Another Flick and a Forecast situation is happening

[TampaMillTWC88]

The Weather Channel is very inconsistent with severe weather coverage ever since they deveoted themselves to becoming a reality and entertainment channel. Last night, they wisely preempted the regularly scheduled programming when severe weather was heading toward Chicago. At 9pm and 9:30pm, they flat out rushed through the update, even though there is severe weather with multiple reports of tornado damage in Kentucky. The only thing they have is some dinky weather alert below the screen while Twist of Fate is going on.  TWC should realize every one does not have Intellistar, in order to see the LOT8s squeezeback. They just had to show this program tonight, no matter what. They are showing a program about tornadoes, while tornadoes are going on right now!!! Why can't they stop their programming and show us what is happening in Kentucky!!!  We have to wait until friggin 10pm to get some sort of extended coverage. And it'll only be for 1 hour.   

[Anistorm]

There is a such thing as "dual feed".

[Zach]

There is a such thing as "dual feed".

Evan has notified me that its not being deployed.. thats lovely

[Donovan]

There is a such thing as "dual feed".

Evan has notified me that its not being deployed.. thats lovely

How does this dual feed work?

[toxictwister00]

There is a such thing as "dual feed".

Evan has notified me that its not being deployed.. thats lovely

How does this dual feed work?

Sorta like the live weather updates are now, except longer and only the area affected by severe weather would see it while everyone else is watching long form programming. Speaking of dual feed, would this have been a severe wx update on a dual feed? I put in the video description that it was, but I'm not too sure. If so, this is the last time I've seen it.

IntelliStar - April 24, 2010 11:58pm

[Mike M]

I think TWC did away with dual feeds when they started airing "live weather updates" every 30 minutes.

[Evan2015]

I'll say, as a person watching the stations in the market where it hit, Even if they didn't break in, a dual feed update would have worked for the area. Louisville is the biggest city in Kentucky and I know has an IS, the surrounding area that was affected has the Louisville IS, so no problem there. The big problem was that by the time they would get extended live coverage, the storms started to wind down. TWC was too little, too late. I saw TWC ONCE talk about the Louisville storm. Also, the storms simply weren't as bad as the FAAF storms from that night. The storms in Arkansas killed a few people. Here, nobody was even injured. Also, the storms weren't EF-3's or anything, at most maybe weak EF-2. There was a lot of damage though.

[gt1racerlHDl]

There hasn't been Dual Feeds in awhile, because every time severe weather is in my area they say "stay tuned for a weather update in 30 minutes."

[brbjambajuice]

Why am I not surprised... The 30 minute updates have an up and down to them.

The up? Some areas don't have the IS. However, i'm sure that's not the reasons since if they killed the legacy LDLs (for when they had the big and small LDL, not anymore so excuse:invalid) plus not having a squeezeback (enjoy that national forecast for cities that can be far far away, take Big Bear for example, that's in the mountains!) then obviously that's not the reason.

However, the 30 minute interval keeps the updates sooner than they used to have them when they had and a .

The down? Well, Severe weather can strike in an instant. Since TWC obviously could care less about anything weather these days, then obviously of course they won't utilize the dual feed. That right there, is laziness, just like as I mentioned the LDLs and squeezebacks. the XL can AT LEAST show an LDL during that time, or if they devoted a little time, make a squeezeback, it's capable of doing so, they just have their heads in the clouds working with the new equipment leaving older ones at a disadvantage. I bet the IS will no longer be getting anymore updates, since the IS2 is rolling out.

[TampaMillTWC88]

The down? Well, Severe weather can strike in an instant. Since TWC obviously could care less about anything weather these days, then obviously of course they won't utilize the dual feed. That right there, is laziness, just like as I mentioned the LDLs and squeezebacks. the XL can AT LEAST show an LDL during that time, or if they devoted a little time, make a squeezeback, it's capable of doing so, they just have their heads in the clouds working with the new equipment leaving older ones at a disadvantage. I bet the IS will no longer be getting anymore updates, since the IS2 is rolling out.

Plus, I see them advertising Peter Lik tonight. So I doubt they'll preempt tonight either.

[WeatherWitness]

The down? Well, Severe weather can strike in an instant. Since TWC obviously could care less about anything weather these days, then obviously of course they won't utilize the dual feed. That right there, is laziness, just like as I mentioned the LDLs and squeezebacks. the XL can AT LEAST show an LDL during that time, or if they devoted a little time, make a squeezeback, it's capable of doing so, they just have their heads in the clouds working with the new equipment leaving older ones at a disadvantage. I bet the IS will no longer be getting anymore updates, since the IS2 is rolling out.

Plus, I see them advertising Peter Lik tonight. So I doubt they'll preempt tonight either.

One time this week I remember them advertising Weather Caught on Camera in the morning for prime time, but then that was preempted. So don't always trust the advertising. Although, the severe weather looks like it's mostly out of the country now anyway, so I guess we can count on Peter Lik tonight.

As far as the XL, I thought TWC was eventually going to phase it out. I could be wrong (since the IS is more expensive, right?), but I have been to a few places that used to have an XL and now have an IS. Thus, this would explain why the XL is not getting updates for the LDL, squeezeback, etc.

[brbjambajuice]

As far as the XL, I thought TWC was eventually going to phase it out. I could be wrong (since the IS is more expensive, right?), but I have been to a few places that used to have an XL and now have an IS. Thus, this would explain why the XL is not getting updates for the LDL, squeezeback, etc.

Well, they shouldn't phase it out. The XL is still completely usable, they can simply keep the icons and graphics as is, but the LDL needs to be shown.

And is it too hard to make a squeezeback? All simply does is make 3 pieces show that change for 2 minutes (CC, other weather info, time)

The IS doesn't do any work, TWC does, they make the video compress and do the background. Even if they are too lazy, or there isn't enough hard drive space, then they can AT LEAST cue an LDL. There's a bit of room for that. There's no ad shown to the right left, so excuses:completely invalid. 

[bobalong]

The Flick and a Forecast situation happened again this week when TWC went to longform during the Phoenix dust storm, except now we can call it "Lik and a Forecast."

[TampaMillTWC88]

The Flick and a Forecast situation happened again this week when TWC went to longform during the Phoenix dust storm, except now we can call it "Lik and a Forecast."

TWC doesn't even bother to preempt anymore. It has been like two weeks since I actually saw them interrupt their programming. 

[brbjambajuice]

"Lik and a Forecast."

and a  you mean.