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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: April 30, 2011, 05:51:53 PM »

If only I still had Time Warner...

(except they were not very reliable)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics

« on: April 30, 2011, 03:28:45 PM »

OT, but why do we have two topics on the new graphics? One in Programming and Graphics and one in General TWC Discussion. It's confusing me.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Peter Lik Joins The Weather Channel

« on: April 29, 2011, 10:02:42 PM »

I don't like this show at all.

Although I will admit the pictures are nice, the "format" and all the associated Bing crap is just bleh.

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General Discussion / Re: Scroll Screen EAS

« on: April 29, 2011, 10:01:15 PM »

ilovestorms1: To answer your question from the beginning, none of us at these forums know where to get this Scroll Screen EAS program you are talking about and, judging from the comments in this thread, I don't think most of us even know what this scroll screen program is. So the bottom line is, we cannot help you out. Sorry.

Let's move on...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 29, 2011, 09:49:30 PM »

TWC was back to its regular schedule today, no more pre-emption; Storm Stories, Impact TV, and other long-form crap was on this afternoon between DP and WC.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread

« on: April 29, 2011, 04:53:23 PM »

As stated above, an NBC article states that the death count from these (160!?!

) tornadoes is now at 318, surpassing the Superstorm of 1974. According to the article,

"The deadliest outbreak prior to this week's was in March 1932, when 332 people died."

"[This has been] the worst U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which killed up to 1,800 people."

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General Discussion / Re: Scroll Screen EAS

« on: April 28, 2011, 09:48:42 PM »

Quote from: ilovestorms1 on April 28, 2011, 06:48:29 PM

Do you know where to get the Scroll Screen EAS?

EDIT: Don't know why my topic got deleted.

Just a friendly note, since you're fairly new to the forums:

This topic probably got deleted because you are essentially "demading" something that no one on these forums has or knows where to get. As stated above, it is not smart to re-post a deleted topic, as it could result in a ban from the forums.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Wake Up With Al

« on: April 28, 2011, 07:41:25 PM »

So...the U.S. has just had this tremendous tornado outbreak that has claimed the lives of almost 300 and counting. And the extents of the damage are still unknown.

Now my question is...Will Al and TWC still be covering the non-weather related, royal wedding tomorrow on WUWA? My fear is a yes because tomorrow will be a relatively quiet day weather-wise, and no live reports can be done that early in the morning.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread

« on: April 28, 2011, 05:52:17 PM »

Quote from: plane852 on April 28, 2011, 04:17:20 PM

Speaking of which, mini-rant. WHY is it that we have such better technology to detect tornadoes than we did in 1974 during the Super Outbreak, when 300-odd some people died, and yet we are on track of beating that record today? Why did so many people die now?

Although we have better technology, that doesn't really matter when talking about the number of deaths. As Donovan said, some people think "oh, it's not going to happen me...I'll be fine." Same thing is with hurricanes...why doesn't everyone evacuate? Because they think they're "invincible." And as Donovan also said, this tornado flattened homes, and if these people didn't have a basement, well then they would be in trouble, wouldn't they?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Updated Graphics

« on: April 27, 2011, 09:14:15 AM »

Here are some of my thoughts on the new graphics:

1. The new title bars are really nice...big and clear
2. The Tru Vu Radars are very vivid and look excellent!
3. TWC really messed up the Weekly Planner, though. As Tyler said, they don't need city names and conditions blocking up half the map, and they need to be consistent (i.e. sometimes they'll show weather then highs and sometimes they'll put the high temps. on the condition map which looks weird).

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread

« on: April 26, 2011, 09:16:21 PM »

Quote from: SnowManiac on April 26, 2011, 06:04:17 PM

You know something I don't understand? Why is it that every single severe wx event this month wants to keep coming in after midnight here? It's bad enough you can't see what's going on because you're trying to get some sleep, but it's worse when every event has had a tornado threat with it.

Same thing is the case here. Most of our storms happen around 4 or 5 AM...early in the morning. So I don't get to watch/track them (because I'm certainly not getting up that early), and I lose some sleep from the thunder. Double strike.

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