You know you are addicted to weather info when...

#21 Postby **EDR1222** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:27 pm

I remember going through some serious withdrawl last year after Hurricane Frances. Our power was out for about 10 days and I didn't have a generator, and most of my family was out as well. I stayed late at work during the days just to get my storm 2k fix! Any other day, I am out of there as fast as I can.

#22 Postby **feederband** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:27 pm

tracyswfla wrote:
feederband wrote:If your 4 year old knows what a low pressure system is....

OMG that is my 3 and 4 year old! They love the NOAA weather channel!

Believe it or not when my kids we 1 and 2 I would put them in front of the tv and put on TWC or a news channel and they would love it.I think they actually thought that the people were talking to them....good short term babysitter.

tropicana · #23 Postby **tropicana** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:09 pm

This had to be the funniest subject ever.... I just can't believe that there are soooooo many people ...LIKE me!

You guys all rock!

I'm SOOOO HAPPPY to belong to STORM2K.

I love you guys!

-justin-

clfenwi · #24 Postby **clfenwi** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:23 pm

When I was little (say 5-7 years old) and my family would visit my Grandparents and I were left control of the TV it would inevitably be changed to the Weather Channel and it would stay there. My grandparents thought it was because I liked the pretty colors; my mom, on the other hand thought there was something more to it...she was right, I think.

clfenwi · #25 Postby **clfenwi** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:40 pm

Oh, and here's one I just noticed from my own post and the one that followed it in the T number thread:

You know you are addicted to weather data when your writing style is influenced by ...forecast discussions from... your local NWS office... and the NHC...

Josephine96 · #26 Postby **Josephine96** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:42 pm

I was always the 1 who would hum the music to the local forecast..

Plus everytime they'd put up a red or brown screen for a weather warning I'd go.. "Caught you red handed" lol

Website · #27 Postby **Brent** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:46 pm

All of these were me over the weekend:

1. The very first thing you do after waking up(before eating, before getting something to drink, before even getting dressed, you check to see what's going on with the storm). :eek:

Same goes for the very last thing. You literally check the storms 30 seconds before you go to sleep to make sure you don't miss anything.

2. You feel more intimate with the storm than you do your family. :lol:

3. You'd rather talk about the storm than anything else(including girls

)

This morning:

You go nuts when the only way you can get the latest on TD 5 is via THE WEATHER CHANNEL. :eek:

Such a shame... a decade ago, they were the ONLY source, now they suck. :roll:

#28 Postby **MysticOne** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:55 pm

It scares me that you all are talking about me!! :blow:

I thought I was the only one who did these things.

I feel so much better now :lol:

Happy Weather Watching ~ I think we have an exciting season ahead of us!

#29 Postby **angelwing** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:56 pm

Phew, I'm glad I'm not the only one, my husband thinks there's something wrong with me for following every centimeter of a storm, ah well his loss my gain :lol:

Love storm2k!

Mary

#30 Postby **bevgo** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:14 pm

My 21 mo old GS sits in my lap at the computer--he likes the pretty colors of the infrared--LOL

#31 Postby **feederband** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:22 pm

My wife several times has try to ban me from this site...Last week she told me I need to spend time away from the computer...I told her I agree and from now on I would only go onto S2K site when the NHC updates the storm and I would only stay on 5-10 minutes max..She said they update every 6 hours right. I said no every 30 minutes.... :lol:

#32 Postby **Canelaw99** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:23 pm

Brent wrote:All of these were me over the weekend:

1. The very first thing you do after waking up(before eating, before getting something to drink, before even getting dressed, you check to see what's going on with the storm). Same goes for the very last thing. You literally check the storms 30 seconds before you go to sleep to make sure you don't miss anything.

2. You feel more intimate with the storm than you do your family.

3. You'd rather talk about the storm than anything else(including girls )

Brent - these were TOTALLY me this weekend LOL (well, except the girls part

) Hubby is starting to accept it though, I think

shaner · #33 Postby **shaner** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:47 pm

You know you're addicted when....

You've made the weather network your internet home page....

ON YOUR BLACKBERRY! :lol:

Gosh, I'm pathetic.

#34 Postby **HurricaneQueen** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:42 pm

I'm laughing my sides off. All of you could be me. Getting up in the middle of the night to check out s2k-just in case. Just before Christmas I bought an XM radio to monitor the storms if we lost electricty and the generator was busy with other appliances! Then I bought a car with XM-yup, for the weather channel!

When we spend two weeks every year in St. Maarten in August and September I run from internet cafe to internet cafe because neither of our condos have TWC. The best we can hope for is that the satellite is picking up a Miami or NC channel. We mostly eat in restaurants that will put the weather channel on for us.

And finally, at work, the first question I get every morning is what is this storm doing? My boss even called from Alaska to get the "official" Dennis updates.

Nah, I'm not addicted-just interested! :roll:

Lynn

Website · #35 Postby **Brent** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:27 pm

shaner wrote:You know you're addicted when....

You've made the weather network your internet home page....

ON YOUR BLACKBERRY!

Gosh, I'm pathetic.

When you have the latest satellite image of the storm or the projected path on your desktop background. :lol:

Yes, Emily is already up.

jkt21787 · #36 Postby **jkt21787** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:33 pm

scorpdream wrote:Your entire family thinks you have lost it when going into withdrawls in a campground in northwest ms with one channel (not the weather channel of course) while running from any given hurricane. - this time Dennis. When people at my work want to know what is going on they just call me instead of taking the time to look it up on the internet! I was about to die with not sat pictures, no websites, no tv, no hurricanetrack.com, no storm2K, ...it was rough!

It was so bad at one point that I had to get in my car and drive miles to the nearest Walmart that had it on their televisions.....is that addicted or what?

Hi all I am new to this forum, but I have always LOVED weather, earth sciences, etc. I am so addicted to tropical weather info. and seeing how things progress, what affects what, etc. I don't think this site will help my addiction at all, but who cares!

I look forward to reading all of the posts! Thanks.

Hey, welcome Scorpdream!

You say Northwest MS. You didn't go to Tunica did you? I heard on the local stations that many people stayed there. You did say a campground though so I would guess not. What one channel were you limited to? I know I would have hated it.

And yes, I am addicted by all means. I went crazy yesterday when I had to leave yesterday for a while just after Dennis's landfall. And you should see me during severe weather in these parts!

I hope you enjoy your stay.

jkt21787 · #37 Postby **jkt21787** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:34 pm

Canelaw99 wrote:
Brent wrote:All of these were me over the weekend:

1. The very first thing you do after waking up(before eating, before getting something to drink, before even getting dressed, you check to see what's going on with the storm). Same goes for the very last thing. You literally check the storms 30 seconds before you go to sleep to make sure you don't miss anything.

2. You feel more intimate with the storm than you do your family.

3. You'd rather talk about the storm than anything else(including girls )

Brent - these were TOTALLY me this weekend LOL (well, except the girls part ) Hubby is starting to accept it though, I think

I know number 1 was me yesterday! Man I woke up and ran to the computer so fast My eyes hadn't even got used to the light yet. I had originally planned to get up early, but I guess thats what happens when you stay awake to see the 4 am advisory!!

Radar · #38 Postby **Radar** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:49 pm

You know you are addicted when:

Your children begin calling you "the weathergirl" instead of "mom"

#39 Postby **Air Force Met** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:55 pm

You know your a weather weenie when, as a kid, you lived in the country with no cable (it was the 80's)...and all you had was a weather radio and the local news at 5, 6 and 10. Well, in order to get information on hurricanes, I had to listen to my weather radio during the morning and early afternoon (so I could hear the tropical weather outlook). The only problem is I lived out in the country and was right at the limit of the NWS (in Alvin, TX back then) range. So...in order to hear it I had to climb a tree and twist around at the top until it came in. I'd do that 2 or 3 times a day in the summer.

I drove my cousin's nuts because they had the weather channel...and when I'd go visit...I'd spend a good hour in their room watching it.

jkt21787 · #40 Postby **jkt21787** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:00 am

Air Force Met wrote:You know your a weather weenie when, as a kid, you lived in the country with no cable (it was the 80's)...and all you had was a weather radio and the local news at 5, 6 and 10. Well, in order to get information on hurricanes, I had to listen to my weather radio during the morning and early afternoon (so I could hear the tropical weather outlook). The only problem is I lived out in the country and was right at the limit of the NWS (in Alvin, TX back then) range. So...in order to hear it I had to climb a tree and twist around at the top until it came in. I'd do that 2 or 3 times a day in the summer.

I drove my cousin's nuts because they had the weather channel...and when I'd go visit...I'd spend a good hour in their room watching it.

LOL, when my dad bought a portable scanner that had a very good antenna on it, I would run around the house trying to find signals of nearby weather radio stations. Normally, I only get the one station, Memphis, but I could pick 'em up from Little Rock, Jackson MS, Nashville, Birmingham, Paducah, and Springfield NWS offices with the scanner. I'd always have to do it in the morning though and in clear weather, thats when they came in the best.

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