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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: November 10, 2015, 09:59:46 PM »

Hmmm, it's kinda strange how The Weather Channel would just discontinue all of the Amy Bargeron Vocal Local, but add a new Jim Cantore narration only to the Weather Bulletin product.    I wonder if TWC will add more of Cantore's narrations to Weatherscan later. Who knows? 

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: November 05, 2015, 11:37:05 AM »

Now that it's November 5th, five weeks after TWC's alleged 'deadline' to replace all remaining IntelliSTAR 1 units, I find it amazing how there are still very few IS1 units left out there including mine.    I wonder what will happen if all IS1 cable headends fail to acquire an IntelliSTAR 2 XD or Jr within 11 days from now, when TWC is supposed to discontinue IS1 service. 

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Emulator Videos / Re: My own emulator

« on: November 03, 2015, 01:13:12 PM »

Norfolk, Virginia, in memory of Martin.

TWCJim's TWC Emulator: Norfolk, VA

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: October 30, 2015, 10:15:27 PM »

I was very shocked to hear the sad news. Martin was a true friend to all of us here. He will be missed dearly. May his spirit forever dwell within our hearts. R.I.P. Martin.

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General Discussion / Re: Recent music purchases

« on: October 25, 2015, 08:52:06 PM »

Various Artists - Smooth Jazz Hear & Now (CD) featuring "See What I'm Sayin'" by Boney James.

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Local Forecast / Re: Emergency Feed Sightings

« on: October 21, 2015, 05:05:56 PM »

Emergency feed at 2PM PDT.

TWC Emergency Feed Error- Oct. 21, 2015- 2:02PM PDT

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: October 21, 2015, 11:25:12 AM »

52º Cloudy

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The Game Room / Re: Stupid Questions

« on: October 21, 2015, 11:24:37 AM »

Today is October 21, 2015... wasn't there supposed to be a flying DeLorean arriving on this date from 1985 or something?

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: October 18, 2015, 11:42:34 AM »

Great to see that this site is back up and running after it was down all day yesterday. So I guess anyone who tried accessing yesterday are wondering, what exactly happened to the site that got HostGator to suspend it? 

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: October 14, 2015, 12:33:10 AM »

The Low 999º glitch that was happening earlier this evening has also affected Weatherscan as well. Just checked multiple photos posted on TWC's Facebook page to confirm this.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: October 13, 2015, 10:53:25 PM »

Seeing that glitch on my still-in-use IS1 as well:

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General Discussion / Re: What's Your Speedtest and Pingtest results?

« on: October 13, 2015, 10:41:14 AM »

Much better speeds than yesterday.



Charter apparently had a statewide internet slowdown/outage all day yesterday and a lot of other customers were very angry about it. Speeds were sooo slow even the speed tests never finished. Great to see the improvements though.

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General Discussion / Re: What's Your Speedtest and Pingtest results?

« on: October 12, 2015, 11:45:03 AM »

BUMP

Charter's internet speeds are super SLOW this morning. Not good for someone who works from home! 



Sorry for double-posting BTW.

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Emulator Videos / Re: My own emulator

« on: October 10, 2015, 06:37:39 PM »

Green Bay, WI:

TWCJim's TWC Emulator: Green Bay, WI

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Hurricane Central / Re: Cent. Pacific Hurricane Oho

« on: October 09, 2015, 12:10:11 AM »

Although Oho will be way offshore, a large swell generated by that storm is expected to bring dangerous high surf and breaking waves here on the Oregon and Washington coasts this weekend, according to the NWS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
245 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2015

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-091400-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
NETARTS...PACIFIC CITY...LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...
CAPE FOULWEATHER...YACHATS...FLORENCE...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...
OCEAN PARK...NASELLE...CATHLAMET...CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT
245 PM PDT THU OCT 8 2015

...HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...

HURRICANE OHO HAS TRANSITIONED TO AN EXTRA TROPICAL LOW AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH WELL OFFSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC. IT WILL MAKE
ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TONIGHT ABOUT 650 MILES OFF THE MOUTH OF THE
COLUMBIA RIVER.

A LARGE SOUTHWEST SWELL GENERATED BY THE STORM IS EXPECT TO ARRIVE
IN THE COASTAL WATERS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. THIS
SWELL WILL BE THE SOURCE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COASTS THIS WEEKEND. WITH
THE SWELL REACHING 14 FEET ON FRIDAY...THE THREAT OF BREAKING
WAVES OVER JETTIES AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES WILL
EXIST...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF GENERATING SIGNIFICANT SURF.
A SWELL OF THIS DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE IS SOMEWHAT UNCOMMON...AND
THESE WAVES MAY ALSO RESULT IN BEACH EROSION IN AREAS THAT DO NOT
COMMONLY SEE IMPACT FROM INCOMING WAVES.

VISITORS TO THE COAST THIS WEEKEND SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF
VENTURING OUT TO AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD
REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF ZONE AND OFF JETTIES AS BREAKING WAVES HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE WATER. WAVES CAN ROLL
DRIFTWOOD LOGS AND MOVE OTHER DEBRIS THAT CAN CAUSE INJURY.
FINALLY...REMEMBER TO NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN.

MARINERS WILL ALSO FACE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS THIS WEEKEND. MORE
INFORMATION CONCERNING MARINE IMPACTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE MARINE
WEATHER STATEMENT /PDXMWSPQR/.


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