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General Discussion / Re: Tsunami Warning in effect for Entire Pacific, including Hawaii

« on: March 13, 2011, 10:34:49 PM »

Probably never will ever no how many people is missing, etc.  This country needs to prepare for something like this.

As has already been said, Japan is the most prepared country in the world to deal with earthquakes.  Earthquake preparedness has basically become a part of their lives.

However, no country, with current technology, can deal with the effects of one of the strongest earthquakes on record plus a tsunami of immense proportions all within the same hour.  It's just not possible.

To be perfectly honest, Japan is coping probably better than most countries could in such a situation.  It's a true tragedy that's taking place there, there's to be much recovery work and much sadness for quite a while to come, but at least Japan will survive, rebuild, and, hopefully, learn something from this and teach the rest of the world.

Nature is still more powerful than man.

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Local Forecast / Re: WxSTARs Below the 3000: Has anyone ever recorded one?

« on: March 13, 2011, 06:55:11 PM »

They made modifications to the hardware of the STAR I and II (which became III). The layout of the information on each page was controlled at TWC, thus I don't think there's a way to say for sure which unit you're seeing based on the output (but a good guess based on the date/year).

I think we can guarantee that it wasn't the III in 1983. 

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Just curious

« on: March 12, 2011, 06:08:58 PM »

Why is there a banner about the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami?

My guess would be because it's receiving major coverage on TWC at the moment.

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General Discussion / Re: Video Question

« on: March 11, 2011, 07:26:23 AM »

Well, is there a tripod for a Flip Video Camera???   

Most cameras and camcorders can be used with any tripod, since the vast majority of them have standard tripod mounts (really just a screw hole) built in.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Louisiana in Crossheirs

« on: March 08, 2011, 10:33:17 PM »

Not to jump too much off topic, but I thought crossheirs was spelled crosshairs.

I was just going to mention that!  More to the point, "heir" doesn't sound like "hair." 

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: Olathe, Kansas IS

« on: March 05, 2011, 02:57:54 PM »

Even Wikipedia doesn't have an entry for Olathe, MO.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: Olathe, Kansas IS

« on: March 04, 2011, 09:58:20 PM »

How about Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri? 

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Website Errors and Problems

« on: March 02, 2011, 10:01:18 AM »

The forum is running VERY slowly today, and most pages don't load the first time.  Or the second time.

Sorry I can not replicate the problem. Things seem stable on my end

Page created in 0.348 seconds with 20 queries.

Everything seems normal now.  Maybe it was just a temporary glitch.

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Website Errors and Problems

« on: March 02, 2011, 08:24:28 AM »

The forum is running VERY slowly today, and most pages don't load the first time.  Or the second time.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: February 25, 2011, 08:20:25 AM »

The clock seems to be such an issue to everybody. While I agree there SHOULD be one, there are those who say to just look in the room where you are watching TV...I'm sure there is a clock there.

As I look at my TV, I count the following clocks:
1. On the TV display (with the touch of a button)
2. VCR display
3. Cable box display
4. Clock radio on top of the VCR

Do I REALLY need The Weather Channel to tell me what time it is, too? 

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: February 24, 2011, 09:27:01 PM »

TWC really should go by the NWS color codes for the watch/warning/advisory scroll. The IS2 is showing Special Weather Statements in red, along with just about everything else like Winter Weather Advisories. I just don't see an advisory warranting the color red.

I agree with you.  Hopefully this is on the list for further programming changes.  I personally couldn't get used to a simple weather statement in red.  It just doesn't "jive."

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: February 24, 2011, 07:13:27 PM »

2000-present...

You act as if this is common knowledge.  Maybe other people have different opinions regarding "eras" in the history of The Weather Channel.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: February 24, 2011, 06:42:34 PM »

No.  Ever since the earliest days of Stars, there was ALWAYS a clock (and date) on the LDL during programming, and also during weather bulletins (until the scrolling warnings on the 4000 premiered).

Read again

You do realize that 4000/Junior viewers never saw a clock outside the LF on a regular basis in modern times until the clock that premiered last year came, right?

What are "modern times"?  Since I started watching TWC in the late 1980s, there was always a clock so long as you had a Star - both during the local forecast (with the III and original version of the 4000, except during the ad crawl) and during programming on the LDL.  The only time I can think of without a clock is since the new LDL premiered.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: February 24, 2011, 06:26:51 PM »

I dont even see the problem TWC has with running 24131/24130 and 27120/27119 on beat-down versions of the IS LDLs just to get time through to viewers... thats precisely what they did until 3/11/10

That actually makes sense, since now it's not only satellite viewers (and the viewer with an occasionally out-of-order IntelliStar), but also ALL viewers with a WeatherStar XL, 4000, or Jr.  That number might not be absolutely huge, but it's still very sizable.

You do realize that 4000/Junior viewers never saw a clock outside the LF on a regular basis in modern times until the clock that premiered last year came, right?

No.  Ever since the earliest days of Stars, there was ALWAYS a clock (and date) on the LDL during programming, and also during weather bulletins (until the scrolling warnings on the 4000 premiered).

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: February 24, 2011, 05:58:05 PM »

It did for a very brief time when the new LDL was introduced a year ago.  However, that was only because the IntelliStar LDL didn't have one, and people complained.  When the IntelliStar LDL got a clock, it was removed from the national LDL.

TWC should be able to re-enable the clock for Satellite viewers, it seems kind of ridiculous to not have one because it a hassle (on the DTV end) to have to constantly press the guide or info button just to see what time it is. 

That actually makes sense, since now it's not only satellite viewers (and the viewer with an occasionally out-of-order IntelliStar), but also ALL viewers with a WeatherStar XL, 4000, or Jr.  That number might not be absolutely huge, but it's still very sizable.