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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jen Carfagno

« on: May 17, 2011, 11:36:05 AM »

I am sure that if she HAD to be on bed rest, she would not have been working.  We cannot jump to conclusions and say TWC made her work.  I am sure that if Jen was uncomfortable working, TWC would have let her take some time off. 

Generally the only time you are put onto bedrest is if there is complications with the pregnancy.

As a sidenote, Jen is a beautiful pregnant woman, just saying.

I wasn't saying she should be completely bedridden, I meant that I felt she should have been working at a later time instead of so early in the morning that's all. Uncomfortable or not, I know she had to be a little exhausted. Also I agree, she was indeed a beautiful pregnant woman. 

Gotchya.

But still, that doesn't make sense.  What's the difference between workin 8 or 9 hours in the morning than 8 or 9 hours throughout the day or night.  Especially if you are used to mornings.  I don't see how that would have taken a toll on her.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jen Carfagno

« on: May 16, 2011, 03:08:07 PM »

I am sure that if she HAD to be on bed rest, she would not have been working.  We cannot jump to conclusions and say TWC made her work.  I am sure that if Jen was uncomfortable working, TWC would have let her take some time off. 

Generally the only time you are put onto bedrest is if there is complications with the pregnancy.

As a sidenote, Jen is a beautiful pregnant woman, just saying.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Updated Graphics

« on: May 10, 2011, 09:45:01 AM »

I don't mind the new CG's, they are plain and simple.  At least their not extremely large like a few years ago.

And Weather Center LIVE is a dumb name.  Way too much emphasis on live, and not to mention it is downright ugly. 

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General Discussion / Re: Commercials You Loathe

« on: May 09, 2011, 11:52:43 AM »

Arby's "It's Good Mood Food".  More like, run to the toilet mood food.

Ugh.  I hear ya on that one.

How about the Ford commercial with Mike Rowe?  It's not Mr. Rowe that is annoying, it's the music!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: It's not Vortex2, but Mike Bettes is "gone chasin'" again!

« on: May 07, 2011, 11:56:03 AM »

If you look at "The Tornado Hunt" Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/TornadoHunt), you can see TWC's chase vehicle.  As Martin said, it seems kind of pointless.  They've got the Storm Riders . 

Hopefully he will get some good stuff.  One of the meteorologists at the station I work at is also going storm chasing next week.  The team will be chasing with Jim Reed. He went last year and caught a tornado the first day; the tornado actually turned directions on him and they were being chased. 

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Carl Parker Now Dr. Forbes' Right Hand Man

« on: May 05, 2011, 12:44:37 PM »

Interesting move.  I am looking forward to see Carl and Dr. Forbes work together.  Like Tyler, I thought they did fantastic during the tornado outbreak a couple weeks ago.  You bring up a great point with Cantore; it'll be interesting to see what happens.  Maybe they will send Cantore out to cover those severe weather events instead of having him in studio. 

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General Discussion / Re: Gas prices in your area

« on: May 04, 2011, 01:16:23 PM »

http://www.illinoisgasprices.com/Prices_nationally.aspx  This is a website showing the average gas prices by state.

My fellow Illinoisans on the forums, we have the second highest average gas price in the nation  Aren't you all proud.

Gas here has been anywhere from $4.07 to as high as $4.18.  I've heard the Chicagoland area is averaging $4.44/gallon.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Tornado Specials coming to TWC

« on: May 04, 2011, 01:12:21 PM »

I have only seen bits and pieces of the April tornado special.  I'd definitely like to see the whole episode.  From what I saw, it seemed pretty interesting, and some of you seem to agree.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Weather Channel chief paints rosy company forecast

« on: May 03, 2011, 12:18:05 AM »

Lifestyle?  That's it!  I tune into The Weather Channel for my lifestyle, therefore, I want lifestyle programming! 
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I agree with Matt.  It's really not that hard to figure out why people tune into TWC. 

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 02, 2011, 11:18:13 AM »

I get my Associates degree in May..and say adios to community college..wahoo.   

Wow! Congratulations

Thank you!  It's a very general degree, but it's a degree nonetheless.

I've got all gen-eds knocked out and will only be working on my major/minor the next two years, which it's about time!

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General Discussion / Re: Osama bin Laden Killed!

« on: May 02, 2011, 11:15:07 AM »

God Bless the United States of America!!  Such a great day for Americans.  Thank you to our fantastic military and our government officials for completing this task!

Without getting too political, I've got to hand it to President Obama.  I am almost SICK of people (Obama haters, mostly) saying he had NOTHING to do with it.  BS!  While I think most of the praise should go to our wonderful military, you've got to hand it to Obama.

And then you've got " very religeous" people saying we should not "celebrate" death.  That  pi :censored:es me off!  We need to be happy that a man who killed thousands of innocent life is not dead himself.  He has caused so much heartbreak in this country, and can no longer take lives.  That is what we are celebrating.

Unfortunately, al-Qaeda is still out there, but I am sure the momentum of the group is no longer there with their leader no longer living.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 01, 2011, 04:54:29 PM »

Danielle Banks on today, that a nice sight. She does a good job, professional.

She is a good meteorologist.  She also seems to ad-lib quite a bit, and I think it threw Maria off a few times which led to an awkward moment of silence between the two.

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 30, 2011, 01:10:27 PM »

I get my Associates degree in May..and say adios to community college..wahoo.   

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 28, 2011, 12:38:42 PM »

I think TWC learned their lesson after the whole Friday night movie debacle a few months ago.  Hopefully I did not speak too soon. 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 28, 2011, 12:59:07 AM »

I'd like to know what qualifies Brian Norcorss to have the title "Storm Specialist."

I am right there with you.  I am not a big fan of Brian Norcross.

But, I have to hand it to The Weather Channel.  I was more than impressed with their coverage of this severe weather/tornado outbreak.  Great RADAR updates, and great video showing what the RADAR was detecting.  And I cannot believe that Jeff Morrow and crew caught that tornado on camera, amazing.