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Everything Else TWC / Favorite set in old studio

« on: August 11, 2008, 05:46:37 PM »

Mine is studio 1B, with First Outlook a close second.

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Programming and Graphics / Favorite set in HD studio

« on: August 11, 2008, 05:43:42 PM »

I think I listed them all.

Mine would have to be the mini desk.

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: August 11, 2008, 05:38:19 PM »

Trade Winds

1997-2008 TWC studio or current studio?

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Your Local Weather / Re: Philadelphia weather

« on: August 11, 2008, 04:58:32 PM »

We got a lot of severe weather here yesterday - the strongest thunderstorms I've seen in years. There were a series of strong thunderstorms with frequent lightning, and we got really (and I mean REALLY) heavy rain, and penny-nickel sized hail! There were also reports of near tennis ball sized hail near West Chester, and golf ball sized hail in a few other locations. It was one heck of an interesting day yesterday. Also, there were isolated locations that had doppler radar estimates of eight inches of rain!

For once, South Jersey got really severe storms!

Tens of thousands of power outages were reported last night, and a tall oak tree got struck by lightning last night in Chester County. A 14 year old girl in Pennsauken, NJ also got struck, but is expected to be okay.

Here are some news articles from WPVI-TV:

Storms bring lightning, hail
Teen struck by lightning
Storm Damages in Brandywine Zoo

Anyone else around Philadelphia got some severe weather from yesterday to share?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Sucks.

« on: August 11, 2008, 01:43:40 PM »

Lack of headends, thus lack of WeatherStar units. There's only one headend for Massachusetts, meaning that people in the western part of the state would get forecasts for Boston, whose conditions can be far different than the western part. I believe there's also only one headend for southern California, and the conditions from location to location can be even more different there, particularly in the higher elevations. It's not as bad here as I live about 20-30 miles from Philadelphia, but I still can have temperatures 5-10 degrees cooler than the city, and I would have a severe weather warning for a county that is far from where I live.

In addition, since FiOS headends cover a large area, Weatherscan has so much city forecast segments that some don't have room for lifestyles segments, and also it would take awhile for you to receive the forecast for your location.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 11, 2008, 12:26:15 PM »

Didn't TWN used to change the music for the LF every season or something like that? Or maybe 2-3 times a year?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Sucks.

« on: August 11, 2008, 12:18:06 PM »

Ugh. It seems that whenever a thunderstorm moves through, our Comcast internet goes down for nearly a day, no matter how strong the thunderstorm is. This didn't always happen before. maybe just once or twice a year when both the internet and TV were to be down. Now it seems its just the internet that goes down, and much more often than ever before. I think I want to switch to FiOS internet (but NOT the inconvenient FiOS TV), as Comcast would probably not understand what I am saying when I tell them my internet has been down a lot.

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Local Forecast / Re: Trammell Sightings

« on: August 10, 2008, 01:29:41 AM »

Quote from: beanboy89 on August 09, 2008, 11:14:39 PM

Your friend ran a cable company from his barn?!?

What year is it again?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 09, 2008, 03:09:45 PM »

Yes, they were originally on TWCC and I thought they were here too, but maybe not. Also, if you look at that "movie" video, there are some XL clips from Birmingham, which are on this site.

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