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General Weather Chat / Re: 2010-2011 Winter Storm Season

« on: February 06, 2011, 05:55:48 PM »

Stop looking at the models and just look out the window.

Maybe I should move to Florida.

It hasnt been much better here yesterday was the first time in 5 days I saw the sun then it went back behind clouds today

Active and harsh winters like last year and this year don't even spare Florida. For example, the winter of last year was similar to this year. Last year, in early January, cold arctic air headed south and was unmodified due to moving across the snow pack over the Ohio Valley. In some cases, it was just as cold in parts of Florida as it was here in my portion of Alabama. Brooksville, about 45 minutes north of Tampa, had a low of 14 degrees!  Not only that, but there was snow across the I-75 corridor from Lake City to Gainesville to Ocala.

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General Weather Chat / Re: 2010-2011 Winter Storm Season

« on: February 05, 2011, 05:44:10 PM »

Stop looking at the models and just look out the window.

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OCMs / Re: Paul Kocin

« on: February 03, 2011, 06:59:23 PM »

That was not right, the way TWC did him.

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General Weather Chat / Re: 2010-2011 Winter Storm Season

« on: February 03, 2011, 06:55:15 PM »

Today was a day that the forecasters blew it. They did not predict the sudden onset of sleet and freezing rain my area experienced today. It was not expected to cause travel difficulties, but numerous accidents occurred on the roads across the Birmingham Metro area. Schools closed early and traffic on the Interstates and other major highways in the area was extremely slow.

Do they even bother to check with other sources(ie NWS)? If not, they should.

Oh yeah. The NWS were among the ones who didn't expect it to get as serious as it did.

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General Weather Chat / Re: 2010-2011 Winter Storm Season

« on: February 03, 2011, 06:09:37 PM »

Today was a day that the forecasters blew it. They did not predict the sudden onset of sleet and freezing rain my area experienced today. It was not expected to cause travel difficulties, but numerous accidents occurred on the roads across the Birmingham Metro area. Schools closed early and traffic on the Interstates and other major highways in the area was extremely slow.

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Winter Weather / Re: January 31st-February 2nd Superstorm

« on: February 01, 2011, 06:15:10 PM »

I am displeased at the lack of instability here where I live. Lots of rain but there's low CAPE, therefore, little or no lightning.  It's only February 1st, though. Later on, there will probably be more oppurtunities for thunderstorms and severe weather.

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Winter Weather / Re: January 31st-February 2nd Superstorm

« on: January 31, 2011, 06:52:05 PM »

I am so sick of winter.  I am ready for 70s and 80s.

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OCMs / Re: Paul Kocin

« on: January 31, 2011, 06:00:14 PM »

I am not criticizing him, but has anyone noticed he has a raspy voice?

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General Discussion / Re: The State of the Union

« on: January 25, 2011, 10:05:17 PM »

I'm sure it'll be like last year. Good for nothing more than a few laughs. He'll take credit for the hard work of others, blame Bush for his failures, say we're on the right track, and (more or less) say "screw you" to those who refuse to see things his way.

Matt, you are correct. I could not agree with you more. Remember him lying about Chief Justice Samuel Alito and him shaking his head and saying, "That's not true. That's not true."?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Charter Communications Discussion

« on: January 20, 2011, 06:42:18 PM »

We have Charter here, but ironically it doesn't cover the Atlanta area itself only the suburban towns right outside the city's perimeter.

That is what we have here in Birmingham, too. My sister and her family, who live about 8 miles down the road from us, had it and then dropped it and switched to AT&T U-verse. The only other cable company that provides service in the Birmingham area is Bright House.

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TWC Classics News / Re: New content management system

« on: January 17, 2011, 06:40:44 PM »

I would prefer that the names of the shows and their title cards be in alphabetical order, like they were before, if that's possible.

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General Discussion / YouTube

« on: January 17, 2011, 06:20:40 PM »

I don't know if it's just me, or are you tube's videos failing to play through smoothly? It's so annoying.  They used to play all the way through smoothly but not anymore.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Nicole Mitchell's Last Night

« on: January 16, 2011, 06:30:13 PM »

That's pretty pathetic that they would complain about her military service "getting in the way." Then again, this is NBC, who owns MSNBC, which is a liberal network, of whom generally hate our military, who were in a movie with Kevin Bacon.

I totally agree with Matt on this one. BTW, sorry for the double post.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Nicole Mitchell's Last Night

« on: January 16, 2011, 06:26:50 PM »

I thought Nicole was in the Air Force. 

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General Weather Chat / Re: EC Winter Storm January 22-23?

« on: January 16, 2011, 05:50:36 PM »

good god not another...

I understand how you feel. You just get tired of it happening over and over and over again. I definately am not a fan of cold weather and winter.