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I noticed now that TWC is using 2 live footage videos from KTVT, the CBS Affiliate in Dallas and KXAS NBC.
pardon my ignorance but I thought the Intellistar was discontinued already? And everyone has the IS2 at least in SD??
Most cable providers, however, do seem to be showing a letterboxed HD feed on SD (which I assume removes the purpose for an IS 1 anymore). But I think there are some IS 1 systems still around from those cable companies who have not yet made the switch. Now I guess these companies have to decide whether they want to letterbox the HD feed on SD and use that IntelliSTAR 2 xD or keep the SD feed as 4:3 and install an IntelliSTAR 2 Jr. I wonder which is cheaper?Good to hear from you, Tavores and Andy. Yeah, it's hard to believe how much time flies. I am excited to start a career as well, but I'm sad and somewhat depressed I may never see my friends again. I just love undergrad in general, there is no substitute for undergrad life. Andy, what are you doing now that you graduated? Become a meteorologist?
Hello everyone, how is everyone doing?
It has been so long since I've been here (haven't been on since December), and I've missed a lot of you guys. Yesterday, I officially graduated from Rutgers after 4 years. Never thought I would see this day. It is really unbelievable that I'm now a Rutgers alumni. I still remember my freshmen year as if it was yesterday, and even remember my high school graduation very well as well, and this was back in 2011. Just crazy how time flies, but I guess all good things have to come to an end, right? I wanna wish all my fellow class of 2015 graduates good luck as we transition into the real world and achieve bigger and better things.
I feel the same way. Graduating from OU this year, it's hard to believe how quickly these four years have gone. During the semesters it doesn't seem that fast, but now I look back and think "wow."Congrats and best wishes to you and everyone else who's graduating this year!
Experienced my first night of severe weather last night here in Houston. Was under a severe thunderstorm warning, tornado watch, and flash flood warnings at the same time. Power went out for a short time overnight. FUN STUFF!
It's been awfully stormy here in South Texas. We've been constantly pelted by thunderstorms and even severe thunderstorms. It's really getting annoying, and I can't wait to see the sun again.
It seems like every corner of this state (except for desert El Paso, I guess) had severe weather of some sort last week.
It would be interesting to see what happened to their ratings during these live events.
I hope they go UP compared to the taped programming so the company can see that live television for severe weather makes a difference.
Dr. Forbes and Carl Parker did an awesome job of analyzing the radar stuff. That vertical view of a thunderstorm never ceases to blow me away. That's cutting edge compared to what we see locally.
Hi Eric,
First and foremost, I really do not care if anyone likes or dislikes my opinions/comments because they are my own. And hey, at least I'm being honest.
And since you were nice enough to give some insight, I will do the same. You all may or may not believe this, but I have NOT always disliked Kim. Up until early 2009 I had no real opinion about her one way or another. She was not a favorite, but she was definitely well up the pecking order over Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes and other newer individuals. Let's remember how TWC terminated Dave Schwartz, Cheryl Lemke and Eboni Deon late in 2008. Then after that, they went on another termination binge in February of 2009 where they let go Kristina Abernathy, Kristen Dodd, Rich Johnson and Mark Mancuso...now this batch of cuts really angered me. All of these individuals who had been let go had been with the network quite awhile and I was disgusted with how these individuals were treated. Especially my personal favorite Kristin Dodd.Now to quickly fastforward, all of those people had permanent shows/times before being let go. But not Kim and she got to stay. Back then Kim was only floating and she was mostly filling in on Weekend Now. Now, not only did Kim stay around, she got paired up with Adam Berg and basically took over what Kristin was doing. That never sat well with me. Basically...I guess I directed most of my anger for TWC and put it on Kim? Or maybe I found extra anger? I have no clue. Anyhoo...as time kept passing, other people were being sent away and Kim never was. (Alexandra Steele, Nicole Mitchell, Jeff Morrow, Bill Keneely, Adam Berg and Heather Tesch) And of course I liked a lot of those people, so to still see Kim there was always...blah. And of course all of these years (since 2009) Kim's hair color kept changing, her skirts kept getting shorter, and I think she's had something done to her face maybe? I've been tired of seeing her change, and change, and change to do whatever she had to look young. If she would have just not tried to keep changing herself, I definitely would not have this much emotion toward her today. But now that she is gone, I guess I need to let go of a lot of these negative emotions. I know Kim is/was a terrific meteorologist...but I couldn't allow myself to just let go of the fact somehow she was still there. *sigh.*
Storm Alert music now on during LOT8s (finally!)
Today was almost nothing compared to yesterday.
Tom Nizol is in The Lab. Thought he only did winter weather? And I wonder how much longer he will be in there today. TWC will be on all day and looks to be on all night again.
That's probably why he's there so others like Carl, Mike, and Jim won't be burnt out. I would imagine if they hadn't of canned Kim she would be helping out as well. I remember on a few occasions like the Super Tornado Outbreak of April 2011 for example where they brought in Bryan Norcross to work alongside with Dr. Greg Forbes. Usually, you wouldn't see Norcross outside of hurricane season.
And if my memory serves me right, I think Norcross helped Carl out with the Moore, OK tornado in 2013.
Anyone willing to guess that this was scripted?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdRWGMyeSYY
