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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 26, 2016 22:04:58 GMT -5
I'm with you! I hate the local coverage of any kind of bad weather. I really don't need to know that the northernmost county in your viewing area is having a hard time, it's bright and sunny here. Stop telling me about for 6 hours straight!!!!! I live in hurricane country and only worry about those if Jim Cantore shows up in my area. That and if they're a Category 3 or higher. We've had Al Roker show up for a bad tropical storm. Situation not made better by Roker's constant commentary shouted from a rainswept balcony while he is trying to maintain verticality. Our local weather wonks are idiots. A bad rainstorm sets them all scurrying to the Doppler to count lightning strikes and tell us when to the exact second the next storm cell will appear over our street. About 10 years ago, Al Roker was here for the Memphis In May World BBQ contest. While he was at the contest, he was telling the TV audience everyone had to clear the BBQ contest area/park because the tornado sirens were going off. I believe that was the weekend we had 8 separate tornado warnings in a 24 hour period.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 29, 2016 8:01:16 GMT -5
We've had Al Roker show up for a bad tropical storm. Situation not made better by Roker's constant commentary shouted from a rainswept balcony while he is trying to maintain verticality. Our local weather wonks are idiots. A bad rainstorm sets them all scurrying to the Doppler to count lightning strikes and tell us when to the exact second the next storm cell will appear over our street. About 10 years ago, Al Roker was here for the Memphis In May World BBQ contest. While he was at the contest, he was telling the TV audience everyone had to clear the BBQ contest area/park because the tornado sirens were going off. I believe that was the weekend we had 8 separate tornado warnings in a 24 hour period. And that's fine...sirens are an indication of a real threat. But down here, every thunderstorm is not a major act of the weather demons. But the weather wonks on TV get bored after long stretches of hot and sunny weather, so when there is rain, they get crazy.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 29, 2016 8:08:09 GMT -5
About 10 years ago, Al Roker was here for the Memphis In May World BBQ contest. While he was at the contest, he was telling the TV audience everyone had to clear the BBQ contest area/park because the tornado sirens were going off. I believe that was the weekend we had 8 separate tornado warnings in a 24 hour period. And that's fine...sirens are an indication of a real threat. But down here, every thunderstorm is not a major act of the weather demons. But the weather wonks on TV get bored after long stretches of hot and sunny weather, so when there is rain, they get crazy. Oh, I know that and agree with you (see my reply, #23). I brought up Roker and the tornado warning only because you happened to mentioned him.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 30, 2016 8:26:43 GMT -5
And that's fine...sirens are an indication of a real threat. But down here, every thunderstorm is not a major act of the weather demons. But the weather wonks on TV get bored after long stretches of hot and sunny weather, so when there is rain, they get crazy. Oh, I know that and agree with you (see my reply, #23). I brought up Roker and the tornado warning only because you happened to mentioned him. And since you did, I wonder why they send him to cover storms. OK, he is trained as a weather forecaster, but he is in truth a TV personality. It makes me nuts when people who are supposed to impart serious information about serious weather conditions take on the role of all-time drama queen and make it sound like the world is ending. Around here, our forecasters live here, so the weather isn't exactly a shocking thing. But let a thunderstorm roll in, and the ties loosen, the shirtsleeves roll up and everybody on the damn news team heads outside to cover the storm. And invariably, they go to the most redneck neighborhood they can find, so they can get people walking in knee-high water (bad idea here, given the snakes, gators and other varmints and bacteria), or they find the ONE FAMILY with their dog house, pool enclosure or tool shed roof damaged and scream, "LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBLE F-ZERO TORNADO COULDA MAYBE POSSIBLY DONE DAMAGE HERE!!!!!!" No wonder they call us Florid-duh. An F-Zero tornado? Do you think the folks in the midwest, standing in the middle of what used to be their neighborhoods after the F3 went through, are gonna be all that impressed?
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 30, 2016 9:41:50 GMT -5
Oh, I know that and agree with you (see my reply, #23). I brought up Roker and the tornado warning only because you happened to mentioned him. And since you did, I wonder why they send him to cover storms. OK, he is trained as a weather forecaster, but he is in truth a TV personality. It makes me nuts when people who are supposed to impart serious information about serious weather conditions take on the role of all-time drama queen and make it sound like the world is ending. Around here, our forecasters live here, so the weather isn't exactly a shocking thing. But let a thunderstorm roll in, and the ties loosen, the shirtsleeves roll up and everybody on the damn news team heads outside to cover the storm. And invariably, they go to the most redneck neighborhood they can find, so they can get people walking in knee-high water (bad idea here, given the snakes, gators and other varmints and bacteria), or they find the ONE FAMILY with their dog house, pool enclosure or tool shed roof damaged and scream, "LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBLE F-ZERO TORNADO COULDA MAYBE POSSIBLY DONE DAMAGE HERE!!!!!!" No wonder they call us Florid-duh. An F-Zero tornado? Do you think the folks in the midwest, standing in the middle of what used to be their neighborhoods after the F3 went through, are gonna be all that impressed?
In my Roker anecdote, he wasn't here for the potential of bad weather but to cover the BBQ contest. The tornado warning was something that just happened by chance. As I said earlier, a thunderstorm is a thunderstorm is a thunderstorm. They happen all the time so you meteorologists don't need to report for hours on end. When a tornado warning is issued, then report it on the air until the warning expires. Then get off the air.
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 30, 2016 9:59:18 GMT -5
Because of the hoopla regarding weather every time there's a hint of a storm, people ignore it. Like the boy who cried wolf.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 30, 2016 11:01:37 GMT -5
Because of the hoopla regarding weather every time there's a hint of a storm, people ignore it. Like the boy who cried wolf. yes and no..... depends on the person. Some people just remember the "being scared" part and not the part that nothing actually happened. So, when the weather reports get all stern and concerned (about weather that's 24 hours away) it's a trigger for the 'being scared' part. The weathermen have been reporting on the 30% chance of storms tonight (typical summer thunderstorms) - in a very stern concerned way and I know it's starting the cycle of "OMG! The world is gonna end!!!!" for the people in my life.
It's like some people have gotten PTSD from being frightened by the report of something bad that MIGHT happen but never did... so now, the new reports trigger 'fear' and anxiety -- even though nothing bad has directly happened to them.
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 30, 2016 11:53:44 GMT -5
I used to do all the right things. Including leaving for Orlando. All it got me was overpriced hotel rooms and stuck on I-4 traffic w the rest of the idiots. I'll stay put, thanks.
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