertha (?) back in 1996 and someone called the studios pretending to be an EMS type guy from the Carolinas and it turned out to be a prank. The prankster said something before he hung up, but I don't remember what that was atm.
Title: Re: Some People!
Post by: P71nnacle on May 27, 2010, 06:27:50 PM
We had quite a few of those over the summer back in '08 when I worked at the ABC affiliate in Evansville, IN. Sad but true. People can be extremely selfish sometimes, especially when severe weather is in the western parts of the viewing area and the sun's out in the eastern part (and the Plains have some BIG viewing areas, sometimes stretching over half a state.) And even squeezes will get people mad, too, because it shuts off the 1080p HD which "they pay Comcast $10 a month extra of MY money to get."

On the flipside, these same people would b :censored: h and moan if we wouldn't pre-empt Desperate Housewives because a tornado is 3 miles away.  <_<