Jon Slater out at Fox23

[midtownnewbie]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

That makes the second weather person from fox23 fired for that reason.

Who was the first one?

[Breadburner]

Does everyone watch TV.....I thought we had sirenes for Tornado's....

[Curmudgeon]

quote:Originally posted by midtownnewbie

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

That makes the second weather person from fox23 fired for that reason.

Who was the first one?

I think it was George Flickinger.

[spoonbill]

What if they just put a little box in the bottom of the screen with a little movie of a tornado ripping up houses and tossing cows?  

No interruption, and we could just quickly switch to another channel to find out how much time we have to live.  Then we could get back to jamming up the phone lines voting for David Cook!

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Curmudgeon

quote:Originally posted by midtownnewbie

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

That makes the second weather person from fox23 fired for that reason.

Who was the first one?

I think it was George Flickinger.

Yup, he broke in on an NFL game for a storm that I believe technically was not in the required viewing area which violated some NFL broadcast rule and FOX23 got in trouble.

Maybe FOX (corporate) has some real hard-___ rules.

[CoffeeBean]

Life threatening weather is bad, no debate here.  But as mentioned above - we have any number of alternative warning mechanisms to get the word out.  

First, we have sirens.  And the civil defense system is tested every Wednesday to ensure that its up and working.  God forbid you're not watching television when the tornado strikes.

Second, the television can provide adequate warning without a full-stop interruption in programming.  Somewhere along the way, scrolls and colored county warnings fell out of favor with the weather cartel.  Why?  If a study was published suggesting those warnings were ineffective, I never saw it.  

If you ask me, the downfall of simple, to the point warnings occurred with the advent of multimedia storm chasing.  Why just warn you when we can show you the tornado bearing down on your home (nevermind that you're supposed to be in your inner sanctum, and away from outside windows near the television).  

Let's examine another medium - radio.  When was the last time an FM radio station cut from programming to broadcast the National Weather Service?  How often does this happen?  Rarely, from what I can tell.  Why is that?  

The interruptions are excessive.  They cut into the very life blood of these stations (advertising) and ruin the programming that brings in viewers.  And for what?  So the weather cartel can show us streaming video of . . . rain?  

Warn and move on.

[citizen72]

We have a friend that used to work for Channel 2. He tells us when a weather event was pending the weather personnel would go around the station in a heightened state of excitement.

Bring on the specter of a tornado and their eyes expand to silver dollar size and they at times would glad hand each other.

The question then is just how can a tornado, which is a killer, bring on that kind of reckless excitement to a so called professional.

For what is is worth, My wife and I also agree the program interruptions are excessive.

[Radar]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

quote:Originally posted by CoffeeBean

If only 2, 6 and 8 would follow suit.  Someone needs to reign in the weather cartel.

That idiot Travis Meyer needs to be brought down a notch or 3....I think Threllkeld is the best of the bunch....

You are so right. Travis Meyer's makes me crazy. His ego is bigger than my husband's...
wait, never mind.

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by citizen72

We have a friend that used to work for Channel 2. He tells us when a weather event was pending the weather personnel would go around the station in a heightened state of excitement.

Bring on the specter of a tornado and their eyes expand to silver dollar size and they at times would glad hand each other.

The question then is just how can a tornado, which is a killer, bring on that kind of reckless excitement to a so called professional.

For what is is worth, My wife and I also agree the program interruptions are excessive.

I would assume it's because these types of events dont happent everyday and since meteorology is a science, and most weathermen (women) are somewhat of the nerd/dork type, they enjoy this kind of thing from a weather or science standpoint.  Not from a "wow, its going to kill people and destroy their lives" type of thrill.  

I would associate it with kids and snowstorms.  You know the combo of cold weather, bad roads, and slippery driveways/porches is probably going to hurt and probably kill some people either by being stranded in their car, or getting into a traffic accident.  They like the snowstorm because it doesn't happen often and its exciting.  Not because its going to possibly kill and injure people.

[bluelake]

quote:Originally posted by citizen72

We have a friend that used to work for Channel 2. He tells us when a weather event was pending the weather personnel would go around the station in a heightened state of excitement.

I always wondered why they're only shown from above the waist when they're having their stormgasms.

[breitee]

They are ALL a bunch of no talent egotistical morons that have no life and get off on disrupting the lives of others.

[EricP]

quote:Originally posted by breitee

They are ALL a bunch of no talent egotistical morons that have no life and get off on disrupting the lives of others.

Oh yes.. their goal is clearly to DISRUPT. [xx(]

[ARGUS]

frank mitchell next................pleeeease!
then carol lambert.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by ARGUS

frank mitchell next................pleeeease!
then carol lambert.

Frank Mitchell is like a Dana Carvey character, playing weather man.

"There's a tornado coming!  Isn't that special!"

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by CoffeeBean

Life threatening weather is bad, no debate here.  But as mentioned above - we have any number of alternative warning mechanisms to get the word out.  

First, we have sirens.  And the civil defense system is tested every Wednesday to ensure that its up and working.  God forbid you're not watching television when the tornado strikes.

Second, the television can provide adequate warning without a full-stop interruption in programming.  Somewhere along the way, scrolls and colored county warnings fell out of favor with the weather cartel.  Why?  If a study was published suggesting those warnings were ineffective, I never saw it.  

If you ask me, the downfall of simple, to the point warnings occurred with the advent of multimedia storm chasing.  Why just warn you when we can show you the tornado bearing down on your home (nevermind that you're supposed to be in your inner sanctum, and away from outside windows near the television).  

Let's examine another medium - radio.  When was the last time an FM radio station cut from programming to broadcast the National Weather Service?  How often does this happen?  Rarely, from what I can tell.  Why is that?  

The interruptions are excessive.  They cut into the very life blood of these stations (advertising) and ruin the programming that brings in viewers.  And for what?  So the weather cartel can show us streaming video of . . . rain?  

Warn and move on.

That's my view perfectly stated. If you compared the before "stormgasm" style reporting to post "stormgasm" I would bet you find no difference in fatalities/injuries. So it is a waste of resources at best. And the result is people getting way too nervous at the sight of a few rain clouds on the horizon. They lock themselves in and start to believe that a storm in the SE part of the state is a threat to them. I guess legally there are areas they have to break in for but I use common senses to determine the real threat. We use to say in Norman, "When Gary Chew takes off his jacket and rolls up his sleeves...take cover!"