Siri, that fucking bitch.
Fuck the weather channel!
They only keep talking about weather in London and maybe whether it will rain in Vermont tomorrow.
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 all the weather channel did was show the local weather, their viewership would consist of people tuning in to find out the weather, then turning the channel off 5 minutes later. Not a winning business model.
If you want people to stay tuned, to have to talk about something interesting. This is a challenge, since they’re talking about weather. So, they focus on storms, current events, have meteorological themed shows. Things to attract the weather-phile. Sure, you throw in the occasional local forecast, just to keep them grounded, make sure they don’t get taken by surprise, and forget their umbrella. It would be a rather poor weather-lover who didn’t know rain was on the way.
There’s a Placebo song you can consult for that.
By the way, whereabouts? I’m on the Central line. We could go to Holland Park! :).
To paraphrase Dr. Johnson, “when a man is tired of giving a shit about the weather in London, he’s tired of giving a shit about the weather in life!”
Everything has to be about you, doesn’t it?
And, for the trifeca, “wether” is a castrated sheep.
Or check to see if your big toe’s a hurtin’
Hey! I pay good money for cable. Well, US Dollars, so it’s pretty good money. And as an American I demand my right to have my whims catered to!
Which one is that?
“Sir, should we show the local forecasts?”
“No… that’s just what they’ll be expecting us to do!”
go to your window… stick your head out and yell ‘im as mad as hell and im not going to take it anymore’
and if it gets wet its raining.
Ask a tall friend. He’ll know if it’s raining before anyone else.
Send your dog outside. If he comes back wet, it’s raining. If he doesn’t come back at all, it’s real windy out there.
Which makes me wonder how he posted his OP.
in almost everywhere in the USA you can hear weather from the weather bureau (part of NOAA) on a weather radio. these are good for accurate day to day use and can be lifesaving during severe weather. every home should have one, ideally with an alarm function.
if you can get broadcast TV, in many areas at least one station will have a constant local weather channel
Ooh, look at Perry Mason over here!
I’m getting the impression that some people just don’t understand Weather Channel hatred.
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 stopped watching the Weather Channel when its co-founder, John Coleman, came out as a global warming denialist. Actually, long before that, when I cancelled my cable.