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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 16, 2008, 12:35:53 PM »

I was aware of those things, and I can certainly understand where Jim's coming from. I'd be worried too if I was in that situation. But it doesn't explain anything. Jim's been doing hurricanes for years. His recent change in demeanor seems to be just that-recent. Its not something I've noticed before. If this was the explanation, he wouldn't have come to be known as the guy who loves to be in the middle of hurricanes. He certainly hasn't demonstrated much of a love for it recently.

This is true.

I forget who said this here, but its true, even the best / greatest just need a break.

True indeed. And if that's all it is, I'll be very relieved. I'm just worried that there could be more to it than that. Thankfully though, if that's it it looks like Jim's gonna get a break, as the tropics seem quiet currently. Maybe he'll have some time to take his family on a nice vacation or something.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread

« on: September 16, 2008, 12:13:18 PM »

For those who don't know... I just wanted to post in response to a few posts about Jim out in the field and how he seems more, or in this case less dramatic than before and sort of seems wound down and out of energy.

I'm not sure how many of you are aware, but Jim has a family with some challenges. His wife, Tamra, has Parkinson's and both of his children were diagnosed with some hereditary challenges...

You can read up on it here:
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/20/Floridian/The_storm_chaser.shtml

He seems to get rather upset and worried when he is away from his family for long periods of time, such as said Hurricanes.

I was aware of those things, and I can certainly understand where Jim's coming from. I'd be worried too if I was in that situation. But it doesn't explain anything. Jim's been doing hurricanes for years. His recent change in demeanor seems to be just that-recent. Its not something I've noticed before. If this was the explanation, he wouldn't have come to be known as the guy who loves to be in the middle of hurricanes. He certainly hasn't demonstrated much of a love for it recently.

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TWC Today News / Re: Site News

« on: September 16, 2008, 10:32:58 AM »

Alright, made a couple final tweaks to the rules. As I said earlier in the above post, I encourage you to review the rules. Many have been removed entirely, and many have been relaxed substantially.

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General Discussion / Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion

« on: September 16, 2008, 09:55:28 AM »

Not sure I understand your reasoning. The two are still COMPLETELY separate entities.

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TWC Today News / Re: Site News

« on: September 16, 2008, 09:53:59 AM »

I've cleaned up the rules thread some and updated it as well. Please take a moment to read through the rules and make sure you understand them.

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General Discussion / YouTube Warning

« on: September 16, 2008, 09:22:37 AM »

Seems another huckster is ripping people's videos and posting them as his own. The guy's account is:  http://www.youtube.com/user/RICHWXNET, and so far he's stolen videos from both of our Chris's, Victor, Billy, and Devon (number1twcfan). Devon knew of this, but only posted at TWCC, not here, so I thought I'd make up for his ignorance and let you all know of this latest threat. Seems you guys like to know about these things, so I'm willing to let you guys know when I know of a new threat. I know I've made a big deal out of this kinda thing in the past, but it seems its probably in this forum's best interest if I relax a little about it. 

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Programming and Graphics / Re: 62 Million Viewers Tune Into Ike Coverage

« on: September 16, 2008, 08:43:55 AM »

Hehe, I work hard to bring you the news before anyone else (and I do mean ANYONE else  ). 

...Or maybe TWC's slacking. 

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General Discussion / Re: NBC Weather Plus Discussion

« on: September 16, 2008, 07:14:00 AM »

Not sure why we'd want to discuss that on a TWC forum....

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Programming and Graphics / 62 Million Viewers Tune Into Ike Coverage

« on: September 15, 2008, 11:36:26 PM »

According to the following article, 62 million viewers watched TWC's coverage of Ike. This was higher than all other cable networks. They also had 1.3 million households watching on Friday alone, which was the 10th highest rating ever in TWC history.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6596379.html

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Local Forecast / Re: HD STAR videos!

« on: September 15, 2008, 11:18:53 PM »

But, to be on the bright side, there's no narration.

I'm pretty sure there will be...

You know it. TWC just can't do without their narration. 

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: September 15, 2008, 11:17:49 PM »

Aww...Rich must be feeling lonely...

"We've also got this frontal system here; yeah, we'll look a little more at that in a second."

Rich is "doing that" all by himself tonight, eh? Guess we won't have too much to quote tonight. 

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Local On the 8's, Adam Berg style

« on: September 15, 2008, 11:10:50 PM »

LOL, very funny! 

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Adam Berg

« on: September 15, 2008, 10:11:44 PM »

Tell me about it! 33 feet on Tuesday? That's ridiculous!

On a side note, it seems that Adam is starting to use "ridiculous" as a buzz word as well. They just keep piling up, don't they, gang?

That's Chooseday. Gotta use Adam's inflection. 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Hanna's other three landfalls

« on: September 15, 2008, 08:36:48 PM »

It seems that my area never gets a lot of attention on TWC (or any nationwide market) for whatever reason, regardless of what is going on. Why is that? There was plenty of interesting weather going on here, including a tornado warning, and several flash flood warnings! Yet, most of what they talked about was Ike instead.

Are you saying that what you had going on was worthy of coverage over Ike? 

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TWC Today News / Re: Site News

« on: September 15, 2008, 08:35:15 PM »

Btw Gary, could I put in a request for one on a weekend?

I'm just so busy with school since I'm too gifted.

Your gifted? God bless this great country of ours. 

I'll see if I can schedule around your giftedness.