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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: December 19, 2012, 08:21:14 PM »

That reminds me, when the world doesn't end on Friday I have to remember to write an episode about what a FAIL that doomsday theory is.

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General Discussion / Re: Connecticut School Tradegy

« on: December 19, 2012, 08:35:32 AM »

I'm angry that the media is continuing to put a stigma on the Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis, making it seem like this diagnosis will make someone go on a murderous rampage in the future. I'm fed up and I had to turn off one of my local newscasts because of it. I more than likely won't watch them again for a long time.

That bothers me too, it's not an excuse and they should stop making it one. 

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 17, 2012, 01:18:40 PM »

Oh, "Angels We Have Heard On High" by Chris Geith isn't on the list, I'm disappointed.

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 17, 2012, 08:33:00 AM »

Other songs playing in the overnight hours
"Good King Joy" by T.S.O.
"O Holy Night" by T.S.O.
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas" by Steve Glotzer
"Joy to the World" by Mark Krurnowski
"Silent Night" by Ryan Farish
"Little Drummer Boy" by Stanton Lanier

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General Discussion / Re: Post your favorite YouTube videos

« on: December 16, 2012, 09:54:59 PM »

This is old, but I gotta say, never have I felt so much pity on someone being on Jeopardy as I have Wolf Blitzer. I felt like I was watching that Christmas episode of The Simpsons where Marge went on Jeopardy and was in the hole by $5,200. I've never seen anyone in the red before on Jeopardy, but then again I don't watch Jeopardy, even when I did I never saw anyone suck that bad.

On a side note, WOW Andy Richter kicked butt. $68,000?!!

Wolf Blitzer's Epic Fail on Jeopardy

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 16, 2012, 06:51:00 PM »

That's a really nice song it sounds like a lullaby tune

I like it too! Makes me think about Michael Colone's Christmas music.

I thought the same thing too, that's the closest we've been to anything Michael Colone in like 2 years. Mr. Colone's holiday songs just gets no love anymore.

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 16, 2012, 11:00:54 AM »

If anyone heard it, I'm curious to know the name of the song that played at 10:58am ET.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: December 16, 2012, 09:55:35 AM »

For those keeping tabs on the severe wx today/tomorrow, here's the first watch of the day. It includes the areas of SE Texas and the northern half of Louisiana.

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SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 682
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   550 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   
          WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA
          SOUTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 550 AM UNTIL 100
   PM CST.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NATCHEZ
   MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
   AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
   THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
   AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
   DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS FCST TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND
   SPREAD FROM W-E ACROSS WW AREA...WHILE STRENGTHENING TO SVR LEVELS.
   STG MID-UPPER WINDS -- E.G. 90 KT OBSERVED AROUND 6 KM AGL OVER LDB
   PROFILER SITE -- WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FAVORABLE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR.
   MEAN-WIND AND DEEP-SHEAR VECTORS WILL BE ALIGNED NEARLY PARALLEL TO
   LOW-LEVEL FRONTAL/CONVERGENCE ZONE...SUPPORTING PREDOMINANT
   QUASI-LINEAR AND CLUSTERED MODES...WITH LEWPS AND SMALL BOWS
   POSSIBLE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2012

« on: December 15, 2012, 09:56:55 PM »

For Sunday, December 16, 2012

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SPC AC 151730
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1130 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012
   
   VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SOUTHEAST TX/CENTRAL GULF COAST
   STATES...
   
   ...SOUTHEAST TX/CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TO TN VALLEY...
   BROAD CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE
   CONUS ON SUNDAY. SEVERAL LOW AMPLITUDE DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL CROSS
   THE REGION /AND ADJACENT MIDWEST/ DURING THE PERIOD...BUT MORE
   SUBSTANTIAL TROUGH AMPLIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE
   PLAINS/OZARKS SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY.
   
   ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS/SOME TSTMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING
   ACROSS THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH PERSISTENT WARM
   ADVECTION AND A STEADY MOISTURE INFLUX AHEAD OF A FRONT. RELATIVELY
   WEAK LAPSE RATES ALOFT AND A LIMITED NORTHWARD MOISTURE
   RETURN...ALONG WITH CLOUD COVER/POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION...SHOULD
   LIMIT THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION ACROSS THE REGION. EVEN
   SO...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SURFACE BASED AS THE BOUNDARY
   LAYER WARMS...WITH AT LEAST SOME ISOLATED SEVERE WIND/PERHAPS
   TORNADO POTENTIAL.
   
   THE MOST PROBABLE SCENARIO FOR STORM INTENSIFICATION MAY OCCUR
   ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TX INTO LA/PARTS OF MS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
   AND SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY NEAR AN ADVANCING/ACCELERATING COLD
   FRONT. SOMEWHAT STRONGER DESTABILIZATION IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS IN
   THE PRESENCE OF A HIGHER THETA-E AIRMASS...WITH THE REGION
   INCREASINGLY COMING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE AMPLIFYING UPPER
   TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS/OZARKS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. WHERE STORMS DO
   INCREASE/MATURE...VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND
   ASSOCIATED VERTICAL SHEAR OF 50-80 KT /0-6 KM/ WILL SUPPORT
   FAST-MOVING LINE SEGMENTS/SOME SUPERCELLS WITH ASSOCIATED POTENTIAL
   FOR DAMAGING WIND/ISOLATED TORNADOES.
   
   ..GUYER.. 12/15/2012   

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 15, 2012, 06:31:58 PM »

Here's an updated list to 5pm. One song I could not ID the artist.

11:48am ET  Unknown artist "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
GR

I really like that rocky rendition. 

7:28pm ET - David Arkenstone - "Overture"
7:38pm ET - TSO I think?...
7:58pm ET - David Arkenstone - "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 15, 2012, 02:14:21 PM »

Wow no vocals at all for the Christmas list?!?! They gotta do the same come January lol

Sorry to rain on your parade, but I heard a vocal song earlier, so it's not all instrumental.

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 15, 2012, 01:32:27 PM »

1:28pm ET - TSO - Boughs of Holly

EDIT: Would be nice if "Skating" is on this list, I like that Vince G. song the best.

1:58pm ET - "Star of Bethlehem" by John Williams

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 15, 2012, 12:59:09 PM »

12:58pm ET - Trains Siberian Orchestra - "Wizards In Winter"

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Local Forecast / Re: Christmas 2012 playlist

« on: December 15, 2012, 12:13:59 PM »

11:58am ET - The Song Factory and Bill McDermott -- "Joy to the World"

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: December 14, 2012, 11:30:28 PM »

TWC now has a winter "Storm:con" index similar to the tornado "Tor:con" index.
http://www.weather.com/news/stormcon-winter-impact-index-20121212

Now if they would just get rid of the stupid naming scheme for winter storms and put all emphasis on this instead, everything would be set. I mean seriously, why didn't they just do this in the first place? They knew how well TOR:CON was working for them, it should have been a light bulb moment instead of wasting time naming storms that we all know in reality nobody is gonna remember in the same way as they do hurricanes since every other weather outlet denounces this strategy. Hell, I forgot they were naming winter storms until I saw "Caesar" or whatever last week.