C/D: Weathermen, the Weather Channel, etc.

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Why the fuck does anyone even bother. Predictions are never accurate, no one is held accountable for them, and anybody who's been alive for more than a few years can tell that the weather patterns never repeat themselves exactly the same way twice. I mean, all I want to know is if its going to rain tomorrow, and the weather.com service keeps changing its local forecast every couple of hours. Why, just an hour ago it was going to rain tomorrow morning. But now, its gonna be all sunshine in the morning, with clouds in the afternoon! Weatherman I KILL YOU

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:02 (twenty years ago)

the weather channel is classic for disaster footage.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:06 (twenty years ago)

Weatherman I KILL YOU

http://www.negativland.com/slideshow_weatherman/images/slide22.jpg

"Now WHY would you say such a thing...I don't know why you would say THAT."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

just once I'd like to see a news broadcast where a newscaster reams the weatherman for being totally wrong about last week's weather. "Gee Tatiana, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about do you? Did you just take a bunch of classes about how to stand in front of a blue screen?"

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:08 (twenty years ago)

(my apologies for coming off like a bad Seinfeld routine)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:09 (twenty years ago)

los angeles tv news weather is awesome, especially at 10:00pm when it's clear but supposed to rain and they bring us footage of reporters standing outside LIVE in the not-rain. tremendous. channel 7 is particularly good because they say "live doppler 7000 plus" over and over.

― dan (dan), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:11 (twenty years ago)

STORMWATCH, Dan. STORMWATCH.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)

does KTLA still have Fritz whatsisname?

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)

"live doppler 7000 plus"

I don't know what this means but it SOUNDS AWESOME

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 March 2006 21:14 (twenty years ago)

The first time I ever heard anything by The Eurythmics, it was on the Weather Channel sometime in the mid - late '80s, when the channel used the famous instrumental intro from "Here Comes The Rain Again" as background music for their "Local Weather On The 8's" segments. I used to look forward to those segments specifically because I loved the music that was on in the background. It was going to take me a few more years to discover that (a.) that was actually from a real song and (b.) it was actually a hit song. Oh yeah, and that (c.) the title of said song was appropriate. This should count for something. (Confession time: I used to drive my parents crazy with my near-incessant viewing of the Weather Channel way back when.)

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 1 April 2006 01:54 (twenty years ago)

Who was that eccentric-uncle type in L.A. in the 70s? Dr. Something-or-other, who would put his hand over his heart when he was being extra sincere. I remember him, but I can't dredge his name up to save my life.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 1 April 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

Doctor George Fishbeck! The name suddenly popped into my head. He was kinda dorky-cool.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 1 April 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)

he was awesome. his homeboy was elmer dills. seriously what is with abc dickwaving about the doppler radar? Is there one person who would switch newscasts over this? well, if one is watching L.A. network news in the first place I guess anything is possible.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:10 (twenty years ago)

I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate when I am watching the news and suddenly teh weather comes on and blabs for liek 15 minutes about NOTHING! They should just admit they did not have enough stories to report . The only thing worse is the 10 minutes of local high school sports news

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:30 (twenty years ago)

To the best of my knowledge, no weatherperson has ever become so disgruntled as to pull an AK47 at work and massacre their fellow workers. Until the first such incident, I must hold my judgement upon 'classic or dud' in abeyance.

― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 1 April 2006 05:35 (twenty years ago)

My impression of local meteorologists over the past twelve-plus months: "Well, we do see a development coming in from the [indicate direction here]. We're going to continue tracking this with our Viper 2000 super weather system, but it does seem to be heading our way. So I think our chances are good for some possible rain and thunderstorms coming our way, with some areas maybe even possibly receiving as much as an inch and a half of rainfall. We'll keep on tracking this situation and updating you on what's happening. Tonight the low is expected to reach the mid 60s, with a chance of rainfall at 25%. Tomorrow morning, as you wake up, the temperature should be in the low 70s, with a chance of ranfall increasing to about 35%. All day tomorrow, though, the weather system could very well be over our area, and we should experience some sustained rainfall if that happens. I'm going to put our chances of that happening as being 50 - 60%, and tomorrow's high should be in the low 80s. Tomorrow night, cloudy and cool with a low in the low 60s." And then at 5:00 p.m. the next day: "I don't know what happened, but the weather system we were tracking stalled out/dissipated/changed direction on us, and so we weren't able to see any of the rain we were counting on."

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 1 April 2006 05:47 (twenty years ago)

One of my professors used to be a weather man on local news. He said he quit because there was way too much pressure and stress. Apparently the weather is the single biggest reason people watch the evening news, so the weatherman holds ratings in his hands.

― Daddy's Little Duder (unclejessjess), Saturday, 1 April 2006 07:12 (twenty years ago)

CB: hi, my name is CONFIRMATION BIAS!

CAP: hi! i'm CLUELESS ABOUT PROBABILITY! what's up?

CB: nothing. wanna watch the weather report?

CAP: sure! don't know why i bother though.

CB: i know! they're ALWAYS wrong!

CAP: totally! yesterday there was 50% chance of rain but IT DIDN'T RAIN AT ALL!

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 1 April 2006 07:28 (twenty years ago)

Doctor George Fishbeck! The name suddenly popped into my head. He was kinda dorky-cool.

Dr. George is eternally cool. He used to have a show on KABC called "Disasters - How & Why" where he explained about earthquakes, the St. Francis Dam collapse, etc.

If you go to Musso & Frank's during the early lunch hour there's a good chance you'll see him there.

― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:42 (twenty years ago)

Perky Forecaster Turns Beserker and Rains Mayhem On Local News Team

Now that would be classic.

― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 1 April 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

TWC has been playing the Indiana Jones theme as a music bed for Local on the 8s lately, which makes me feel like I should be putting on a battered fedora as I dress.

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

but you should be!

― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:41 (fifteen years ago)

the weather network here pisses me off to no end because every time, EVERY TIME i switch to it to find out anything - even current temp, it seems to be on commercials. can't they put a sidebar on the screen on something? if the 24hr news crawl channel can have the current conditions up all the time, why can't the one for actually weather?! like.. really. god.

― Kim, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:24 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

HAHAHA

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/01/13/directv-dispute-is-weather-channel-trying-to-have-it-both-ways/

― pplains, Sunday, 19 January 2014 20:00 (twelve years ago)

So damn sick of The Weather Channel's new moves. I don't want to see shows about fishing boats or volcanoes. Coming up with your own names for thunderstorms is beyond self-righteous. And Al Roker? I'd rather watch Wolf Blitzer do the weather.

http://i.imgur.com/MC42Riu.png

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Then there's this page: http://www.keeptheweatherchannel.com/ The implication is clear - the next time a tornado strikes OKlahoma, you'll know the survivors weren't DirecTV subscribers.

Know what I'd like to see when I turn on TWC? My local on the 8s. What's happening around the country. Current radar and temperatures. If there's a hurricane coming, fine, how about some Jim Cantore in a blue windbreaker.

BUT THAT'S IT.

― pplains, Sunday, 19 January 2014 20:08 (twelve years ago)

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