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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Don't put Viagra on your windshield wipers..."

« on: July 22, 2008, 11:32:15 PM »

Yesterday towards the end of the first hour, Dave pretended to spill a cup of ice tea all over Kim and fumbled with the cup (which was empty of course).  "Oh, I guess that was the empty one" he said.  Kim then said "And I gotta work two more hours with him". 
In the last hour, he also asked for a refill of water:  "Roscoe!  Refill!"  Kim then said: "When I get home, I'm gonna have more than just water."  Great seeing those two reunited since the late 1990s.

I have both those moments on tape. I'll upload them later.

And after a long delay, here they are:

http://billy.mozfaq.org/temp/videos_for_twctoday/jun_8_2008_1154am_154pm.wmv

(They've actually been sitting here on my drive for a while, I've just forgotten about them until now )

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: July 22, 2008, 11:13:30 PM »

I just saw one!

Hey, you seem them every local forecast.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeff Mielcarz

« on: July 22, 2008, 10:03:59 PM »

On his Road Crew (auto)biography page, it says it was in January 2005.

Back in January 2005 I was given the opportunity to be an Overnight Outlook in the coveted 2 AM slot on Saturday nights. It was a great opportunity, and I gained a lot of experience.

http://www.weather.com/activities/driving/roadcrew/aboutjeffrey.html

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: July 22, 2008, 08:36:04 PM »

They just showed a five-day forecast for Brownsville, TX, and the forecast for Friday showed the night scattered thunderstorms icon.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Hurricane Central 2008

« on: July 22, 2008, 08:02:20 PM »

7 PM CDT advisory for Hurricane Dolly.

000
WTNT34 KNHC 222359
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
HURRICANE DOLLY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042008
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008

...DOLLY CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF TEXAS FROM
BROWNSVILLE TO CORPUS CHRISTI...AND FOR THE NORTHEAST COAST OF
MEXICO FROM RIO SAN FERNANDO NORTHWARD TO THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO
AND THE UNITED STATES. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO SAN LUIS PASS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LA
PESCA TO SOUTH OF RIO SAN FERNANDO.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 700 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.7 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...
205 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.

DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH...18 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL OF THE CENTER OF
DOLLY ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO OR EXTREME SOUTHERN
TEXAS NEAR MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DOLLY IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE LANDFALL.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160
MILES...260 KM. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO REACH
THE COASTS OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN TEXAS LATER TONIGHT.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.

DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...OVER MUCH OF SOUTH
TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN MEXICO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTS.

REPEATING THE 700 PM CDT POSITION...24.9 N...95.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT.

$$
FORECASTER FRANKLIN

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: July 22, 2008, 07:46:05 PM »

And right now they finally got the satellite uplink to Mike back after t'storms in the Atlanta area blocked the signal.

And the satellite uplink just went down right when Mike was talking at 7:44 PM ET.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The TWC Icons Discussion Thread

« on: July 22, 2008, 07:30:41 PM »

Whoa, this is absolutely crazy. Now weather.com has switched back to the old icons.  Possibly what I saw earlier was just weather.com testing the icons to see how they would look? 

I'm still seeing the updated web-safe icons.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: July 22, 2008, 07:08:04 PM »

And right now they finally got the satellite uplink to Mike back after t'storms in the Atlanta area blocked the signal.

I wonder if those same storms caused me to temporarily loose TWC around 6:48 PM ET?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: July 22, 2008, 07:02:04 PM »

I wonder who is going to host A&B with Steph because I can't imagine them doing a solo shift in this situation. Also, for the overnight, will they just do a four hour EEWC and a four hour FO to get through the night as opposed to getting another OCM shift in there, or perhaps regular EE will be three hours followed by a three hour EEWC?

Well, Steph is solo tonight on A&B.

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: July 22, 2008, 06:50:40 PM »

Satellite LF at 6:48 PM ET. Long black screen after local ads, then a garbled satellite LF. I have a feeling that this may be a local issue.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: July 22, 2008, 06:46:35 PM »

What Font did you use for the Header?

Univers Condensed Bold and DIN 1451 Mittelschrift.

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The Game Room / Re: Hangman

« on: July 22, 2008, 06:06:52 PM »

NEWSRADIO
610
WIOD

?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 22, 2008, 06:05:33 PM »

Never seen this before... At 6:03 PM ET, they were showing a radar image of Dolly, and they zoomed in on Titan, and there were two "Brownsville" city labels. Then they moved the one so it would be over top the other.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: July 22, 2008, 05:50:29 PM »

Dolly is expected to be a major flooding issue for South Texas, so in this case it would actually make sense for them to go Storm Alert.

Storm Alert is for category 3+ hurricanes, not tropical storms or even a category one.

Well, obviously that went out the window in 2006... twice, in fact.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: July 22, 2008, 05:48:11 PM »

Okay, yeah, I have nothing better to do right now.