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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: February 06, 2014, 09:13:38 AM »
Light snow and 0 °F. Snow showers are in the area. Feels like -14 °F. Winds E at 8 mph. Snowfall total from this event is 2.5".
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: February 05, 2014, 06:52:39 PM »
Light snow and 5 °F. Feels like -12 °F. Winter Weather Advisory and Wind Chill Advisory in effect. Winds N at 13 mph. Snowfall today is 0.2".
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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV Dropping TWC
« on: January 30, 2014, 06:49:33 PM »
Not that I believe such a sale would ever happen even in my wildest dreams, but I would be all for NBC selling the channel to someone who might be able to fix the problems. The way I look at it, things couldn't get much worse than they have been at TWC, so a change at this point might be good. I don't see it happening, though.
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The Game Room / Re: Yes or No Question
« on: January 29, 2014, 07:08:54 PM »
Yes.
Have you ever won anything?
Have you ever won anything?
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: January 29, 2014, 07:04:41 PM »
Sunny and 47 °F. Winds S at 17 mph, gusting to 28.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread
« on: January 29, 2014, 07:02:45 PM »No, that college student, which seems right as that shot was taken at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, just wanted to be on TV and get attention.
I know, I was just kidding.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread
« on: January 29, 2014, 09:52:32 AM »
I knew Cantore had been caught in the middle of a TWC dispute recently, and I knew the weather had been bad for many, but I didn't realize he had made enemies that would try to attack him. 
At least Cantore won.
At least Cantore won.
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: January 28, 2014, 08:07:37 PM »
Fair and 27 °F. No wind. Snowfall total today is a meager 0.1".
Snowfall total today is a meager 0.1".
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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV Dropping TWC
« on: January 28, 2014, 08:05:08 PM »
Funny. 
The irony is that DirecTV owns a show on an NBC network (NBC Sports), and of course NBC owns TWC. What a tangled web we weave.
The irony is that DirecTV owns a show on an NBC network (NBC Sports), and of course NBC owns TWC. What a tangled web we weave.
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: January 27, 2014, 08:43:33 AM »
Fair and 15 °F. Feels like 2 °F. Winds NNE at 10 mph.
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: January 24, 2014, 07:39:01 AM »
Fair and 12 °F. Wind chill is -3 °F. Winds SW at 13 mph. Snowfall ended up being only a dusting.
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: January 23, 2014, 09:38:40 AM »
Cloudy, windy, and 11 °F. Feels like -9 °F. Winds NE at 23 mph, gusting to 30. The cold front is here. 
No snow, though. 
No snow, though.
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: January 21, 2014, 06:35:43 PM »
Sunny and 61 °F. Winds W at 8 mph.
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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?
« on: January 16, 2014, 08:59:53 AM »
Fair and 31 °F. Winds N at 8 mph.
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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV Dropping TWC
« on: January 15, 2014, 09:50:52 AM »Each "upgrade" of graphics has led to more and more and more "dumbing down". I have become more and more disappointed with each set of icons and maps - and I am a programmer as a profession.
Some OCMs, with Chris Warren being the biggest example, BABBLE about pictures and things they see. Others just read what is on the screen and provide NO background to what they are presenting.
This throws a monkey wrench in the talent argument TWC was using to justify staying on DTV. They (all the way up to Cantore) think they're the only ones who can do the job.
Quote from: Jim Cantore
The Weather Channel's slight rate increase is 100% earmarked for increasing the exact local severe coverage that will make The Weather Channel's already-essential coverage even more precise and imperative for our viewers.
Quote from: Jim Cantore
I think it’s a dangerous gamble to put lives at risk for a penny. I think you’ll agree. Nobody can do weather like we do. Nobody.
I bet the rate increase goes into silly new graphics or more longform.
Of course, I don't suppose they're going to admit that another network could compete; this is business, after all.
As far as "dumbing down" goes, I feel that it reflects what is going on today in general. To use another network as an example, ABC's GMA has pretty much morphed into TMZ Lite. They don't seem to cover anything seriously anymore. I remind you that TWC pulled Sam Champion from there, and to find out he's not even a real meterologist even though he's gotten so much fame just about floored me.
To address the mention of who is responsible for long term programming and if they should be fired...
David Clark, President of The Weather Channel. Per his official biography on weather.com
It wouldn't be a stretch to assume he was brought here for this reason.
If Clark is the channel's president, then there's no one who could fire him, is there? What a drag.