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Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => Programming and Graphics => Topic started by: ester1 on December 27, 2009, 05:48:13 PM
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Over Hanukkah our family flew and got together in Texas. There were active tornado warnings there. We turned TWC on for information. As usual, we got STORM STORIES..about the Oklahoma tornado's in 1993. We were distressed, active tornado warning for us and TWC running a piece re 1993 weather. We had to turn into local TV radio and TV stations for our local weather warnings. We could have died. I brought up my complaint re TWC getting back to weather only, and to my surprise all my relatives were equally as disconcerted with TWC pieces rather than the current active weather. That's what we all tune in for is current weather......we don't tune in for WHEN WEATHER CHANGED HISTORY of world war II etc. Why does the weather channel waste valuable dollars on these productions only to irritate their viewership. Today my son is traveling by car in the midwest. Snow was predicted. I tuned into TWC twice in 4 hours to see his travel conditions. Again I got an hour STORMS STORY both times.....worthless for my needs today. So I checked Weather Underground on my computer and Intellicast Weather for the info I needed. I got it in 30 seconds. Its getting to the point where we use our computers for weather rather than TWC. Ashamed we used to rely heavily on TWC for current weather. It's got to cost more to produce these worthless pieces than to pay the staff to simply do continuous current weather, or run these pieces only when no import weather is occurring. I don't need the cutsie girls and boys with their high pay. Just give me a boring BBC type current weather reader. They could give us the weather we need! Maybe things will improve with the NBC and Blackstone V ownership. I hope they review their programing and return it the their original format of boring but helpful current weather conditions 24/4. In the interim me, our family and friends will continue to rely on on internet weather sources, local TV & Radio, and intentionally avoid TWC ADVERTISING SPONSORS. Maybe they will get the point.
I'M I ALONE REGARDING THIS COMPLAINT......OR DOES ANYONE ELSE AGREE? IF SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET OUR HELPFUL OLD TWC BACK?
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It's all about money, sadly.
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I see where you are coming from and the shows tend to be annoying at times. I was about to lose all hope when they started the movies on Fridays (which are gone yay!) But I have to say TWC is changing and it has only been a year since NBC took over. There have been many things changed and a lot of things not really worked out yet for the future....
My point is, that you cannot strictly rely on a cable channel for EVERYTHING. There are multiple sources for weather information. I advise investing in a NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio. They are not expensive and have been known to save many lives during severe weather. More homes should have them. They turn on automatically when warnings are issued. Some of them can be programmed to only give you warnings you want. Being battery (or handcrank) powered they are wonderful if power is out.
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So I checked Weather Underground on my computer and Intellicast Weather for the info I needed. I got it in 30 seconds.
That's EXACTLY why more and more longform is being added. The internet is basically what ruined TV.
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I agree with you. Plus Its sad that all the old bosses of the weather channel are gone and doing something else now twc is run by totally different people. The best thing to do like ryan said to is have a noaa weather radio (with batteries) and to check up on forecasts.
http://www.weatherdaddy.us/weatherdaddy/hw3.php (http://www.weatherdaddy.us/weatherdaddy/hw3.php)
^ and weather daddy is the perfect place to keep up to date on weather information and forecasts try to keep up with the weather esspecially for places that your traveling to.
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The internet is now the best way to access the weather. I can look up the numerical models online and come up with my own forecasts. Even the watches and warnings on the NOAA weather radio also show up quickly on your NWS forecast online. If you lose electricity during a storm, then your battery-powered weather radio is your backup. TV has now become outdated when it comes to weather, and I'm sure TWC is well aware of that fact.