[TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-11-07 Thread Wesley (still in Texas)
The National Weather Service has finally weighed in on The Weather Channel's idea of naming winter storms. As a nor'easter hits the northeast, The National Weather Service is urging its staff to just say no to calling it "Snow Hurricane Athena", or even just "Winter Storm Athena". http://www.washi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-12 Thread Joe Hass
Those sentences are too long for Ollie. Stephanie: "Dr Joel Myers from AccuWeather has spoken out against The Weather Channel's decision to start naming winter storms. Here's Al Roker with our response to him. What do you think, Al?" Al: "BUNCHA BOZOS!" Stephanie: "What should we do?" Al: "MEET

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-12 Thread Mark Jeffries
At least Al gets a close-up look at Stephanie Abrams' breasts every day. :) On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Wesley (in Texas) wrote: > I should let this topic die out, but I don't want to forget the fact that > it was NBCU's The Weather Channel that introduced this largely silly > hype-tastic

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-12 Thread Wesley (in Texas)
I should let this topic die out, but I don't want to forget the fact that it was NBCU's The Weather Channel that introduced this largely silly hype-tastic idea to the country at large. Here's Al Roker inadvertently doing a near pitch perfect imitation of Family Guy's Ollie the Blackuweather Foreca

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-06 Thread Kevin M.
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Ed Dravecky wrote: > Wesley (in Texas) wrote: >> Looks like from this new post on Geocities Weather, The Weather Channel had >> the temerity to pull rank and note that "Firsties" is not an actual legal >> concept at all. > > It was at this point that I actually bur

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-06 Thread Ed Dravecky
Wesley (in Texas) wrote: > Looks like from this new post on Geocities Weather, The Weather Channel had > the temerity to pull rank and note that "Firsties" is not an actual legal > concept at all. It was at this point that I actually burst out laughing: "TheWeatherSpace.com Network is projected t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-06 Thread Wesley (in Texas)
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Wesley (in Texas) > wrote: > > > > In the comments of that story, one guy claims he got the idea to name > > blizzards all the way back in 2000, and that because of the noted legal > > concept of "Firsties" he will

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-06 Thread Wesley (in Texas)
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Tom Skilling, master meteorologist at WGN Chicago, is against it--that > settles it: > > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-winter-storm-names-1004-20121003,0,5197955.story > Likewise, DC's dean of weather Bob Ryan is down on

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-04 Thread Joe Hass
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Wesley (in Texas) wrote: > > In the comments of that story, one guy claims he got the idea to name > blizzards all the way back in 2000, and that because of the noted legal > concept of "Firsties" he will be having a stern talking to with the Weather > Channel. Mea

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-03 Thread Wesley (in Texas)
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Tom Skilling, master meteorologist at WGN Chicago, is against it--that > settles it: > > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-winter-storm-names-1004-20121003,0,5197955.story > In the comments of that story, one guy claims he go

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
Tom Skilling, master meteorologist at WGN Chicago, is against it--that settles it: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-winter-storm-names-1004-20121003,0,5197955.story On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:41 PM, K.M. Richards wrote: > Knowing TWC's mindset, I would have thought Q was for the

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-03 Thread K.M. Richards
Knowing TWC's mindset, I would have thought Q was for the omnipotent, arrogant being who caused so much trouble for Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation (including making the Borg aware of the existence of our quadrant). On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 2:07:27 PM UTC-7, Wesley McGee wr

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-03 Thread Diner
On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:07:27 PM UTC-4, Wesley McGee wrote: > > http://www.weather.com/news/winter-storm-names-20121001 > > From a list of ancient gods and goddesses, storybook characters, people > mentioned in their children's school textbooks, subway lines, random words > plucked blindl

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-02 Thread David Bruggeman
of Ricardo Montalban could not be reached for comment." David > > From: Bob in Jersey >To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 5:19 PM >Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to n

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Weather Channel takes it upon themselves to name all future winter storms.

2012-10-02 Thread Bob in Jersey
B... frickin'... S. Amazing how this makes a Government agency look good (for a change). -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegr