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Programming and Graphics / Re: The background music during TWC programs

« on: July 28, 2008, 03:26:14 PM »

Do anyone know the on-air background music?

That's what I'm talking about!!! 

tyler, and gary have already answered your question......

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 28, 2008, 02:21:10 PM »

I didn't get a cell phone until earlier this year (around 17th birthday). My parents refused to pay for it (which is a good parental decision, IMO), so after I got a job, I got one myself, and pay the bill myself. I think any parent paying their child's cell phone bill should be slapped in the face (no offense to anyone's parent). You're not teaching them to be responsible.

although I agree with most of your statement...responsibility does not always come from parents, you eventually learn responsibility by yourself in most matters, especially when you have parents who don't support you - as myself.

which is why I started looking for a job - so I can continue to pay my cell phone, you'd be surprised how much responsibility you'll learn by simply getting a job, it opens your eyes and makes you realize that this is the real world, it isn't a game anymore.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 28, 2008, 02:15:38 PM »

Where has Kim Perez been? I haven't seen her on Weekend Now and Day Planner in at least two weeks.

She was on weekend view this weekend filling in for kelly.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: I Always Wondered......

« on: July 27, 2008, 07:25:53 PM »

On a side note, how does TWC change the backdrops in the old studio for the segments now?

Same as they always have.

Al, you're pretty much correct. Basically, the backdrops that aren't being used are stored off to the side in the wall, and when you want to switch, put the current backdrop in the wall and then pull out the one you want to use.

so it was done manually? thats creepy. in the video i was speaking about, the backdrop was moving by itself. but the camera was at an angle and only the right side of the backdrop was showing, so maybe it was "pushed" eh.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: I Always Wondered......

« on: July 27, 2008, 06:53:23 PM »

yeah, someone was lucky enough to catch the transition live on air, not sure who it was was...anywho, i believe the other backdrops (as they were called) were stored behind the lighting (i think) except for the one being used, then when it was time for a change, they'd do something to swap them around

maybe kyle (canadian) would know more about that...or some other members.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: July 27, 2008, 12:57:22 AM »

speaking of which...are there any plans for the traffic maps to return to other Intellistars? i'm kinda pissed it didn't last long here.

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General Discussion / Re: What have you eaten today?

« on: July 26, 2008, 11:53:47 PM »

Breakfast - Eggs/Toast
Lunch - Nothin'
Dinner - Grilled Chicken Salad with Onion Rings (yum!)

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 26, 2008, 11:03:26 PM »

So what ever happened to smacking a kid? Seems like nowadays, that's highly frowned upon. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but maybe that's also why there are so many horrible kids out there these days.

hitting them has no affect now-a-days...i don't care how hard you hit them, they won't learn anymore.

with that said...CPS is also getting tougher when it comes to spanking/hitting your children. i'm not sure - but if I remember correctly, spanking a child in California is now against the law [or something similar] (some body might wanna check on it though, but i thought this occurred a while back)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The TWC Icons Discussion Thread

« on: July 26, 2008, 10:58:24 PM »

well, i was able to peek around on xoap.weather.com - here are their XL Icons

http://xoap.weather.com/web/common/randompath/52/

(sorry I didn't save them - then re-upload, i'm sorta tired  )

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The TWC Icons Discussion Thread

« on: July 26, 2008, 10:02:15 PM »

http://rapidshare.com/files/132734776/XL_Icons.zip.html

i believe that may be the whole package. though i'm not sure.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: July 26, 2008, 09:33:28 PM »

To put it simply: society is sick. People would rather put kids on leashes, or drug their kids, so they don't have to do any parenting. 

until you have a kid of your own - you have no room to speak

if anyone has kids - you would know they like to wonder off, constantly - mainly because 1) they get frustrated with staying with their parents 2) they're curious about there where abouts.

i never noticed this, until my aunt had her child (my cousin - he is now 2) and figured it out when my sister had her child (my niece - she is now 1 1/2) - they both love to wonder off, open the doors and run out of the house - we've since fixed those problems by adding screen doors and locking them

so honestly - i don't blame them - you wouldn't want your child wondering off while at the store or something, would you?

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The Game Room / Re: The Weather Channel "Jeopardy!"

« on: July 25, 2008, 04:44:21 PM »

WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH TWC JEOPARDY?

OMFG. chill the hell out. they're just fixing YOUR mistake, and telling you the IS is currently in V2 not V3.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 25, 2008, 01:25:21 AM »

For some reason, the cut of music that plays with the standalone A&B opener is really screwed up; it's like there are two tracks playing at once, making it sound horrible.

i could have sworn I heard that happening a couple weeks ago as well.

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General Discussion / 2 Confirmed San Antonio Tornadoes

« on: July 25, 2008, 01:23:03 AM »

Source - mysa.com & nws

Cleaning Up the Aftermath

Emergency responders were busy around the city throughout the day, setting up barricades across flooded roadways and tending to numerous fender-benders. Close to a dozen traffic lights malfunctioned and 20 trees were uprooted. But by sunset, no injuries or deaths were attributed to the storm.

Dolly made landfall Wednesday near Brownsville, battering the Rio Grande Valley with 100 mile-per-hour winds and causing widespread flooding and power outages. By Thursday afternoon, the deteriorating system was downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved inland, but the tale of woe continued as Dolly inched across the state.

The National Weather Service said just under an inch of rain fell by 5 p.m. at San Antonio International Airport, the official recording station. But radar maps showed some parts of Bexar County got close to 3 inches of rain.

Rain cooled the region: Thursday’s high temperature hit only 80 degrees, 15 degrees below average. The weather service said rain would taper off today and typical South Texas heat would return, with a high of 92 degrees forecast for the afternoon. Hot, dry weather returns for the weekend, with daily highs of 95 and 97 projected for Saturday and Sunday.

A tornado touched down in the 900 block of Steves Avenue around 10:30 a.m. and rotating clouds were spotted throughout the afternoon as a band of disturbed weather moved across the Northwest Side.

A rotating cloud nearly touching the ground could be seen in the early afternoon just north of the westbound frontage road at Bandera Road and Loop 1604. The rotation of the cloud was slow but definable in the heavy rain.

Wilson County had a report of a tornado near County Road 202 at 8:12 a.m. that twisted an oak tree, damaged a carport and blew rain gutters off a residence there. Karnes County residents reported seeing funnel clouds, but none touched down.

The twisters were typical of those found embedded in hurricanes, which spawn tornadoes on the low end of the Enhanced Fujita scale that measures wind intensity. The winds can cause light to moderate damage; they can batter chimneys and uproot shallow trees, but generally don’t cause major structural damage to buildings.

Mark Lenz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service forecast office in New Braunfels, estimated the tornado that touched down near downtown San Antonio had a wind speed of about 80 miles per hour, making it an F0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus estimated 25 homes were damaged in a four-block radius around Steves and South Presa streets

Mike Onofre was working in a shop on South Presa when he said he heard something like a “freight train coming through” that shook the walls. Residents described objects — pieces of trees and trampolines — flying through the air as the wind blast ripped through the neighborhood in about 10 seconds.

“I’ve never seen anything like this here,” Jasmine Cortina said. “It looked like the ‘Wizard of Oz,’ but without the witch.”

Mike Lopez, a resident of the neighborhood, said he was walking in the area when a heavy rain began to fall about 9:30 a.m. He said he took shelter under a carport and started walking again as the rain subsided. But then he saw what looked like a tornado taking shape.

“I just saw a big old twirl, I just saw things flying all over the place,” he said, adding he sought shelter in a nearby convenience store. “I made it just in time. If not, it probably would’ve took me. That’s how strong it was.”

The aftermath: Some houses suffered major roof damage; the streets were littered with trees, branches and debris. No injuries were reported.

“The walls started vibrating and before you knew it we were wondering what the hell is going on,” he said.

At a nearby Mexican restaurant, a front window was shattered and a large sign advertising shrimp was blown off the top of the building.

“We had to go to the kitchen for safety,” said Jesus Castillo, a cook at J. Anthony’s Seafood Café on South Presa.

City crews — equipped with bulldozers, street sweepers and garbage trucks — worked for about two hours to clear the streets of debris. About 35 firefighters and 40 police units barricaded the neighborhood and went door-to-door checking for injuries.

Fire Chief Charles Hood said crews responded about 9:30 a.m. By 10:15 a.m., crews were raking small pieces of debris off the street. At 10:30, they broke out the chainsaws to chop up large trees and long branches.

“It’s a bit of an adventure,” said Sandra Derabertis, who is visiting from Long Island, N.Y., and showed up at the scene Thursday to take pictures. “The police and rescue I see is amazing. They’re doing a wonderful job.”

By noon, most of the debris was cleaned and street sweepers made final rounds up and down the block.

According to city statistics, by 3 p.m., seven streets were closed and police had responded to 143 minor traffic accidents and 34 major accidents since midnight.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Watch/Warning Thread

« on: July 24, 2008, 02:13:27 PM »

Tornado Watch - For all south central texas

Tornado Warning Cities of Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Terrel Hills

Flash Flood Warninng - San Antonio Viewing Area

TORNADO WARNING
TXC019-029-259-265-325-241845-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0028.080724T1809Z-080724T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
109 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BANDERA COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN BEXAR COUNTY...
  WESTERN KENDALL COUNTY...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KERR COUNTY...
  NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT.

* AT 105 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HELOTES...OR ABOUT
  16 MILES SOUTH OF BOERNE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 34 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PIPE CREEK AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BANDERA FALLS BY 130 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2981 9915 2999 9885 2957 9861 2947 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 145DEG 30KT 2960 9876

$$

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
TXC029-091-242045-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0010.080724T1743Z-080724T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1243 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEXAR COUNTY...
  COMAL COUNTY...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.

* AT 1242 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A
  CONTINUATION OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS BEXAR AND COMAL COUNTIES.
  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...BRINGING
  PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
  INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WINDCREST...UNIVERSAL CITY...
  TIMBERWOOD PARK...THE DOMINION...TERRELL HILLS...SPRING BRANCH...
  SMITHSON VALLEY...SHAVANO PARK...SEA WORLD...SCHERTZ...SAN
  ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...NEW BRAUNFELS...LIVE OAK...LEON VALLEY...
  LEON SPRINGS...KIRBY...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE...
  HELOTES...GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK...GARDEN RIDGE...FISCHER...
  FAIR OAKS RANCH...CROSS MOUNTAIN...CANYON LAKE DAM...BULVERDE AND
  ALAMO HEIGHTS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE
NORTHWEST...WITH A CONTINUATION OF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.  THIS
WILL CAUSE FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ON LOW LYING ROADS
AND HIGHWAYS...AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS LIKELY WITH THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN AND NEAR LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU
SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.

LAT...LON 2925 9880 2970 9881 2976 9864 3003 9829
      2988 9808 2980 9802 2975 9801 2969 9809
      2959 9833 2956 9829 2957 9825 2949 9817
      2949 9813 2946 9813 2911 9842