Weather is shaping up to be particularly nasty this evening. Those traveling please do be careful if you absolutely must travel.
I'm watching Frank trying to make something out of nothing........ AND MISSING THE SEASON FINALE OF LOST!
COME ON!
+1 for correct usage of the word stormgasm.
The storm has cometh as we speak (which means I should have my computer off, but DANGER is my middle name)
Clark Howard was talking about an interesting check scam that I've never heard of before when they broke in on KRMG.
FAIL.
Quote from: cannon_fodder on May 13, 2009, 10:48:06 PM
+1 for correct usage of the word stormgasm.
The storm has cometh as we speak (which means I should have my computer off, but DANGER is my middle name)
hehe, I was running my computer up until lightning stuck close enough that me and the dogs all jumped about a foot in the air. At that point I promptly clicked save, and shut down.
Quote from: Wilbur on May 13, 2009, 09:05:36 PM
I'm watching Frank trying to make something out of nothing........ AND MISSING THE SEASON FINALE OF LOST!
COME ON!
+1
I called Frank all sorts of names last night. 20 minutes in, I was proclaiming that we didn't really need Bartlesville or Hogshooter, anyway. They should have just started where they left off in the episode and done the news late, but I guess they have to have permission to do that. You can't suck people into a show like that and then not show the whole season finale, especially when the season finale of that show has become such a big deal.
I guess I'll have to rent this season's Lost collection when it comes out. I missed the last six weeks or so with my house project. I heard it was great last night.
Quote from: Conan71 on May 14, 2009, 09:51:27 AM
I guess I'll have to rent this season's Lost collection when it comes out. I missed the last six weeks or so with my house project. I heard it was great last night.
The parts I watched were pretty good. You can probably still catch up on all season at ABC.com.
My only complaint is that there are almost too many layers and too many peculiar things to remember. Somebody is always turning out to be something else, someone is always getting the rug pulled out from under them. Time travel stories sort of bring that with them. I watch the show, often twice over, and I totally forgot about the guy in the van who kidnapped Miles ended up on the island with that Illana chick. Just once, I'd like the something like the smoke monster to turn out to be some ride leftover from an amusement park in New Jersey.
Quote from: Conan71 on May 14, 2009, 09:51:27 AM
I guess I'll have to rent this season's Lost collection when it comes out. I missed the last six weeks or so with my house project. I heard it was great last night.
I could just never get into that show; but admittedly I'm not a big TV watcher (save for my playoff hockey right now).
I'm sure people probably could not explain my fandom of the new BSG OR X-Files (up until the last two seasons, which I thought sucked). I couldn't really watch the last season of BSG because of all the pent up tension between Starbuck and Apollo. Jeez.
Frank Mitchell's "egg sized hail coming right at us" claim made me change channels.
The other weather folk I saw stayed relatively calm and didn't go shooting their gasms all over the "Doppler by god machine".
Quote from: Townsend on May 14, 2009, 10:37:56 AM
The other weather folk I saw stayed relatively calm and didn't go shooting their gasms all over the "Doppler by god machine".
TMI.
Quote from: Townsend on May 14, 2009, 10:37:56 AM
Frank Mitchell's "egg sized hail coming right at us" claim made me change channels.
The other weather folk I saw stayed relatively calm and didn't go shooting their gasms all over the "Doppler by god machine".
Is it just me, or does anyone else think Frank Mitchell looks and sounds like a Dana Carvey caricature?
Quote from: Wilbur on May 13, 2009, 09:05:36 PM
I'm watching Frank trying to make something out of nothing........ AND MISSING THE SEASON FINALE OF LOST!
American Idull was never interrupted.......
Got quite a bit of rain at my house at 26 & Yale, but winds were relatively mild and practically no hail. I keep telling myself that the TV weathermen serve most of NE OK, not just Tulsa metro. I have to keep telling myself that over & over to tolerate them.
Interesting that now with digital air broadcast, both Ch 2 and Ch 8 have 24-hour weather channels (2.2 & 8.2), yet they do not utilize these channels for their storm coverage. They could keep uninterrupted shows from the network feeds on their primary channel, confine their weather babbling to the weather channels, and make a lot of people very happy in the process. Maybe after analog is shut off in June, they will do this but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Terrific storm last night....you could feel the thunder. Reminded me of Phil Lesh's bass back in the day.
Recall the days before radar was enhanced and all we knew was there could be thunderstorms.
"Rain, rain, go away, come again another day" John Aubrey
20 straight daze.....3' above normal?
Who'll stop the rain? The devilish heat of summer....
Quote from: Conan71 on May 14, 2009, 09:51:27 AM
I guess I'll have to rent this season's Lost collection when it comes out. I missed the last six weeks or so with my house project. I heard it was great last night.
Just watch it online.
Quote from: MichaelWayne_71 on May 14, 2009, 01:32:33 PM
Just watch it online.
From Twitter
@Mitchell_Frank: ABC has given us permission to rebroadcast last night's episode of Lost.will air it on Sunday 5/17 from 12pm-2pm.
Quote from: Townsend on May 14, 2009, 10:37:56 AM
Frank Mitchell's "egg sized hail coming right at us" claim made me change channels.
The other weather folk I saw stayed relatively calm and didn't go shooting their gasms all over the "Doppler by god machine".
"Frank, is it safe to assume that perhaps a "giant ice-hen" is roosting above us and laying its eggs upon NE Oklahoma?"
"Absolutely it is, Carole. That is an assumption someone could certainly make, with hail this size"
"Frank, you're a scientist...Is this some sort of omen? "
"I'm not sure, Carole. Please explain."
"Well, Frank, Is it safe to assume this "giant ice-hen" is seeking retribution upon Oklahoma?
Perhaps seeking vengeful retribution against us because of Democratic Attorney General Drew Edmondson's relentless assaults upon the poultry farmers of N.W. Arkansas?"
Wow, I happened upon quite the obsessed little lost fan heckling Frank Mitchell on Twitter. Telling him to go choke on some KFC, amongst other things.
Why anyone would get that worked up over a TV show, I'll never figure out. Why anybody could work up that kind of outrage when there's so many alternative means to view any TV show you desire these days, I'll also never figure out. Even idiots can figure out how to work abc.com.
Quote from: nathanm on June 16, 2009, 07:51:18 PM
Wow, I happened upon quite the obsessed little lost fan heckling Frank Mitchell on Twitter. Telling him to go choke on some KFC, amongst other things.
Why anyone would get that worked up over a TV show, I'll never figure out. Why anybody could work up that kind of outrage when there's so many alternative means to view any TV show you desire these days, I'll also never figure out. Even idiots can figure out how to work abc.com.
As much as I hate to say this about anyone, I almost wish that person would suffer a personal loss at the hands of a weather phenomenon, and THEN get back to harassing Frank MItchell. Doubt that it would happen. Or better yet, have said person's loved one(s) get saved by the acts that news weathermen provide to the viewing public.
For God's sake people, Lost is a friggin' TV show. A tornado can kill you. Where's the perspective?
Quote from: Hoss on June 17, 2009, 12:06:32 AM
As much as I hate to say this about anyone, I almost wish that person would suffer a personal loss at the hands of a weather phenomenon, and THEN get back to harassing Frank MItchell. Doubt that it would happen. Or better yet, have said person's loved one(s) get saved by the acts that news weathermen provide to the viewing public.
For God's sake people, Lost is a friggin' TV show. A tornado can kill you. Where's the perspective?
Yes, a tornado can kill you, but people seldomly get hurt from rain drops, which is what they seem to report is the major weather issue. That is where the problem arises, when they spend all this time reporting non issues of weather. No one is saying not to report when actual bad weather is coming
Quote from: custosnox on June 17, 2009, 07:58:29 AM
Yes, a tornado can kill you, but people seldomly get hurt from rain drops, which is what they seem to report is the major weather issue. That is where the problem arises, when they spend all this time reporting non issues of weather. No one is saying not to report when actual bad weather is coming
It might be just rain drops where you live, but remember, these stations don't just cover Tulsa. They cover most of NE Oklahoma. You can be clear and dry in Sand Springs, but in Braggs there may be an EF-4 rumbling down your street.
I missed LOST that night as well. Why can't these networks just do a scrolling information bar, or a map in the corner, or a combo of both of these? Frank Mitchell for some reason also had is face glazed in shiny oil that night for some reason, did anyone else see that? I couldn't even watch his storm warnings at that point, it forced me to turn to one of the other networks that never interrupted their broadcasts.
Quote from: Hoss on June 17, 2009, 08:16:14 AM
It might be just rain drops where you live, but remember, these stations don't just cover Tulsa. They cover most of NE Oklahoma. You can be clear and dry in Sand Springs, but in Braggs there may be an EF-4 rumbling down your street.
This is true, but there have been many times that they have been all over the tv with breakins on weather when there wasn't any life threatening weather anywhere in their broadcast area. High winds, heavy rains, and thunder can be reported on commercial breaks and/or tickers across the bottom of the screen. If weather is coming up that might actually do something really nasty, and this is that it looks that way but isn't currently, break in for a minute and say "hey, this is coming up and should be watched" then put it on the map in the corner. If you report every little thing, then the tree is lost in the forest.
Quote from: custosnox on June 17, 2009, 12:57:29 PM
This is true, but there have been many times that they have been all over the tv with breakins on weather when there wasn't any life threatening weather anywhere in their broadcast area. High winds, heavy rains, and thunder can be reported on commercial breaks and/or tickers across the bottom of the screen. If weather is coming up that might actually do something really nasty, and this is that it looks that way but isn't currently, break in for a minute and say "hey, this is coming up and should be watched" then put it on the map in the corner. If you report every little thing, then the tree is lost in the forest.
Flash floods are more deadly than tornadoes, FWIW. Regardless, if there's a tornado warning out anywhere in the station's licensed area, they damn well better be breaking in. Watch the TV show on Hulu or the network's site, for crying out loud.
Quote from: nathanm on June 17, 2009, 03:57:45 PM
Flash floods are more deadly than tornadoes, FWIW. Regardless, if there's a tornado warning out anywhere in the station's licensed area, they damn well better be breaking in. Watch the TV show on Hulu or the network's site, for crying out loud.
once again, I did say that if there is life threatening weather (be it flash flooding or tornadoes or softball size hail) then breaking in is understandable.
Anyone wonder if "Frank's Weather Call" has ever placed a call to Frank? I mean, if he promotes it then surely he signed up for it, right... ? Would be funny to know, too, if there are different versions/outtakes ("Hi, this is Frank. What are you wearing?")