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Hurricane Central / Re: 95L

« on: September 24, 2010, 10:42:48 AM »

It's official. As of 5:00 PM ADT, 95L has become Tropical Storm Matthew!

Aaah yaaahh!!!!

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General Discussion / Re: Facebook experiencing DDoS Attack

« on: September 23, 2010, 04:00:46 PM »

As long as we're not out of coffee.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Weather Porn

« on: September 23, 2010, 03:57:15 PM »

Those gay references were purely a joke.

Yah, I got that.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Weather Porn

« on: September 23, 2010, 10:38:59 AM »

If you don't laugh at some point during these videos, something is wrong with you. This is TWC at its funniest.

...or it just isn't your kind of humor. I'm into silly/dopey/absurd humor myself. Awkward/nice guy humor rarely makes me laugh. And maybe it's just me, but some of those borderline gay references were a little creepy.

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Hurricane Central / Re: Do you like the new hurricane sub forum?

« on: September 23, 2010, 10:30:49 AM »

I think it's kind of annoying. I look at new replies and see a dozen threads about hurricanes. Some, of which, haven't even developed sometimes! But I don't want to spoil anyone's fun. So if others like it...

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Anyone Shorter Than Jim Cantore?

« on: September 23, 2010, 10:26:27 AM »

I'm 5'7".

Please tell me you're just being a wiseguy.

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General Weather Chat / Re: Proposal For New Child Board

« on: September 22, 2010, 03:25:34 PM »

You're kidding, right? There's tons of stuff here about severe weather. Forum categories, subforums, and threads.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Anyone Shorter Than Jim Cantore?

« on: September 22, 2010, 03:23:52 PM »

Both Paul and Jim are the only tall guys on TWC. I know Paul is 6 foot 5. I'm not sure about Jim.

As for me, nope. I am short. I'm 5'4 (though I'm pretty sure I grew an inch...)

He was talking about Jim being short, not tall. And I think he was asking about the other OCMs.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Microsoft Surface Debuts on The Weather Channel

« on: September 20, 2010, 03:19:18 PM »

Finally someone changes the topic!

Well, if you hadn't gone off-topic...

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Local Forecast / Re: Song ID request Jan 1988

« on: September 19, 2010, 10:00:19 PM »

Can anyone name the LF tune below from Jan 1988? It didn't appear on playlists of the time that I know of. A lot of songs didn't back then. Thanks in advance.

That's "Sundown" by Herb Alpert. I have a video of it posted in 1987.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Microsoft Surface Debuts on The Weather Channel

« on: September 18, 2010, 02:24:04 PM »

this whole apple obsession of yours needs to end, not everyone here is obsessed with it.

At the very least, don't mention it in every thread.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Microsoft Surface Debuts on The Weather Channel

« on: September 16, 2010, 10:42:50 AM »

Wow, they're actually talking about the whys of weather! Haven't seen that in years. The female anchor is terrible, though. And are the iPad and table really necessary? Would viewers think any less of them if they read the questions off a much cheaper cue-card?

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Local Forecast / Re: Song "Make or Break" by CC Gilmore

« on: September 12, 2010, 09:39:54 PM »

Hasn't this been posted a couple times before?

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OCMs & Personalities / Kristina Abernathy and Weathertainment

« on: September 08, 2010, 01:22:48 PM »

My friend (and fellow board member) Mike C. shared this with me today. I thought it was interesting enough to share with you all.

Someone posted a question on answers.com, asking what happened to Kristina Abernathy. While the author is probably just a fan and doesn't know the true answer, I thought his/her comments about Kristina (as well as other OCMs and NBC's version of TWC were spot on). I was never really a fan of Kristina (she was a little to rigid for my tastes), but I agree that she was always professional. Both in appearance and in how she did her job.

Since I haven't watched the channel (for more than a few minutes) in years, I am not familiar with any of the antics mentioned (except for the "Storm Master G" thing), but I find them appalling. When I saw the "Storm Master G" thing, I thought "you have got to be kidding me!" I don't know the circumstances surrounding that ad, but Dr. Forbes does not seem like the kind of guy who lower himself to that level. If I was him, I would have said "no, I'm not doing that" and walked out.

Finally...although I've never really thought about it, Jim Cantore does seem to have changed over the years. I'm sure he's still a great guy, but he seems to have a bit of an ego these days that's a bit off-putting.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happened_to_Kristina_Abernathy_of_the_weather_channel

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Local Forecast / Re: Help identifying a song?

« on: September 06, 2010, 03:55:46 PM »

I found the song! I was a year off, the weather channel played it in April 2000. It's Jessica by the Allman Brothers Band.

You were also off with the genre. ABB is rock, not jazz. Glad you found the song, though.