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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Time Warner Cable vs. WFAA-TV/Belo Corp.

« on: September 25, 2010, 03:12:35 PM »

Ok lets make a template for every station dispute that ever occurs:

1. TV Station wants more money
2. Cable company A doesn't want to pay
3. TV Station runs ads, and tells viewers that cable company is evil and bad
4. Cable company says TV Station is selfish and hurting viewers
5. No agreement is made until less than 24hrs before the cutoff date
6. A "last minute" deal is made saving everything
7. Nobody cares

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: September 25, 2010, 03:09:34 PM »

I love pollen!

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Lisa

« on: September 25, 2010, 03:09:09 PM »

Well, the hurricane nobody cares about has made it to 80 mph winds.  However, it's almost out of time for any strengthening as wind shear is going to increase over it soon as it heads towards cooler waters.

Back to a TS now and beginning its decline

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Site/Forum Performance

« on: September 25, 2010, 03:08:32 PM »

Searches are still slow.

Thats because the database is considerably large. I do not like clearing old topics and post because I thinks its valuable preserving posts and discussions. I think out database is like 50mb+ at the moment.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2010

« on: September 25, 2010, 02:54:38 PM »

AFD MLB Florida

BOTH GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE THE TREND OF
SHOWING A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINING OVER THE NW
CARIBBEAN EARLY NEXT WEEK...THEN DEVELOP A TROPICAL CYCLONE AND
LIFT IT NORTH ACROSS CUBA MID TO LATE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO EASTERN
U.S. LONGWAVE TROUGH. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THIS SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT
IS REGENERATION OF TC MATTHEW OR A SEPARATE SYSTEM (NICOLE?).
SYSTEMS CAN BE SLOWER COMING OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN THAN MODELS
EXPECT SO HPC BRINGS THIS CYCLONE ONLY TO THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE... AT THAT TIME...GFS HAS IT JUST OFF
THE SW FL COAST AND THE ECMWF IS JUST OFF THE SE FL COAST...BOTH
LIFTING NORTHWARD. THERE IS GREAT UNCERTAINTY AT THIS TIME
REGARDING THIS FEATURE SINCE IT MAY NOT EXIST YET SO CONFIDENCE IS
QUITE LOW IN THE EXTENDED FCST.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Matthew

« on: September 25, 2010, 02:51:25 PM »

WTNT45 KNHC 251444
TCDAT5
TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW DISCUSSION NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152010
1100 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010

THE INNER CORE OF MATTHEW HAS BECOME DISRUPTED WHILE MOVING OVER THE
HIGH TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AMERICA. HOWEVER...THE CYCLONE HAS A BROAD
CIRCULATION WITH PLENTY OF DEEP CONVECTION. THE AREA OF STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY OVER GUATEMALA AND SOUTHERN BELIZE. THE
LOW LEVEL CENTER...OR WHAT IS LEFT OF IT...IS VERY DIFFICULT TO
LOCATE...BUT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS FROM HONDURAS AND BELIZE INDICATE
THAT THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED JUST OFF THE NORTH
COAST OF WESTERN HONDURAS. MATTHEW IS STILL GENERATING TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS NORTH OF THE CENTER...AS INDICATED BY THE STRONG
EASTERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE REPORTED BY THE BELIZE RAOB
THIS MORNING. INITIAL INTENSITY IS 35 KNOTS BUT GIVEN THAT MOST OF
THE CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER LAND...WEAKENING IS
FORECAST.

THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT MATTHEW IS SLOWING DOWN YET. THE
INITIAL MOTION IS TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 13
KNOTS. HOWEVER STEERING CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO COLLAPSE AND THE
ENTIRE CIRCULATION SHOULD BEGIN TO DRIFT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS UNTIL DISSIPATION. MANY OF THE TRACK
MODELS KEEP MATTHEW OVER NORTHERN GUATEMALA OR EASTERN MEXICO WHERE
THE OFFICIAL FORECAST HAS MATTHEW DISSIPATING OR BECOMING A REMNANT
LOW.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Lisa [CAT 1]

« on: September 25, 2010, 02:19:19 AM »

Poor Lisa. The storm nobody cares about

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General Weather Chat / Re: Weather Photo Thread

« on: September 23, 2010, 09:59:30 PM »

Great shots! We could use the rain. Send any you get to me!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: September 23, 2010, 05:13:10 PM »

Considering the things that go on in dorms it's almost surprising it doesn't happen more often!


My gosh I HATE allergies!! This weather is killing me

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General Discussion / Re: Facebook experiencing DDoS Attack

« on: September 23, 2010, 05:09:04 PM »

As long as we're not out of coffee.

NOOOO!!! I drank my last mocha coffee!!

Whats funny is that @Facebook had to use Twitter to explain the problem

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Weather Porn

« on: September 23, 2010, 05:06:43 PM »

If you don't laugh at some point during these videos, something is wrong with you. This is TWC at its funniest.

...or it just isn't your kind of humor. I'm into silly/dopey/absurd humor myself. Awkward/nice guy humor rarely makes me laugh. And maybe it's just me, but some of those borderline gay references were a little creepy.

It was a bit funny but nothing like the atmosphere back in the classic days. Its a shame

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Hurricane Central / Re: Important Links

« on: September 23, 2010, 05:02:54 PM »

Experimental forecast Tropical Cyclone Genesis Potential Fields
http://moe.met.fsu.edu/tcgengifs/

Different View of Models (Same data)
http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/

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Hurricane Central / Re: Do you like the new hurricane sub forum?

« on: September 23, 2010, 05:00:14 PM »

I think it's kind of annoying. I look at new replies and see a dozen threads about hurricanes. Some, of which, haven't even developed sometimes! But I don't want to spoil anyone's fun. So if others like it...

While I think having a thread for each storm is very helpful, I wonder about all those topics on invests that never materialize into anything.  I imagine that is the annoying part for you, and I can understand it.  I wonder if invests should just stay in the general hurricane thread until they become at least a depression.  Thoughts?

I agree. Thats something we will begin to do

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Hurricane Central / Re: Do you like the new hurricane sub forum?

« on: September 23, 2010, 04:59:04 PM »

I think it's kind of annoying. I look at new replies and see a dozen threads about hurricanes. Some, of which, haven't even developed sometimes! But I don't want to spoil anyone's fun. So if others like it...

That never even cross my mind! Thanks for your input.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Matthew

« on: September 23, 2010, 04:56:54 PM »

One of the forecast offices in FL mentioned the GFS scenario:


12Z GFS MODEL STILL INDICATES SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL
SYSTEM THAT MAY LIFT OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN JUST BEYOND THE EXTENDED
RANGE. ALSO SOME POSSIBILITY THE TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT HAS JUST BEEN
CLASSIFIED AS TD #5 MAY LIFT N OR NE BY LATE NEXT WEEK IN RESPONSE
TO THE ERN U.S. L/W TROUGH AND APPROACH FL...BUT EVEN THIS SCENARIO
HAS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY. LATEST MODEL TRENDS INDICATE THIS
WOULD BE BEYOND THE NEW DAY 7 FORECAST PERIOD AND HAVE LEFT EXTENDED
GRIDS PRETTY MUCH INTACT.