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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 06, 2012, 05:38:14 AM »

What in the....?!

http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KVDF.html

Still happening again this morning but its reporting 30.. WTVT actually removed the temperature for KVDF off of their map haha However it still shows up in their online graphic (which must be a bit older)

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The Game Room / Re: 2 Truths and a Lie

« on: November 04, 2012, 10:56:12 PM »

1. I can code in PHP
2. I don't own a radio scanner
3. I live east of Tampa

It's gotta be #2

That's correct

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The Game Room / Re: 2 Truths and a Lie

« on: November 04, 2012, 05:01:48 PM »

1. I can code in PHP
2. I don't own a radio scanner
3. I live east of Tampa

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: November 04, 2012, 03:25:25 PM »

Apparently TWC companies owns Bain Capital?

No, Bain Capital owns a portion of The Weather Company, LLC.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 04, 2012, 11:54:14 AM »

VDF is an AWOS-3 station, so the NWS cannot fix it in any way

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: November 04, 2012, 11:15:50 AM »

Quick question for everybody here: Was anyone's IntelliSTAR and/or Weatherscan affected by this morning's DST switch?    Usually these units glitch during each DST switch but earlier this morning it didn't seem to affect the STAR units at all   

If TWC was live at both 1 AM EDT and 1 AM EST, then there was probably no effect. Two years ago, they were live at 1 AM EDT but had longform at 1 AM EST and at 1 AM EST, IntelliStars nationwide were cuing on the '8s as if it was live programming.

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The Game Room / Re: Name that OCM!

« on: November 04, 2012, 09:36:30 AM »

Eric Fisher?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: November 04, 2012, 09:31:17 AM »

Just caught the tail-end of an interview with a so-called election expert conducting by Jenn Carfagno on the effects of weather on this election. I could not believe the guy when he said Sandy will favor Obama because he has handled the storm so well. That's contrary to what I've been hearing. Is the TWC becoming a political animal?  Please bring back the good ole days.

I saw that as well. It seems that TWC has a pro-liberal bias.

As does NBC in general.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 04, 2012, 09:00:45 AM »

What in the....?!



http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KVDF.html

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 03, 2012, 11:39:32 PM »

Ahh, the PBS! Haven't sat in front of the ol' stove in a lonngggg time! *takes seat*

Hi all!! Long time no see! 

Hey Gary!! great to stop by!!

Off topic.. went to homecoming at my school tonight. had a blast

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Why Is NicK Walker Allowed to stay?

« on: November 03, 2012, 11:14:03 AM »

Nick isn't as much of a veteran to TWC as Cantore is. Surely he's a veteran, but there are OCMs who have been with TWC longer than him such as Vivian Brown, Jim Cantore and Kim (Perez) Cunningham.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 03, 2012, 12:24:25 AM »

..so is anyone ready for it to get dark before 6 PM tomorrow? 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: November 02, 2012, 11:13:45 PM »

Courtesy of Zach, who found these images......

WHY is this stuff always posted when TWC IS doing it's JOB????????

I hope you realize these images are from months ago and are just now being posted onto the forums.. they were also meant to convey a bit of humor about TWC has been as of late (prior to the events of Sandy)

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: New Ideas for TWCT/TWCC

« on: November 01, 2012, 05:06:45 AM »

I'm with Jim, I'd like to see more content on the site as well, and I can surely donate a lot of satellite/DirecTV/HD LF's from 2010 through today to the site along with a few IntelliStar clips here and there

As for the forums, how about a tiny shift in focus to where we can have a little more focus on weather and not just TWC?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Should They Keep WUWAI Say NO!

« on: October 30, 2012, 05:04:16 PM »

In case you haven't noticed, TWC is not the only channel going away from its "original purpose".. things change over time such as the addition of reality shows to TWC and Al Roker, but stuff like this is happening on other channels as well and not just TWC. MSNBC, for example, doesn't air news on the weekends except for in the morning hours. Same with History, Discovery, etc.. reality TV has been taking over television since it's suiting to society these days, in which society may find all news and all weather boring. These are measures by the networks to ensure that they still earn money since these networks are NOT non-profit organizations.