Sunday, February 12, 2006

The Weather Channel is a Joke

What this channel has resorted to just to try and generate ratings is embarassing. It Could Happen Tomorrow is just such a desperate attempt at fear mongering. Of course a tsunami could hit the coast. Of course a Cat 5 hurricane could hit New York City. Of course a tornado could sweep through downtown Dallas. But what TWC is implicitly doing is telling the average American Idiot that these events are more likely now than they were one, two, twenty, or two thousand years ago. Uhhhhh...no.

They're desperate because more and more local markets and individual viewers now have customized local weather all the time - not just "on the eights". In Albany, all of the major local news channels (that doesn't count you, Fox23) have their own, 24/7 local weather channels. What the hell do I need the clowns in Atlanta for anyway?

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