Local news channel has new doppler, now they can panic in half the time!

[Toby'sFriend]

You haven't seen anything until you've seen Florida TV stations in the hurricane season!

perhaps, but I used to live in West Texas.

Every spring the weather guys pre-empted all programs to keep us informed about every storm within a 500 mile radius.

Now here in Chicago a weather person just told us on the radio that we are experiencing an "Arctic Blast." I've never been to the Arctic but I suspect that 34 degrees wouldn't faze them much. I mean 34 degrees isn't really even all that cold for Chicago in February, much less the Arctic Circle.

 

[Galahad]

I get really tired of the newest and greatest software for these things. Last year during tornado season, they spent hours pointing and clicking a breathessly pointing out what street corner was getting the worst rain, etc. Technology for tecnology's sake.

 

[DrCavin]

Every time I saw that ad yesterday for Power 5, I kept thinking they were advertising a new razor.. The Schick Power 5 coming to Cleveland..

 

[Shutterbug]

I saw that last night. Local ABC (channel 5 in Cleveland is the worst!) DH absolutely cannot stand Mark Johnson (if that was who you were thinking of). I could not believe how they showed him unpacking this contraption. I actually couldn't stomach watching the rest. Wait until I tell DH that he has a new and improved toy! Don't think we will be turning on Channel 5 anymore.

Actually my fav weather person is Holly Strano on WKYC in the mornings.
Although her weather forcasting has nothing to do with it

 

[Towncrier]

I prefer Betsy Kling because she likes Skyline Chili.

 

[kydisneyfans]

Dick Goddard fan here. We almost drove to the Wooleybear festival last year but decided not to at the last minute.

Now that I am Kentucky-I see another central KY poster here-the forecasts are actually a little more accurate than those is NE Ohio-OK alot better.

The NBC affiliate is the only real news channel in Lexington-channel 27 reminds me of 20 older men sitting in a booth at McDonalds chatting about politics with a weather forecast and UK update thrown in. Who is that weird lady on the weekend on 27 that stutters reading the weather script? And does ANYONE even watch channel 36 here?

The reason Bill Meck on 18 has to talk to Kentuckians like 5 year olds is that most of the hill country's residents stopped their education around that point so he makes it clear for everyone. At least he pinpointed the masterson Station tornado before a tornado warning was issued-that was truely a scary night.

 

[bigmerle1966]

This is to funny. Here in MD in the last few years we have really started getting tornadoes and this happens each and every time they give the warning, "We have reports of a tornado, we'll be right back after these messages". HELLO, tell us where the daggone thing is.

Oh and another favorite of mine. They will specifically say that the city that I live in has nothing going on and I am sitting on the couch wondering if the lightening I see and hear is going to hit my house it is so close.

 

[Micca]

They go all out here in tornado alley too. The #2 station just got a new set called the "weatherplex". You should see it, it's looks like the control room at NASA, it's just ridiculous.

 

[doxdogy]

We have one channel that does tend to (or at least I think so) into doomsday mode. Another channel that doesn't. The channel that doesn't the head meteorologist has been there for almost 40 years or better. He tends to take a more lets wait and see approach. The one time that it really snowed here, it was the only time I have ever heard him say it was going to snow.

 

[ellyn2000]

We have 4 "local" stations that go nuts if even 2" of snow is predicted. Our area is not really equipped for snow so I understand that we need to know these things. With the first flake they will kick into "Winter Storm 2006!" and continue without a break until it melts. Thank goodness for cable.

 

[Alice's Mom]

We have Live Doppler 7000 here, and if there is even mention of rain we have Storm Watch 2006, every reporter is stationed somewhere in the valley reporting about clouds in the sky.

 

[Shutterbug]

We have 4 "local" stations that go nuts if even 2" of snow is predicted.

2"? lol...sorry

 

[hiwaygal]

Dick Goddard fan here.

I grew up in Cleveland (remember when Al Roker was the local weatherman?)...and to see this just kinda made me smile!!!

Is Dick Goddard STILL doing the weather down there?!?!?! He's going to become the next Dorothy Fuldheim (or perhaps Dick Clark)!!!

I liked him too!

Where I live now, snow is rare, they get all panicked and heading for the grocery stores if someone even mentions the "s" word. I just laugh (and wish the folks here could learn to drive in that white stuff).

 

[ntburns22]

I grew up in Cleveland (remember when Al Roker was the local weatherman?)...and to see this just kinda made me smile!!!

Is Dick Goddard STILL doing the weather down there?!?!?! He's going to become the next Dorothy Fuldheim (or perhaps Dick Clark)!!!

I liked him too!

Where I live now, snow is rare, they get all panicked and heading for the grocery stores if someone even mentions the "s" word. I just laugh (and wish the folks here could learn to drive in that white stuff).

Dick Goddard is still doing the weather every night for channel 8. Ifyou remember him Tim Taylor just retired.

 

[Pembo]

Mark Johnson and his new toy! LOL We won't watch him for our weather. I think he gets his pleasure out of life from bad weather. And I can still predict the weather better than he can by my headaches. lol

I can't tell you how many times we've been in the middle of a huge t-storm in Lorain County and I flip on the tv to find NO coverage. I think if you live on the west side no one really cares about our weather.

I like Mark Nolan!

 

[ntburns22]

Mark Johnson and his new toy! LOL We won't watch him for our weather. I think he gets his pleasure out of life from bad weather. And I can still predict the weather better than he can by my headaches. lol

I can't tell you how many times we've been in the middle of a huge t-storm in Lorain County and I flip on the tv to find NO coverage. I think if you live on the west side no one really cares about our weather.

I like Mark Nolan!

I completely agree with you there. I used to live in Lorain County and we would know nothing. We just recently moved to Huron County and it is even worse. One night our tornado sirens were going off and none of the channels had any info at all. That was one scary night.

 

[Chicago526]

Thank God, here in Chicago our stations all went to dopler a few years ago, so we are over the "hype". It's settled down now, and actually they don't hype small storms up to much (unless so much of a flake of snow is predicted at rush hour, but then it's justified because traffic DOES actually come to a stand still for so much as a 1/4 inch of snow...) I do find that most forcasts are accurate up to about 3 days out. Past that they aren't worth much, though.

 

[Towncrier]

Thank God, here in Chicago our stations all went to dopler a few years ago, so we are over the "hype".

The Cleveland stations also went doppler a few years ago. Only they all have doppler envy and keep upping the ante. And "Power of Five" is the latest craziness that we have to endure.

When I saw the comment about Doppler 7000, all I could imagine was 7000 doppler radar sites in SoCal all linked together. That made me laugh out loud.

Totally off topic. One of my co-workers (or cow-orker if you read Dilbert) does a PERFECT Dick Goddard. He actually bumped into Mr. Goddard recently at a local trade show and started talking to him using his impersonation. I wish that I could have been there because my buddy Jim out Goddard'ed the original.

And yes, we still have an annual Wooley Bear Festival (although I've never been because it is the same weekend as Yankee Peddler).

 

[SC Minnie]

Last year they were predicting 3-6 inches of snow overnight. I got up that morning and not a flake on the ground. I turn on the TV and they have a reporter ready at an interstate overpass commenting on how there was no snow so the drive in should not be bad. Why did they have to tell us that???

They are expecting possible flurried here this week and the weather guy this morning wouldn't even say it out loud. People just panic.

I can't stand it when they break in regular programing to tell late breaking news but they don't know anything yet. They all want to be the first to get on the air. I would rather they wait until they have the story instead of interrupting my soap every five minutes for nothing.

 

[Pembo]

Dick Goddard is the MC of the WoolyBear Band Festival every year. He sure knows his Ohio trivia on marching bands. I've never been to the actual festival but I sat thru the band fest for 4 years for dn and I went to the parade one year. The thing lasts about 3 hours!!!