# The worst weather report I've heard **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [May 14, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422 "2010-05-14T13:33:55Z") **Posts on this page:** 11 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/1 "2010-05-14T13:33:55Z")
Last night on the car radio I heard what may well be the worst weather forecast I’ve ever heard…whether you take “worst” to mean strangest presentation, or nastiest expected weather. This was a standard boring-classic-rock-station DJ, female, not normally given to pronunciation difficulties or struggling with awkward metaphors. “You’re going to need a medic tonight if you like thunderstorms, because that’s what we’re going to have,” she began. “Actually, it can be kind of romantic; you can excape yourself.” She then gave some numbers for temperature and wind, and segued cheerfully into a terrifying assessment of current conditions: “It feels like _fallout_ right now.” Holy cow, I’m never going outside again after that forecast. She clearly said “fallout” as one word, the “L” sound rolled right into the “ow” sound without a flicker. But what’s with the bizarre image of needing a medic if you _like_ thunderstorms? And why would I escape (or excape, for that matter) myself if I’m feeling romantic…isn’t it _other_ concerns I’d want to escape? Like garbled imagery and terrifying weather reports? ---
### Author: ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/2 "2010-05-14T14:14:58Z")
“If you like thunderstorms, you’re going to need a…no…I mean if you really like them. Ya know, like, really, _really_ like them \…then you’re going to need a medic”. ---
### Author: ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/3 "2010-05-14T14:34:24Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > “If you like thunderstorms, you’re going to need a…no…I mean if you really like them. Ya know, like, really, _really_ like them \…then you’re going to need a medic”. Whatever. Thunderstorms. Fuck 'em. _BOOM_ OW! Medic! I mean… My dick! ---
### 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: [May 14, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/4 "2010-05-14T15:20:24Z")
She may have needed a medic for her drug overdose. ---
### Author: ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/5 "2010-05-14T16:10:14Z")
Maybe she was making some giant leap from liking Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain and escapes to walking in a thunderstorm while drinking your Pina Colada and either getting hit by lightning or drunkenly stumbling into traffic in which case you would need a medic. As for the fallout, um … I give up because now I have that stupid song stuck in my head! ---
### Author: ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/6 "2010-05-14T18:03:54Z")
Stay away from the brown acid! ---
### Author: ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/7 "2010-05-14T19:14:04Z")
I think she was in the midst of an in-studio bondage session when the mike went live, and her lover was hovering over her with a cattle prod, and “medic” is her safe word. That’s the only reasonable explanation. ---
### Author: ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/8 "2010-05-14T19:17:34Z")
Driving a couple of years ago, radio on, only half-listening to the weatherman doing his usual mind-numbing folksy ramble when he springs this WTF gem on us: “It was so hot that Lyle Lovett’s hair broke out in a rash.” … _click_ Sorry, Sonny Eliot, I know you’re an [amazing person](http://www.wwj.com/Sonny-Eliot/6684) and a fucking institution around here but good lord I can’t stand to listen to you spout garbage like that. I switch channels or turn the radio off now when he comes on. ---
### Author: ![PsyXe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@PsyXe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsyXe) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/9 "2010-05-14T19:24:19Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > “If you like thunderstorms, you’re going to need a…no…I mean if you really like them. Ya know, like, really, _really_ like them \…then you’re going to need a medic”. … Have you seen _The Brothers Bloom_? 😉 ---
### Author: ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/10 "2010-05-14T20:50:06Z")
What is it this week? Yesterday’s forecast on the local TV station’s website: > [@](#): > > “Today will be a high bust potential day, as a backdoor cold front will try slide across the area from the northeast.” ---
### Author: ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane) #### Post date: [May 14, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-weather-report-ive-heard/539422/11 "2010-05-14T21:56:28Z")
Banter between two TV heads in Denver years ago: Anchor: “My husband and I got to spend the weekend skiing without the kids. It snowed like crazy all weekend.” Weather woman" Nice! How many inches did you get?"