Comments on: First Alert Storm Force Doppler Net Tracker Extreme Team Force Watch Trak 5 http://andrewteman.org/blog/2005/01/22/first-alert-storm-force-doppler-net-tracker-extreme-team-force-watch-trak-5/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:21:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ‘Tis The Season For Winter Parking Bans | irregahdless.com http://andrewteman.org/blog/2005/01/22/first-alert-storm-force-doppler-net-tracker-extreme-team-force-watch-trak-5/#comment-7978 ‘Tis The Season For Winter Parking Bans | irregahdless.com Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:48:56 +0000 http://andrewteman.org/blog/?p=38#comment-7978 [...] Now that it is snow emergency season, you can rest easy and take a break from playing street-cleaning-day-roulette, and just focus on the snow emergencies. In case you are wondering, snow emergencies happen whenever there is a big snowstorm, and the level of snowstorm bigness will be indicated by how high impact the graphics on your favorite local news station are. [...] [...] Now that it is snow emergency season, you can rest easy and take a break from playing street-cleaning-day-roulette, and just focus on the snow emergencies. In case you are wondering, snow emergencies happen whenever there is a big snowstorm, and the level of snowstorm bigness will be indicated by how high impact the graphics on your favorite local news station are. [...]

]]> By: Rob http://andrewteman.org/blog/2005/01/22/first-alert-storm-force-doppler-net-tracker-extreme-team-force-watch-trak-5/#comment-115 Rob Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:10:52 +0000 http://andrewteman.org/blog/?p=38#comment-115 They know their audience. Ever been to a supermarket on the day ebfore a big storm? The bread and milk shelves are empty, there are no spaces in the parking lot, etc, etc. It makes me believe that the hypefest broadcasters are geting payola from Stop & Shop. They know their audience. Ever been to a supermarket on the day ebfore a big storm? The bread and milk shelves are empty, there are no spaces in the parking lot, etc, etc. It makes me believe that the hypefest broadcasters are geting payola from Stop & Shop.

]]> By: Mauser http://andrewteman.org/blog/2005/01/22/first-alert-storm-force-doppler-net-tracker-extreme-team-force-watch-trak-5/#comment-28 Mauser Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://andrewteman.org/blog/?p=38#comment-28 Well, with the way Seattle drivers are utterly incapable of handing an inch of snow, it IS armageddon. :-) (Then again, it rains all the time, yet Seattle drives are STILL not capable of handling it). “ Well, with the way Seattle drivers are utterly incapable of handing an inch of snow, it IS armageddon. :-)
(Then again, it rains all the time, yet Seattle drives are STILL not capable of handling it).
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]]> By: Freed http://andrewteman.org/blog/2005/01/22/first-alert-storm-force-doppler-net-tracker-extreme-team-force-watch-trak-5/#comment-29 Freed Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://andrewteman.org/blog/?p=38#comment-29 The TV stations in California pull this "weather crisis" stuff too, even though our weather is generally milder than anywhere else on the continent (that's why most people move here; to get away from crappy weather somewhere else). I've lived here for 55 years and the weather hasn't changed - only the frantic reporting - except for one thing. There is more flooding these days. But its not really due to weather. Its planning departments that cave and allow homes to be built in areas they know are unsafe, or, allow the natural flood channels to be choked down to allow more building. The TV stations in California pull this “weather crisis” stuff too, even though our weather is generally milder than anywhere else on the continent (that’s why most people move here; to get away from crappy weather somewhere else). I’ve lived here for 55 years and the weather hasn’t changed - only the frantic reporting - except for one thing. There is more flooding these days. But its not really due to weather. Its planning departments that cave and allow homes to be built in areas they know are unsafe, or, allow the natural flood channels to be choked down to allow more building.

]]> By: Jimmy Havok http://andrewteman.org/blog/2005/01/22/first-alert-storm-force-doppler-net-tracker-extreme-team-force-watch-trak-5/#comment-30 Jimmy Havok Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://andrewteman.org/blog/?p=38#comment-30 Reminds me of when it snows in Seattle. Granted, it only snows once or twice a year there, but when it does, they spend most of the news hour with location shots of reporters saying, "It's really coming down in Mukilteo!" with the Mukilteo Junior High sign behind them so you know they aren't in Wenatchee. Then the whole city acts like an inch and a half of snow is Armageddon, as if it hadn't happened last year, exactly the same way. Reminds me of when it snows in Seattle. Granted, it only snows once or twice a year there, but when it does, they spend most of the news hour with location shots of reporters saying, “It’s really coming down in Mukilteo!” with the Mukilteo Junior High sign behind them so you know they aren’t in Wenatchee.

Then the whole city acts like an inch and a half of snow is Armageddon, as if it hadn’t happened last year, exactly the same way.

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