tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post968326242452292478..comments2024-03-16T08:31:08.514-07:00Comments on Welcome Words: Weather JunkiesMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-15757566793465617782015-10-26T07:54:56.386-07:002015-10-26T07:54:56.386-07:00I think we are hooked on stimulus because we get s...I think we are hooked on stimulus because we get so much casualty news daily and therefore we are becoming addicted and want it more dangerous and more unbelievable.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-79788135865658197812015-10-25T16:35:00.721-07:002015-10-25T16:35:00.721-07:00Well, the sun certainly has been shining on him. Well, the sun certainly has been shining on him. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-48202629820906221802015-10-25T11:02:36.508-07:002015-10-25T11:02:36.508-07:00He got that job right out of college. He's 51...He got that job right out of college. He's 51. Fun fact for the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-45395396914978753742015-10-25T11:00:50.705-07:002015-10-25T11:00:50.705-07:00Jim Cantore has been around forever, hasn't he...Jim Cantore has been around forever, hasn't he?<br />The weather has been mild here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-83890329426608794452015-10-25T09:03:02.642-07:002015-10-25T09:03:02.642-07:00Down here it was all...flash flood, flash flood!!!...Down here it was all...flash flood, flash flood!!! Danger danger. We got about 10 hours of steady moderate rain which we sorely needed.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-28727565339473417992015-10-25T05:20:39.854-07:002015-10-25T05:20:39.854-07:00Well, always glad to do my part.. . . :o)Well, always glad to do my part.. . . :o)Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-8510134386478261452015-10-24T23:44:43.118-07:002015-10-24T23:44:43.118-07:00There is a certain amount of over-dramatization (i...There is a certain amount of over-dramatization (is that a word?) on those weather channels. Those guys standing out on the beach in a hurricane -- I mean, WHY?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-31578821214865926512015-10-24T20:46:07.402-07:002015-10-24T20:46:07.402-07:00Turns out you're a good luck charm.
Imagine w...Turns out you're a good luck charm. <br />Imagine what might have happened if you DIDN'T put masking tape X's on the windows. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-3716272638876316932015-10-24T15:36:08.946-07:002015-10-24T15:36:08.946-07:00If they predict a rosy forecast and then it goes ...If they predict a rosy forecast and then it goes nuts, are they afraid of being sued or losing their audience. Like you, I prefer to hear that things turned out alright again!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-34061874202412710842015-10-24T11:18:18.594-07:002015-10-24T11:18:18.594-07:00Pudge is right. Sadly I don't know whether th...Pudge is right. Sadly I don't know whether the producers are the chicken or the egg in this equation. Do they feed us drama because we demand it, or have we got so used to the diet that we insist on it?<br />As an aside our weather boffins are right within a degree or two about the temperatures. Rain? Looking out the window is more reliable.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-7402823327531783072015-10-24T09:00:50.395-07:002015-10-24T09:00:50.395-07:00When I get wet outside, I know it's raining. ...When I get wet outside, I know it's raining. That is the extent of my weather following. I can't change it, am prepared for a variety and just keep on keeping on.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-66915352513275800142015-10-24T09:00:38.209-07:002015-10-24T09:00:38.209-07:00And do you know how hard it is to get masking tape...And do you know how hard it is to get masking tape off of glass after it's sat in the sun?<br />Next book? Difficult to say - I just received a rejection from an agent on Thursday. Sigh. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-58353042423837512582015-10-24T08:59:26.055-07:002015-10-24T08:59:26.055-07:00I'm so glad people are reading other people...I'm so glad people are reading other people's comments. I thought about adding a paragraph in my post telling readers to take a look at it. Horrifying. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-25086452262297736582015-10-24T08:23:15.701-07:002015-10-24T08:23:15.701-07:00Oh Marty, I needed a good laugh this morning. You&...Oh Marty, I needed a good laugh this morning. You've hit the nail on the head once again. That third paragraph cracked me up! So when will your next book be out?Henny Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-77110665720216142592015-10-24T07:43:05.538-07:002015-10-24T07:43:05.538-07:00Pudge just confirmed my best suspicions of weather...Pudge just confirmed my best suspicions of weather announcers. I read a story of a couple of announcers who got themselves stranded in the midst of a bad hurricane type event somewhere and made their way back to a standing building literally hand over hand. How insane of broadcasters to put people out in such weather. We don't need to see it to believe it. Didn't Ronald Regan once broadcast baseball games over the radio reading from ticker tape. We get it guys; don't kill someone for it.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-57038745983399027382015-10-24T06:45:59.010-07:002015-10-24T06:45:59.010-07:00Yes, me too. Hopefully some of the devastation tha...Yes, me too. Hopefully some of the devastation that had been predicted was prevented. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-6536534672622858702015-10-24T06:44:39.283-07:002015-10-24T06:44:39.283-07:00Wow, what a story! And I believe every word. Wow, what a story! And I believe every word. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-41566628439482183202015-10-24T06:30:13.670-07:002015-10-24T06:30:13.670-07:00I live on the Gulf Coast and am familiar with all ...I live on the Gulf Coast and am familiar with all you have written. Katrina hit us hard and we were displaced from our flooded home for 18 months. We have seen the big ones and the near misses and those that completely did not live up to expectations.<br /><br />A funny thing happened about 15 years ago when we we in the cross-hairs on a hurricane whose name I can't remember. It either fizzled out or diverted - I can't remember which. Our area was covered up with various news media folks, who were left with no story. I had a scanner and was following local transmissions and heard an unbelievable exchange. A producer (?) talking to the crew onsite instructed them to hype the story and gave several suggestions of things to say. He told them it was being broadcast in the Midwest and they wouldn't know the difference. So much for any remaining shred of faith I had in news media.Pudge450https://www.blogger.com/profile/13096161371562249151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970111941968077431.post-53657399442143406042015-10-24T06:28:17.112-07:002015-10-24T06:28:17.112-07:00I am a weather junkie. I listen to it all and when...I am a weather junkie. I listen to it all and when I get up in the morning and have breakfast, I turn on the TV to watch the weather. I've discovered that mostly it never happens like it's projected to. Glad that Patricia mellowed a little. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.com