RANT TIME

[weatherlover427]

Yes, I know it seems highly unlikely that I would have any pet peeves whatsoever with The Weather Channel, seeing as how I watch it so much. But I guess it's the simple fact that I do watch it so much that has it getting to me. Here is my mini rant for tonight:

1) They always have to give tons of attention to the Northeast, especially the New York City area. Even where there is no weather occurring there except sunny skies.

2) The West is given little attention at all times unless there is a major storm moving through. Even if a regular storm comes through the West, we still get the general amount of attention. Also on this point, why don't they mention Los Angeles that much?

3) Their commercials are stupid! They ALWAYS show DiTech.com (a mortgage company) and Stacker2 (what is supposed to be The World's Stongest Fat Burner) at like EVERY commercial break! (But especially DiTech.com! )

4) They show Atmospheres (a 1 hour magazine show) on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays - twice on each day. When significant weather occurs during these times, they still won't cover it until the show is over.

5) See my Help Sled Dogs thread.

6) I requested an autographed photo of someone in MAY and it STILL isn't here!

Also, I cannot stand it when:

7) New York City is mentioned during the Tropical Update (as it is nowhere near the tropics).

8) They take 5 months now to get me an autographed photo that should have taken 6 weeks max (according to their website).

9) Special shows are shown, especially repeated ones.

10) New York City and the Northeast are mentioned before anywhere else.

11) NYC gets TONS of mentions. It's so bad now that I censor the mentions of NYC with *bleep*. I can't stand it anymore!

12) They are also WAY over-promoting that "new" show, Storm Stories. They promote it on virtually every segment of TWC, they promote it on their website, they promote it on the local forecast, they seemingly promote it at every insane opportunity that they can sneak it in at! And I HATE THAT! Don't they learn? Don't they see the complaints on TWCMB? Don't they get the sense that saying "Brace yourself for Storm Stories" or "And in the Northeastern U.S. today..." or "In NYC today, they saw 6" of snow..." 50 times in one OCM's shift can get a bit repetitive IMO? I am surprised that they haven't caught onto that yet.

OK, I've ranted and been enough for a mini rant. *sighs* Post your thoughts here.

[chadtm80]

Just wait till we start the storm2k Channel


hehehehe j/k

[breeze]

LoL! Oooh! Oooh! (*breeze jumping up and down)
Can I be the garden person, E. Annette Mercer? Lmao!
I wanna get my hands in the dirt and show Smith what
a pansy he is...!

[weatherlover427]

That fake doctor drives me nuts too! Anna Marie! :o

[sunny shine]

LoL! Oooh! Oooh! (*breeze jumping up and down)
Can I be the garden person, E. Annette Mercer? Lmao!
I wanna get my hands in the dirt and show Smith what
a pansy he is...!

P. Allen Smith? You go breeze!!

[wx247]

I can see it now!

"Welcome to Storm2K Weather Central. It is time for your tropical update! Here is Luis!"

And home improvement tips with Shannon! She could show Danny Lipford up!

I want to co-anchor with Breeze! Can I, Can I, puh leeze??

I guess I am getting carried away, but it is fun to think about.

[ColdFront77]

... ... and there will be more schedule arrangements and segments announced in the coming days on the ** ALL NEW STORM2K WEATHER CENTERAL! **

[streetsoldier]

"Welcome to 'Outdoors with the Streetsoldier', brought to you by 'Stacker 6 7/8'...Well, the crosswind is about 45 mph from the west here, but that won't stop us from learnin' a little about 'wind-doping' to harvest that prize Boone and Crockett whitetail, will it?
"Ok, now we have a Mauser 98 action rechambered for .308 Winchester, using Remingtom leadheads at 2500 fps, a Tasco telescopic sight with ruby lenses, and thar's thet buck over yonder, about 600 yards, give-er-take a few..." "...and be sure to check in with Storm2K fer th' latest in weather!"

[Nalora]

"Front Yard Tornado Spotting" from Nalora in Oklahoma from April to June!!

*sitting on the lawn furniture on the front porch, chewing on a piece of grass*

"Yup folks, that big old Jiffy pop cloud ya see there is gonna drop a tornado on someone today, looks to me to be goin over to those poor folk in Logan County, you know they bit the bullet in the F5 of 1999."

*gets up slowly, grunting a tad as she rises from her chair*

"Welp, doesn't look like rain for us here, and narry a drop in the rain gauge for a week so I guess I will be over here watering the petunias."

Nalora

[weatherlover427]

ROTFL You guys are too funny

[therock1811]

ROTFL

[Miss Mary]

This is the funniest example of how a topic can just go off into a totally different direction. Wow, I was all set to post my list of TWC rants but honestly, now I'm laughing too hard. Huh, what Weather Channel.....that's right we're supposed to be complaining about TWC....I'm not in the right frame of mind to that now. LOL!!!