Hey folks, sorry I've been silent for so long. I've been keeping busy with work and my personal life. Nonetheless, I just wanted to pop on and keep you guys up to date on The Weather Channel's plans for Vortex2 this year.
Let's go over some of the changes and highlights...
- TWC will only be following the armada for the first 3 weeks, unless the last week is expected to heat up.
- There will be no live chat or streaming on weather.com, can't afford it this year.
- There will be very little, if any coverage in the outside of morning hours (weather permitting), coverage will be focused on the morning hours.
- The Green Machine will not have it's Blooomobile attached to it this year, as the satellite fees last year were too expensive.
- Because live and on the go uplink (Bloomobile) is not available this year, the actual live in the field coverage will be in SD and via cellular 3G broadband (roughly 30+ second delay) (There is no 3G coverage, see how this will cause problems?) The only HD feeds will be during the morning reports as they are not on the move and the standard HD uplink/satellite truck will be in use instead. It is impossible to operate a standard satellite truck while in motion.
- Instead of a crew of about 6 people this year, it is currently planned to have Mike, a camera operator and a satellite truck operator.
I'll post more information as it becomes available, but I just thought I should post this information now since I just got it.