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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 02, 2012, 11:20:19 AM »

I thought the opposite.  I was not highly impressed by their coverage.  There were parts I liked, other parts, not so much.  Some OCM's sounded like they had no idea what was going on.  One live shot I tuned in to, the meteorologist was talking about smelling bacon...okay, thanks for that.  As I've stated before, I am not a huge fan of Bryan Norcross, so when he was on it was hard to watch.

However, as I stated, there were some times during the day where they seemed to be on top of everything and knew what exactly was going on.

I saw that, (from my recordings when I came back home) that was during Jim and Al's live shot, but I can't remember which of the two brought it up right now. Honestly, that doesn't come off to me as a con of the coverage, they were just making an observation that in the midst of all the heavy winds/rains they were smelling that out of the blue.

I'm still baffled as to why they're studio remains lite red...I know they're talking about Isaac's aftermath, but that's not really a reason to remain in red mode, it feels like an overuse of something they didn't bother to do for 4 years.

EDIT: Regardless, I saw a promo yesterday that claims 58 million folks watched throughout the duration the coverage which made them #1 in the ratings, not that it's a surprise.

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Local Forecast / Re: Songs you want to hear again on the LF

« on: September 01, 2012, 09:33:15 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOt7LICFPOQ

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel Schedules Discussion Thread

« on: September 01, 2012, 08:46:44 PM »

Wait, Al and Steph seriously did WUWA from NYC yesterday? Were they still in the Nightly News studio, or did they debut their new set?

They were still in the NN studio. (The tail end I saw during the 10am hour)

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The Game Room / Re: Stupid Questions

« on: September 01, 2012, 07:44:17 PM »

Oh wait, wait I know this one!... Uhhh...something, something Ramen Noodles!

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood while driving to Beaver Dam for a slice of Honey Baked Ham?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 01, 2012, 02:14:18 PM »

Depends on the purpose of it.. are you needing a microphone for a podcast? Do you want a headset mic?

A headset, yes.

For a headset, I would really recommend a USB headset, though do look around since there a bit of those manufactured and definitely read some reviews

Ok, thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 01, 2012, 01:12:08 PM »

Depends on the purpose of it.. are you needing a microphone for a podcast? Do you want a headset mic?

A headset, yes.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: General IS2 Discussion

« on: September 01, 2012, 12:54:48 PM »

Has there been any more reports of IS2s popping up as of late?

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 01, 2012, 12:53:15 PM »

Random Question: Anyone know of any electronic stores that sell good microphones (to use with a desktop) at a reasonable price?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: September 01, 2012, 10:24:26 AM »

Extensive coverage may be winding down, yet they still remain in RED MODE as I saw a few minutes ago.

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General Discussion / Re: My Scripted Series

« on: August 31, 2012, 10:22:45 PM »

Season Three Episode 54: The WHO?
Episode Code - S35418

Episode Description: The Stoop family realize that they have neighbors living in their neighborhood that they knew nothing about for five years! Their first reaction to them is that they are less than normal and their daughter who appears to be gothic sparks an attraction for Jason who’s willing to win a girl that’s not usually his cup of tea. Eventually the girl shows a whole new side of her that happens to be a double life for her; later on it’s revealed that she’s a compulsive liar, along with her father being a compulsive neat freak, her mom a compulsive cheater, and her twin brothers’ compulsive nudists/arsonists.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Leslie

« on: August 31, 2012, 05:02:15 PM »

06z GFS had it even closer and making landfall in the New England with a pressure of about 964mb. One major concern is that it's going to go so slow while over the Atlantic, it's going to intensify greatly. This will be a fun storm to track.

NHC has changed their cone significantly to reflect this from when I saw it this morning.
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Looks like they're forecasting a 85 mph (75 knots) Cat 1 hurricane right now though...

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Leslie

« on: August 31, 2012, 04:32:58 PM »

12z GFS wants to tease you guys too...actually it switched places with the ECMWF, the GFS on the 12z run is much closer to the Northeast region than the 12z ECMWF was today. It's closest point I would say is when it's about approx. 150 miles to the east of NYC/LI at hr 276. Leslie is also moving about 36 hours slower this run compared to the 00z run last night. It was near NYC at 240 hrs out, but now it's not near there until 276 hours out on the 12z run today. In addition, Bermuda is slammed HARD on the 12z run, it's worse since it makes me think of Isaac it's moving so slow once it gets there. That's probably because the Ridge in the Atlantic is much weaker as well as the trough in the CONUS this run compared to the 00z run.

For verbatim from both runs today, the Northeast would see rough surf/rip currents at least.

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Emulator Videos / Re: Weatherlover's Emulations

« on: August 31, 2012, 04:01:50 PM »

During the peak of Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans

WeatherSTAR4000 V3 Emulator - August 29, 2012

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

« on: August 31, 2012, 12:42:24 PM »

81 Cloudy, this has been the weather most of this week. We've only seen a little bit of sunshine in the very latter portion of the day. August overall hasn't been as hot or sunny as it usually is, we've even had quite a few foggy days this month. I hope September is only going to be cooler and wetter from here.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: August 30, 2012, 11:46:32 PM »

The longest outage I can remember recently was after being hit by an tornado. We were out of power for about 2 days and had to rely on a radio for wx updates because the following day there was more severe weather/tornadoes. That day was also the day I saw the largest hail I've ever seen which was golfball sized hail, scared the crap out of me.