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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Charter Communications Discussion
« on: July 30, 2014, 07:36:46 PM »
The other alternative is to buy a TV antenna, which you will own, connect it to your TV, and enjoy the many free broadcast stations out there.
And all you would get would be the major networks, such as ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Charter Communications Discussion
« on: July 30, 2014, 06:39:05 PM »
It became digital in my area last week. I don't like it, at all. Back to the early days of cable. You can't have cable without a cable box. It doesn't matter if the TV is cable ready.  :angry: Digital cable should be an option and not a necessity for cable TV.  :thumbdown:

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014
« on: July 18, 2014, 02:53:45 PM »
Deja Vu?

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

1. A weak surface trough just east of the coast of northeastern
Florida is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.  This
system is expected to move northeastward around 15 mph over the next
several days, and strong upper-level winds are likely to prevent
significant development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.

Forecaster Pasch
Well, according to this, it doesn't look like we'll see Bertha anytime soon, at least not in the near future.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Tornado Alley: Twisted Believers
« on: June 20, 2014, 02:11:04 PM »
No. What's it about, and what did they get wrong?
I saw a little of it again last night and they were talking about a tornado that hit the town of Albertville, Alabama back on April 24, 1908. Obviously that was more than 100 years ago. They said that some of the survivors of that tornado (who more than likely have since passed away) may be ghosts now. I kid you not.

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Programming and Graphics / Tornado Alley: Twisted Believers
« on: June 18, 2014, 07:02:18 PM »
Has anyone seen this show? It's full of crap! Here is what my friend and legendary tornado chaser Chuck Doswell said about it: Just watched "Tornado Alley: Twisted Believers" - from TWC. What a horrid pile of superstition and pseudoscientific claptrap! Whatever beliefs you might or might not have, this show has no validity as a program that ostensibly was produced to inform viewers about meteorological/psychological science! TWC should be ashamed for creating such a program ...

I saw a little of the show last night and it had UFOs on there, it was awful! Has anyone else seen it?

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General Weather Chat / Weather History
« on: June 11, 2014, 02:25:13 PM »
Is anyone on here (besides me) a weather history buff? Here is the place to talk about historic weather events, such as the Johnstown, Pennsylvania floods (3 of them; 1889, 1936 and 1977) Galveston, Texas 1900 hurricane, 1925 Tri-state tornado, March 1888 blizzard in NYC and New England, any historic weather event, even more recent ones.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: AT&T to acquire DirecTV
« on: May 29, 2014, 06:26:37 PM »
  Pretty soon there's just going to be one big "mega company" that handles it all. :rolleyes:
Do you know for sure if that's going to happen?

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I hope Dr. Forbes' cancer is curable and will be cured.  Very glad it got caught early. :thumbsup:

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014
« on: May 23, 2014, 03:40:18 PM »
They've finally caught up to reality and started forecasting below-normal hurricane seasons. 
I think they actually want above average seasons so they can say that it's due to man-made global warming/climate change.

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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather 2014
« on: May 22, 2014, 04:13:44 PM »
How about the tornadoes yesterday around Denver?

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014
« on: May 22, 2014, 04:09:08 PM »
NOAA is also predicting a below-average Atlantic hurricane season.


I hope their forecast is absolutely correct. Now granted, it only takes one (such as Andrew) to make landfall, and have a major impact on an area.

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Oh my gosh....  :no: That's must be terrifying news, but at least it was detected very early
Since it was detected very early...the prognosis should look pretty good for him but he'll more than likely need treatment.

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off
« on: May 19, 2014, 08:58:04 PM »
I have a lot of congestion in my lungs and it's causing me to cough constantly due to my upper respiratory infection.  :sick:

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014
« on: May 19, 2014, 08:49:05 PM »
El Nino does typically lower chances of tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin, however, if there is to be any development this season with an El Nino present I would look to homebrew stuff in the Gulf. Nothing major, but I can see a few tropical storms or maybe a weak hurricane spinning up there.

Also correct me if I'm wrong, but I think either an El Nino was developing or already in progress during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane season wasn't it? If so, both of those seasons were very active and record breaking. So an El Nina or La Nina doesn't 100% determine how bad the season will overall be. Heck, look at the past 5 years where a La Nina was around and we couldn't get crap to form because of a barrage of dry air and wind shear stagnating the Atlantic Basin.
No, actually a La Nina typically enhances tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin, there was neither La Nina, nor El Nino last year. There was a La Nina in 2010-2011 and a weaker one in 2012. As for the the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, a weak La Nina was in progress for 2005. There was indeed an El Nino during the 2004 season, but it was weak and not strong enough to limit the activity in the Atlantic.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Hurricane Central 2014
« on: May 12, 2014, 08:53:32 PM »
Wow! :blink:  Clearly TWC and CSU are predicting for El Nino to be in place, making this a relatively inactive hurricane season.  (Now watch both of them blow it the other way... )
Oh no, I hope not. :no: I hope they are right.

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