# I'd like the Weather Channel, please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699 "2017-08-26T00:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/1 "2017-08-26T00:51:14Z")
Cut the cord a few years ago. TWC is the only thing I actually miss. If you try to stream it, they ask for your cable/satellite provider. Any way to watch on Smart TV or iPad? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/2 "2017-08-26T15:30:03Z")
Yes, go to YouTube and type in Weather Channel Live. You can also find a variety of news stations that broadcast live on YouTube ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/3 "2017-08-26T16:11:06Z")
I _think_ you can go to their website ([weather.com](http://weather.com)) without needing to provide a cable or satellite provider. Will that work for you? ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/4 "2017-08-26T16:18:43Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Yes, go to YouTube and type in Weather Channel Live. You can also find a variety of news stations that broadcast live on YouTube does anyone know who the “Jeff” is the folks chatting on youtube are talking about? never mind, I asked them: Jeff is a storm chaser that “everyone is obsessing about” https://twitter.com/Jeff\_Piotrowski ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/5 "2017-08-26T16:40:23Z")
Got it! Thanks so much. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/6 "2017-08-26T18:51:45Z")
I would miss having the Weather Channel on TV except for TWC’s moronic habit of assigning pet names to storms, under the impression that pulls in viewers. There’s a lot to be said for getting your weather info straight, from the National Weather Service. Forecasts, live radar, climate data etc. Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/7 "2017-08-26T19:34:57Z")
This^^. TWC was great for weather insight. Back in the 90s & early 2000s. Now they’re mostly an entertainment / disaster porn channel. The BS to signal ration is so bad I can’t even honestly label them as “infotainment”. They’re just entertainment. NWS all the way. All the info; none of the hype. And zero shark-jumping or advertising. [http://www.weather.gov/](http://www.weather.gov/) If you’re American you’re paying for it; you might as well use it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/8 "2017-08-26T22:10:11Z")
sometimes a bit of disaster porn is just what I’m looking for. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/9 "2017-08-27T23:41:58Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > sometimes a bit of disaster porn is just what I’m looking for. 😛 How much would you pay me for a web-cam in my bedroom? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/10 "2017-08-28T03:42:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > How much would you pay me for a web-cam in my bedroom? 😃 You better be using the telephoto lens. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/11 "2017-08-28T12:26:01Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > You better be using the telephoto lens. And a stunt double. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/12 "2017-08-28T12:32:00Z")
That would be quite cunning. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/13 "2017-08-28T13:21:21Z")
But if he did those things it’d be less of a disaster. Maybe we need a linguist to help us parse this out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/14 "2017-08-28T15:26:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > And a stunt double. A-Double-What-Now? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/15 "2017-08-28T15:37:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > A-Double-What-Now? Don’t tell me you’re one of those old fashioned guys who performs his own stunts?! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-the-weather-channel-please/794699/16 "2017-08-28T16:22:14Z")
I’d like The Weather Channel, too. The old one back. I loved it when they gave weather, more weather, and nothing but weather. I used to to plan my cross country trips, and then when I got to my hotel, the soothing sounds of Jim Cantore and the Weather Babes was a calming influence after the trip. Plus, they had [great commercials.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TC6TnEhv-A) Now they show weather movies, and barely weather-related programming such as Highway Thru Hell. Now, I like heavy wreckers, but I WANT MY WEATHER BACK! I want to know the forecast, the current conditions. It doesn’t seem that they even show locals on the 8s anymore. You can probably get better weather from MTV.😉