# Weather Channel- I don't give a shit about London **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693 "2012-08-07T03:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/41 "2012-08-07T17:11:41Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Stay at home and shut the fuck up about shit you have no clue about, you damned Yankee. > > Here in Houston, we’ve been tracking Ernesto all week. If that thing had made a wrong turn a couple days ago and conditions were right, we’d have another Andrew or Katrina or Ike. > > Or did you think hurricanes just magically showed up off the US coast without warning? I’m pretty sure they just pop into existence everytime a southerner calls someone a “Yankee.” It’s just science. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/42 "2012-08-07T18:21:34Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Everything has to be about you, doesn’t it? Well, I do get a little touchy when a killer storm is headed my way and the weather report pretends that the rest of the world outside the US doesn’t exist… except for London during the fucking Olympics. And [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegauder/6346358560/) is how we forecast the weather around here most of the year. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/43 "2012-08-07T18:54:55Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Well, I do get a little touchy when a killer storm is headed my way and the weather report pretends that the rest of the world outside the US doesn’t exist… except for London during the fucking Olympics. > > And [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegauder/6346358560/) is how we forecast the weather around here most of the year. I don’t think they understand the definition of the word “forecast.” That would be a “nowcast,” or maybe simply “cast.” ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/44 "2012-08-07T19:09:29Z")
I haven’t cared about the Wheathur\* Channel since Jodi Saeland left. - As worst pun of the day, I submit that is the worst spell of weather we’ve had for some time. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/45 "2012-08-07T21:23:35Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > . . . Or did you think hurricanes just magically showed up off the US coast without warning? They used to! ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/46 "2012-08-08T04:11:21Z")
I look out the window. Cloudy sunny cloudy sunny cloudy sunny for hours on end. Can i decide what will happen in the next 12 hours? Am I a trained meteorologist? Nope. What would help me figure out if it’s gonna rain? Maybe the Weather Channel showing a radar of where the rain is in my area, and nearby. Not in London, or Jamaica. But if the rain is moving towards me. An interview of Olympic athletes does not help me know if it is going to rain in Vermont. So fuck the Weather Channel. Is it wrong for me to expect the Weather Channel in the United States to forecast the weather in the United States? I need to know if it is going to rain later today, not if it is raining right now. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/47 "2012-08-08T04:25:28Z")
It’s over a day later and you still haven’t tuned in a local TV or radio station, bought a local newspaper, or asked a neighbor if he heard the weather? You started out here with a strike against you with that user name that celebrates a nasty hipster beer. This thread is your second strike. (BIG 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/48 "2012-08-09T03:33:06Z")
I live in Vermont- “local” means all of Vermont, New Hampshire, and northern New York as far as news goes. We have only ONE tv station with news at noon, and that is only 10 minutes long, the weather being about 30 seconds of that time. The 2 “local” newspapers cover a vast area, same as tv news. The few radio stations here are all country or oldies, so I can’t stand to listen to them waiting for the weather. And I hate my neighbor so we never talk about weather or anything else. Vermont has very weird topography that affects the weather, it is very localized and varies widely around the state. It is a tall and skinny state. The Green Mountains run up the middle, and the Connecticut River is the eastern boundary. Since I live between the mountains and the river, in a low spot, we get the strangest weather in the entire state. We are usually either 10 degrees hotter or colder, and get twice as much rain or snow than the rest of the state. So all of the weather reports coming from the ‘big city’ of Burlington 100 miles away in a different climate never pertain to us. Annnnnd that is why I need the weather maps and radar from the Weather Channel. Who can suck my balls for focusing on the London Olympics instead of the actual weather in America. They are about my only source, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/49 "2012-08-09T03:51:48Z")
Since you are back to having the internet, this took **literally** three seconds: [New Radar Landing Page](http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=cxx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no) If you are on dialup it will take longer, but less than a day. And if all else fails but you have power, a shortwave receiver, and an old Tandy Color Computer I have some software someplace that will read [WEFAX](http://www.hffax.de/html/hauptteil_beginners_guide2.html) weather facsimile broadcasts. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/50 "2012-08-09T11:22:13Z")
Apparently, NBC (who is broadcasting the Olympics) also owns the Weather Channel. That explains their preoccupation with London. It also explains why the Weather Channel’s hurricane dude, Jim Cantore, was interviewing athletes the other day. It was a WTF moment for me, til my husband explained the connection. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/51 "2012-08-09T20:42:35Z")
I can find out about history documentaries online, too. I can watch whatver science fiction shows I want. I can actually go learn something without tuning into the Discovery Channel. All of these are things that people have pitted, and the consensus was that they were not whiny douches. But bring up the Weather Channel, whose primary function was to give the weather locally, and you’re just a baby. Oh, and in case you are too stupid to figure this out: the channel shows local weather in various locations, thus meaning there are separate stations. It’s not asking people to cater to them for the station built to show the weather in that local area to, you know, show the weather in that local area. But, of course, this is the Pit, where if something doesn’t inconvenience you, you’re an asshole for complaining about it. The idea that other people are different than you? Yeah, that’s something we’re still fighting ignorance about. Heck, I doubt any of you have figured out why I make posts like this… ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/52 "2012-08-09T20:57:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I can find out about history documentaries online, too. I can watch whatver science fiction shows I want. I can actually go learn something without tuning into the Discovery Channel. All of these are things that people have pitted, and the consensus was that they were not whiny douches. It was the absurdity of the OP that makes us respond to it with such disdain. It’s like saying that there isn’t enough Soccer coverage during NFL games. It’s like asking why the nightly news with Katie Couric didn’t cover the big traffic jam in Escondido. It’s STUPID! And, yes, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and often the Military Channel do really dumb things that are well pit-worthy. I wouldn’t doubt that the Weather Channel also does things that are pit-worthy. The OP simply failed like a flat-arsed thunder-belching chump of chumps to identify one. > [@](#): > > But, of course, this is the Pit, where if something doesn’t inconvenience you, you’re an asshole . . . Since my post doesn’t inconvenience you… QED. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/53 "2012-08-09T23:11:32Z")
What’s it like in London right now according to TWC, OP? I’m rather interested. ETA: and while you are at it, could you give me a run-down on the rest of GB’s cities? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/54 "2012-08-09T23:31:53Z")
It’s Britain, innit? It’s raining, innit? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/55 "2012-08-10T00:52:30Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > What I really want to know is if my island is going to get pounded by this tropical storm churning through the Caribbean now. If Weather Channel people are parachuting in, the answer is yes. ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/56 "2012-08-10T01:37:30Z")
Ya know what else grinds my gears about the Weather Channel? Stories about non-weather things, beside the Olympics. Stories about earthquakes, wildfires, the Mars landing, sunken treasure ships, etc. Just focus on actual atmospheric weather! ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693/57 "2012-08-10T21:15:34Z")
I gave up on the Weather Channel when one of the meteorologists referred to Dr. Greg Forbes as ‘Storm Master G’ as if he were a rap artist instead of a severe weather expert. Haven’t watched it since. I use the internet ([www.spc.noaa.gov](http://www.spc.noaa.gov) and www. [nws.noaa.gov](http://nws.noaa.gov)) along with a portable scanner to get my weather information. Sometimes I will watch either Tom Skilling on WGN or Jerry Taft on WLS if I happen to have the TV on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-channel-i-dont-give-a-shit-about-london/630693.md?page=2)