Every damn storm is now an event

June 26, 2019, 11:12 PM

Lord Vaalic

Ok ok ok ok.... its a thunderstorm. I don't need all the shows interrupted and Thunder Tracker 4000 GR X-Treme Warning Center..

Its rain. It happens. Shut the fuck up and leave us alone.

This is why nobody believes you when you start warning about actual dangerous weather.

June 26, 2019, 11:16 PM

JimmyRayBob

"30 million people in the path of this dangerous storm " .... Blah blah blah ....

June 26, 2019, 11:57 PM

LS1 GTO

And every traceable amount of rain in San Diego is the Storm of the Century.

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

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June 27, 2019, 01:09 AM

bobtheelf

Well now, this one was serious. There were like, 8 or 9 hailstones that fell.

June 27, 2019, 05:50 AM

MNSIG

Every storm IS a deadly event due to “climate change”

June 27, 2019, 07:19 AM

Krazeehorse

And cancel schools if there's over a couple inches of snow, wtf?

June 27, 2019, 07:59 AM

Perception

quote:
Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
And cancel schools if there's over a couple inches of snow, wtf?

Haha, our schools down here only need the threat of snow to close. If there is a possibility of snow in the forecast, they shut their doors tight.

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June 27, 2019, 09:12 AM

ensigmatic

This is why I refer to it all as "Entertainment media billed as ``news``" (EMBAN). "News," weather, sports (I imagine--I don't follow), all of it: It's all about snagging eyeballs for advertisers. So everything is dramatized and blown way out of proportion. There's very little informative content in it, any more.

My wife loves to catch the weather on TV. I tend to ignore it. I can get the forecast whenever I want from the weather app on my phone and tablet. It even sends a synopsis of the forecast to my watch every morning.

It's ironic: In trying to remain relevant in this digital age, they're degrading their product, thus making themselves less relevant

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June 27, 2019, 09:55 AM

sigmonkey

I heard the weather industry is on track to start naming individual clouds ofter people.

You can pay to have one named after someone and it will be registered in the U.S. Copyright Office...

June 27, 2019, 10:43 AM

ArtieS

I think they should have an App that lets kids name clouds, and post it up like Facebook.

I can see it now...

"Cow", "Mickey Mouse", "Giant Sky Penis"... the possibilities are endless!

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June 27, 2019, 03:50 PM

.38supersig

'Storm of the Century'. Hell, they have more centuries than Buick.

When a storm is teased before the commercial break, it became a superstorm!

June 28, 2019, 01:56 AM

CPD SIG

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Hey, everyone listen, the sky is FALLING!

(Damn, it didn't fall)

Oh wait, the sky is falling on this one! No, seriously, the sky is gonna fall!

(Damn, it didn't fall again)

Fear-mongering for idiots and an attempt to boost ratings, that's all it is.

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June 28, 2019, 10:22 AM

226Reasons

But, but, muh climate change!

June 29, 2019, 06:35 AM

asonie

quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
I heard the weather industry is on track to start naming individual clouds ofter people.

You can pay to have one named after someone and it will be registered in the U.S. Copyright Office...

Beat me to it, though I was going to suggest naming every thunderstorm not every cloud. You win at sarcasm today.

June 29, 2019, 12:52 PM

tatortodd

Wonder when the douchenozzles will start naming thunderstorms? Not much of a leap since they named winter storms that drop a whole 2" of snow, and cover them like a damn Cat 5 hurricane.

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June 29, 2019, 07:23 PM

NK402

I love it when a hurricane heads out to sea away from the coast. You can hear the disappointment in their voices.

June 29, 2019, 07:32 PM

lyman

quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
I heard the weather industry is on track to start naming individual clouds ofter people.

You can pay to have one named after someone and it will be registered in the U.S. Copyright Office...

so,

would that be 'Cloud Monkey' ?

or 'Monkey Cloud'?

inquiring minds

June 29, 2019, 07:33 PM

lyman

quote:
Originally posted by ArtieS:
I think they should have an App that lets kids name clouds, and post it up like Facebook.

I can see it now...

"Cow", "Mickey Mouse", "Giant Sky Penis"... the possibilities are endless!

when the wind turns Giant Sky Penis into Giant Sky Ladybits,

would that be a transcloud?