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TWC Today News / Re: New Administrator and Owner

« on: May 16, 2009, 08:25:45 PM »

I'm glad to see a new owner. I even like the XL stream!

Why are you glad to see a new owner?

perhaps he means opposed to the whole site going defunt? idk 

hopefully that's what he meant. 
I think so 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 16, 2009, 06:16:47 PM »

Paul Goodloe and Warren Madden on PME tonight.

That is so freaking weird. I never saw Paul on PME...ever. 

Yea same here

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General Discussion / Re: Recent music purchases

« on: May 16, 2009, 06:15:46 PM »

Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Hawthorne Heights - Ohio is for lovers
Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Some Linkin Park stuff...

I don't think those songs were ever featured on TWC.

This IS in General Discussion

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: May 16, 2009, 06:14:48 PM »

As long as they keep jazz , then i'm fine ^_^

I agree. Im not a fan of some of those songs they are messing around with

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Programming and Graphics / Re: 4 New Shows- WX Proof, Caught On Camera, Tornado Chasers, Wildfire

« on: May 16, 2009, 06:12:22 PM »

I wonder what Wildfire will be like? It might be good if it's something like Axe Men or Deadliest Catch...

Seeing how firefighters fight fires behind the scenes would be a cool show

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 16, 2009, 12:01:22 AM »

 

IMO, that's just stupid Joshua.

Alright, overall, I've seen exactly 0 compelling reasons why Facebook is so much better than MySpace. Frankly, I hate Facebook. I think finding people is 10 times harder on Facebook. On Myspace, you simply type a name and enter alocation and your off. On Facebook its not like that. You have to search by name, but you don't get to narrow it down to a certain location, or distance. You can look in a certain network, but that only helps if you know what network your friend is in. Otherwise its useless. So basically you can only search by name, which gives you hundreds of results and no way to narrow them down any.

Just about all of my friends use MySpace. I know only one girl who uses Facebook. And that's the only reason I use it. If not for her, I would have abandoned Facebook eeons ago.

Ive noticed that the people who use these services very a lot by region. I know hardly anyone from my area on myspace today but I have a friend in NY who knows nobody on Facebook from his area. Kinda interesting to me

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 15, 2009, 11:36:45 PM »

This is one reason I love twitter. I never really liked spending lots of time on sites like myspace and facebook. Twitter lets me say whats on my mind and leave. Nothing complicated

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Shows- WX Proof, Caught On Camera, Tornado Chasers, Wildfire

« on: May 15, 2009, 09:20:13 PM »

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Wx Proof- New TWC Show

« on: May 15, 2009, 09:14:37 PM »

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Vortex2: The Great Tornado Hunt on TWC

« on: May 15, 2009, 09:00:01 PM »

According to the stream, Mike had a "bad burrito" at the time he got sick. Now he is better.
Also, he needs to be careful when he drinks water because he dropped his water bottle when he was talking.
And, there is gonna be severe weather today, but they might not make it to the "greatest threat".

Funny Vortex2 is kinda turning into a flop. Forbes said likely wont be much activity for at least 10 days.

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Local Forecast / Re: Wayman Tisdale dead at 44!

« on: May 15, 2009, 08:58:46 PM »

Very sad news

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 15, 2009, 08:55:56 PM »

Myspace didn't keep how users could change content under control and let spammers (not saying facebook doesnt have any) get way out of control. The result is long loading pages with poor design and navigation. Quarter of the profiles dont work with Firefox. Not to mention its common for people to jump on the latest trending thing. I mean Facebook and Twitter wont be half as popular in about 5 years. Might not seem like it now but remember how Myspace was the first few years they were out

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Programming and Graphics / Re: *MAJOR* programming changes coming this summer

« on: May 15, 2009, 08:33:56 PM »

Im curious where the current YWT gang are going. Be interesting if they keep Adam on WC. I hope they do. Adam and Nicole, not a bad pair

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, hen7713!!!

« on: May 15, 2009, 08:27:20 PM »

Happy B-Day 

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2009

« on: May 15, 2009, 08:25:07 PM »

Breaking news from the NHC:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml

"The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 categorization based on the hurricane's intensity at the indicated time. The scale provides examples of the type of damages and impacts in the United States associated with winds of the indicated intensity. In general, damages rise by about a factor of four for every category increase. The maximum sustained surface wind speed (peak 1-minute wind at 10 m [33 ft]) is the determining factor in the scale. The historical examples (one for the U.S. Gulf Coast and one for the U.S. Atlantic Coast) provided in each of the categories correspond with the intensity of the hurricane at the time of landfall in the location experiencing the strongest winds, which does not necessarily correspond with the peak intensity reached by the system during its lifetime. The scale does not address the potential for such other hurricane-related impacts, as storm surge, rainfall-induced floods, and tornadoes. These wind-caused impacts are to apply to the worst winds reaching the coast and the damage would be less elsewhere. It should also be noted that the general wind-caused damage descriptions are to some degree dependent upon the local building codes in effect and how well and how long they have been enforced. For example, recently enacted building codes in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina are likely to somewhat reduce the damage to newer structures from that described below. However, for a long time to come, the majority of the building stock in existence on the coast will not have been built to higher code. Hurricane wind damage is also dependent upon such other factors as duration of high winds, change of wind direction, amount of accompanying rainfall, and age of structures.

Earlier versions of this scale - known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale - incorporated central pressure and storm surge as components of the categories. The central pressure was utilized during the 1970s and 1980s as a proxy for the winds as accurate wind speed intensity measurements from aircraft reconnaissance were not routinely available for hurricanes until 1990. Storm surge was also quantified by category in the earliest published versions of the scale dating back to 1972. However, hurricane size (extent of hurricane force winds), local bathymetry (depth of near-shore waters), and topographic forcing can also be important in forecasting storm surge. Moreover, other aspects of hurricanes - such as the system's forward speed and angle to the coast - also impact the storm surge that is produced. For example, the very large Hurricane Ike (with hurricane force winds extending as much as 125 mi from the center) in 2008 made landfall in Texas as a Category 2 hurricane and had peak storm surge values of 15-20 ft. In contrast, tiny Hurricane Charley (with hurricane force winds extending at most 25 mi from the center) struck Florida in 2004 as a Category 4 hurricane and produced a peak storm surge of only 6-7 ft. These storm surge values were substantially outside of the ranges suggested in the original scale. Thus to help reduce public confusion about the impacts associated with the various hurricane categories as well as to provide a more scientifically defensible scale, the storm surge ranges, flooding impact and central pressure statements are being removed from the scale and only peak winds are employed in this revised version - the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale."