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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 03, 2012, 01:30:55 PM »

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

Absolutely not!   Yes, I like my "extra hour" of sleep, which usually just turns into me saying "Hey, I can stay up an extra hour."   But it getting dark earlier just doesn't appeal to me.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Morning & Dayside revamp

« on: November 02, 2012, 07:49:40 PM »

Just checked TV Guide.com, and Zap 2 It.com and The new schedule is gone for now.  Is that because of Sandy? However, Longform is still there, in the old time slots. Has anyone heard any thing??????

I could be wrong, but I got the notion that this new line-up wasn't going to start until early next year.   How far in the future are you looking?

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Sandy

« on: November 02, 2012, 04:41:27 PM »

That's a nice graphic, but I don't like how they chose to present it.  Namely, why did TWC choose to put Irene on this graphic?  I understand a lot of people in the Northeast will be comparing Sandy and Irene (though there's really no need to; we know which one was worse), but Irene seems kind of pointless when comparing costliest and deadliest hurricanes.  Included on that list should be Ike, and if you want to go far back in time, Andrew.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: November 02, 2012, 12:38:25 AM »

First meme should be more like:

WEATHER CHANNEL

Y U NO FOCUS ON WEATHER OTHER THAN SANDY AFTERMATH?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: 2012 Layoffs

« on: October 31, 2012, 01:15:42 AM »

Wow. My mom was watching TWC this afternoon and texted me about some "dumb blond on TWC." Then said she announced she was leaving. I thought for sure she was talking about Stephanie. Never would have guessed it was Heather.

I wouldn't consider Heather a "dumb blond."

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

« on: October 31, 2012, 01:13:16 AM »

I'm not trying to be rude here, but I'm getting very tired of this. People, please read around on the forum before you start posting. There have been many past incidents about this type of complaining and bashing before and frankly it's just irritating. It's partially what has kept me away from this forum in the past few weeks. Take some time to read past posts before making new ones like this as I'm growing tired of seeing it.  We know the state of TWC and have no power to change it, so there is no use in just constantly bringing this stuff up.

I'm in total agreement with you, Donovan.    I just saw this topic now and was planning on locking it, but considering we have had both an admin and moderator post in it and most of the conversation so far is useful, then I guess I'll leave it open for now.

In my mind, separate topics like this to "protest" a show really aren't needed.  If you want to talk about WUWA or some other show, we'll likely have another topic for it.  And as we've said millions of time, we're going to frown on continued "I HATE NBC/TWC" type posts.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 30, 2012, 12:00:33 PM »

I only watched a little bit of TWC coverage this morning, but Stephanie's "inside jokes" with Mike Bettes were, in my mind, completely uncalled for.   I understand she's probably running on little to no sleep, but she was acting like a teenager.  Before the top of the hour (9 AM), she was supposed to give more information on the storm and just said something (I don't even remember what) that both Mike and Maria gave stunned reactions to.  Heck, TWC even had to cut her off.

I like Stephanie, but not when she does things like this.

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TWC Today News / Re: Site News

« on: October 29, 2012, 09:55:53 PM »

It should be disabled.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Sandy

« on: October 27, 2012, 05:09:55 PM »

This question is for Patrick, I thought I would ask it here because it would be more relevant to the conversation. My question is would the NHC issue tropical weather warnings for a storm that will most likely be post-tropical by the time it gets here? I'm wondering if the NHC will issue warnings for us or just our local NWS office will have to issue several individual warnings like Hind Wind Warning, Coastal Flood Warning, etc. For the sake of saving lives, I think issuing a tropical storm warning or hurricane warning would be much easier for common people to understand rather than having several different warnings and have everyone understand what each warning means.

If NHC drops a cyclone from tropical status before it reaches landfall, then they can't issue any tropical watches or warnings.  It would be up to the individual NWS offices at that point to issue other advisories, watches, and warnings.  A cyclone has to become completely extratropical for the tropical status to be dropped, so I think NHC will likely leave Sandy as tropical all the way to landfall as indicated in the forecast track.

As of the latest advisory, NHC now has Sandy as extra-tropical before making landfall.  The "strength" will still be a hurricane, but I guess this is why no watches or warnings have been issued for the affected areas.

What "tropical characteristics" will it be losing?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Morning & Dayside revamp

« on: October 27, 2012, 01:06:44 AM »

Yep, it has the line up like this on November 5th (Monday)

First Outlook - 4-5am
On The Radar - 5-5:30am
Wake Up With Al - 5:30-7am
Morning Rush - 7-10am
Wake Up With Al Reprisal - 10-11am
Day Planner - 11-2pm
Long Form - 2-5pm
WeatherCenter Live - 5-8pm
More Long form - 8-10pm
WeatherCenter Live - 10-11pm

Hmm...that doesn't seem like as much of a change as I was thinking (except for less long-form in the evenings).  I just thought for sure they would re-name or do something different with Day Planner.  It could really use a fresh look in my opinion.  But I guess not.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 25, 2012, 09:42:27 PM »

OK, so I know it's a good thing that TWC is going into extended coverage, but does anyone else think it may be a little too early?  And this is just in general, not for Sandy specifically.  I mean, at this point, there's only so much they can talk about regarding "the future," and the forecasts are certainly likely to change.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Tropical Storm Tony

« on: October 25, 2012, 09:38:20 PM »

Is it going to be no threat to land?

Tony will not affect land at all, and it's already post-tropical.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Sandy

« on: October 25, 2012, 05:22:29 PM »

I haven't done any research into these, but I've been hearing similarities between Sandy and "The Perfect Storm (1991)" and Hurricane Hazel (1954) being buzzed up. I didn't expect it to go through rapid intensification to become a Cat. 2 right now. Cat. 3 status is certainly not out of the question before weakening as it heads NNE then back NNW.

OK, wow, it's really creepy that you make this comparison Tavores, because they will essentially be happening around the exact same time period!

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: October 23, 2012, 07:44:42 PM »

Noticed a slight change to the Local On The 8's graphic background during taped programming.

That doesn't look good at all.   I doesn't match the rest of the LDL.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Morning & Dayside revamp

« on: October 23, 2012, 07:43:09 PM »

Summary:
First Forecast - 4-5 AM ET
On The Radar - 5-5:30 AM ET
Wake Up With Al - 5:30-6 AM ET
Morning Rush - 7-9 AM ET

Hopefully, Morning Rush is a name change for Your Weather Today, otherwise, it looks as if we could be loosing Your Weather Today.

The article above didn't mention end times, but I wonder if WUWA will now be running an hour-and-a-half?  Because, in your schedule above Trevor, you have nothing from 6 AM - 7 AM.

It did.. or at least when I read it there were times As for what Trevor posted, I totally doubt WUWA is from 5:30 to 6, so I would have to say that WUWA is 90 minutes now

End times.   It mentioned how long Morning Rush would be but none of the others.  We just have to assume based on the start time of the show following.

On another note, what is with all these changes?  Did TWC get a new programming director or something?