In spite of who it is that covers severe storms in the public's time of need to know, what ever station TV and/or radio that has Meteorologists whether local or at a remote location, I'm going with the one that is R.A.C.E.S. Licensed to talk with the storm chasers, and the National WX Service at the drop of a dime.
Fancy equipment is cool regardless of what ever you want to call you're technology for Dopplar Radar, but there is nothing "high-Tech" that can replace human eyes looking in to the skies.
Brad Barton and Ron Jackson will have my attention when it's time to talk Weather. I hear them all the time getting information from the Spotters. The Radar imaging is great for visual reference, but to hear it from the source as it happens knowing that Brad & Ron are up to date with their information just settles the butterflies in me when it comes to things dropping out of the sky.
I don't want to sound like I'm bashing any particular station, but when the "weather man" states severe WX in (Tar-rant) County and (Panty-go) is getting hail, I don't feel so safe any more. It makes me think that they are truly relying solely on radar for their info and they're not familure with my area. You can get echo of a hook for a tornado, but that doesn't always mean that one's dropping out of the sky. It's nice to know that Brad Barton & Ron Jackson can key up and ask for specifics from the spotters.
Think about the time it takes for weather to go through the chain of commands before it gets to you. Normally, it would be:
Spotter to Net Control.
Net control to NWS.
NWS to media outlet.
Much can happen in that short time span, but to know that Brad or Ron can just break in before updating the computer modules, They know! There's still that human element in play, but I like my odds better this way.
Sorry, didn't mean to go in to a diatribe there....
-Doc
> If memory serves me right, the reason the partnership with
> KXAS was dropped was due to a scheduling mix-up, and no one
> was available for radio spots over a two day period. Problem
> was, there were storms one day that left 'BAP out in the
> cold.
>
> About 3 months later, they dropped KXAS and went with
> WFAA/TXCN.
>
> Oh, and who did 'BAP use those two days? The Weather
> Channel.
>
> > Go figure...the big part of WBAP's "partnership" with WFAA
>
> > was to have their weather staff on retainer to do all the
> > weather cut-ins on WBAP's news, and to soften the blow
> from
> > giving up the earlier partnership with KXAS (dating back
> to
> > the days when they were truly sister stations as
> > WBAP-TV/AM/FM.)
> >
> > Now the Weather Channel is officially a co-provider of
> > weather services to WBAP. Why? To have weather that's
> not
> > pre-recorded to use around the clock? Maybe in
> anticipation
> > of TXCN going under and losing 'round-the-clock weather
> > services from Belo? Or to save from hiring a staff
> > meteorologist at WBAP? I'm missing the logic here.
> >
>
