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Weather Channel Take 2

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SKIPPER

Got this email from a friend about the the outbreak of severe weather we had here in the south last weekend.

The Weather Channel was in full balls-to-the-wall storm coverage mode Saturday as the nation's Southeast lit up with severe weather. But Friday night, when nearly a half-dozen tornado watches were in effect, and parts of Mississippi were being ravaged by storms, TWC aired a movie: “The Avengers.”

The weather channel sucks
 
Skipper! said:
Got this email from a friend about the the outbreak of severe weather we had here in the south last weekend.

The Weather Channel was in full balls-to-the-wall storm coverage mode Saturday as the nation's Southeast lit up with severe weather. But Friday night, when nearly a half-dozen tornado watches were in effect, and parts of Mississippi were being ravaged by storms, TWC aired a movie: “The Avengers.”

The weather channel sucks
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All true, and the movies result in TWC looking like a bunch of clowns (and in people losing the habit of checking them out once in a while). But why not post this under the other (still-active) thread about the Weather Channel?
 
I think it's important to post this way just in case some loser from NBC sees the post... they might figure out (not) we can't stand what a
joke they have made of a once great channel.

I also wonder if a class action case could be brought against them for telling everone that they are a weather outlet and not cover severe weather. If someone was killed or injured in Mississippi last friday night and let's just suppose they turned on the weather channel to get information because they thought they would get it... and were blown away.... I'd think the FCC should make NBC pay.
If it were a local t.v. or radio station the FCC would light them up with fines.

NBC might have caused injury or loss this past Friday and people need to let NBC know we are mad... lots of people on talk radio here in the south have been talking about NBC and their lack of coverage this past weekend... and how week the Saturday coverage was... sad
 
Skipper! said:
Got this email from a friend about the the outbreak of severe weather we had here in the south last weekend.

The Weather Channel was in full balls-to-the-wall storm coverage mode Saturday as the nation's Southeast lit up with severe weather. But Friday night, when nearly a half-dozen tornado watches were in effect, and parts of Mississippi were being ravaged by storms, TWC aired a movie: “The Avengers.”

The weather channel sucks


NBC is destroying the weather channel.No need to continue running the movie. If the weather channel wants to run movies and is under a contractural agreement to run them at a certain time they should have a disclaimer in thier agreement that they can pre empt for breaking news.
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I've never thought of The Weather Channel as covering every weather event nationwide, even every dangerous one.
If they did that back in the past, it was probably when they had more staff, or more access to affiliates' coverage, or something like that. I'm sure their economic realities are different than they used to be. Aren't all of ours?

I also know if I heard what sounded like a train, and it had been real windy, the last place I'd check is a national cable channel, unless it was not hooked to electricity, I had a way to change through 100 channels, and I was already as deep in a closet or bathroom as I could get. So I can't fault them for "not being there" without faulting every local channel who kept playing the hits.
 
I get so sick of the same "It sounded like a freight train" quote. Just once I wish someone would say something like "It sounded like a transvestite screaming inside an echo chamber" or something even more off the wall.
 
Skipper! said:
I think it's important to post this way just in case some loser from NBC sees the post... they might figure out (not) we can't stand what a
joke they have made of a once great channel.
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I'm sure a relative handful of cranky message board posts will move any media company to rethink its business decisions.  Or not.

Skipper! said:
I also wonder if a class action case could be brought against them for telling everone that they are a weather outlet and not cover severe weather.
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I'd love to be the judge to laugh it out of court and fine the person who brought it to the bench for wasing the taxpayers' time and money.

Skipper! said:
If someone was killed or injured in Mississippi last friday night and let's just suppose they turned on the weather channel to get information because they thought they would get it... and were blown away.... I'd think the FCC should make NBC pay.
If it were a local t.v. or radio station the FCC would light them up with fines.
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Almost too many illogical things there to even list. 


Skipper! said:
NBC might have caused injury or loss this past Friday and people need to let NBC know we are mad... lots of people on talk radio here in the south have been talking about NBC and their lack of coverage this past weekend... and how week the Saturday coverage was... sad
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Um, no. Nature caused injuries, but if you want to try to bring a lawsuit against nature, go for it.
 
imhomerjay must work for NBC. I guess even a network as bad as the peacock has a nut-job or two that like them.
 
NBC-U has destroyed TWC, but remember...the REAL value, and what NBC-U prized all along, was weather.com. Notice how many times during their segments they tout weather.com & how it can be used on many different platforms. The channel itself is of no real value, hence, why I fear no one will listen to our screams to change it back to how it used to be.

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Skipper! said:
If someone was killed or injured in Mississippi last friday night and let's just suppose they turned on the weather channel to get information because they thought they would get it... and were blown away.... I'd think the FCC should make NBC pay.
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The FCC has no jurisdiction over cable channels; The Weather Channel is not LEGALLY obligated to "serve the public interest" as broadcast stations (theoretically) are. Personally, when there's severe weather in my area, I tune to local TV (I have to anyway since my DirecTV will likely black out) or radio.
 
Skipper! said:
imhomerjay must work for NBC. I guess even a network as bad as the peacock has a nut-job or two that like them.
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Gee, is that really the best you can come up with? Someone points out the illogical and hyperbole, so you trot out the tired tripe about them working for whoever it is you have an issue with?

Actually, that shouldn't be all that surprising, even if it is sad.
 
YEKIMI said:
I get so sick of the same "It sounded like a freight train" quote. Just once I wish someone would say something like "It sounded like a transvestite screaming inside an echo chamber" or something even more off the wall.
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It usually sounds like a train.
 
I want to pose a question for the many who have posted here and the other "Weather Channel" section, if you had this network,
who would you like to bring back?, anyone remember Dennis Smith, Bruce Edwards, Mark Mancuso(who went to another weather
service)and Kristina Abernathy?, and as far as programs, "Wake Up With Al" has to go(Al has enough work on his plate with the
"Today Show" on NBC) get rid of those movies on Friday night(some just don't fit them) but do keep "Storm Stories".
 
upstate29651 made an excellent point regarding weather.com. How many times do local news outlets now mention or make you go to the stations site for more info (or the rest of the story)? Driving web site hits drives revenue. That said why not leave the channel alone then? I am an admitted weather geek and loved (past tense) the station for the science and workings of weather. I get my local weather from other sources (weather underground) but used to still watch the Wx channel for educational purposes. Even if the storm was in Ok/Fla and I am in Pa. Cantore, Forbes or the hurricane experts providing the science behind the storm was what kept me coming back (ok, the babes too). In essence it was like one of the many other subject specific channels (Animal Planet, Military, Discovery Health etc etc).
Now..way to much fluff, cross over promos, the aforementioned movies, wake up with Al (NEVER) etc.
And by the way, the Wx channel was never meant as a local warning system. We have something called the National Weather Service for that. They have a few branches ( ;D ) around the country providing local weather info and warnings to the masses!!
I've heard mention of the Accu Weather Channel here in PA but I am not able to get it.
 
i think the best solutuion is that no network is allowed to own any kind of special cable channel network like news, weather and sports. cable tv is begiining to be like the networks themselves little or nothing on.
 
captex said:
cable tv is begiining to be like the networks themselves little or nothing on.
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Though it seems that many of the most talked-about, high-quality television series the past few years weren't on the networks, but on cable, such as "The Sopranos", "Mad Men", "The Shield" and "Dexter" (which briefly was on CBS after its first season on Showtime). As the FCC regulations don't include cable networks, they give them more elbow room for creativity than the networks.
 
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