I am so tired of the news media, put leading stories about the Cold Front that is going through right now. It’s Winter, that’s what happens, it’s really fucking cold and there is not very much sunlight, from the months October to April it gets cold.
I can understand letting us know about the possibility of rising grocery bills, because the South is under a freeze, and it might ruin the Citrus or whatever. And trying to get the Homeless shelter from the cold, that is OK.
But, quit telling me it’s cold, I can see that the temperature is 10 degrees, I know that is pretty fucking cold, and that I might want to wear my Hat, Gloves, Scarves, Sweater etc, I grew up in Illinois, were it gets pretty fucking cold, I know what to do.
One of the television weathermen in my area said the other day - this is paraphrased - “People keep asking me if we’re going through a record cold snap, and nope - no records as far as coldest temperature or longest streak of below-freezing temperatures or anything. I think it’s just that the past couple of years we’ve had extremely mild winters, so finally getting a “real” winter back this time has knocked us all over.”
What’s really fun is watching New Orleans freak out because it might get below freezing. It happens virtually every winter, I’m told, at least for a few days. So what’s the big deal???
People break out heavy winter coats and scarves and stuff if it drops into the 40s. I honestly don’t get it, and I haven’t lived in a really cold climate since I was six.
I think I’m going to love this town, but this is one issue I simply cannot understand.
I’m in Los Angeles and I love cold weather. If I could afford to move somewhere where there are four seasons, I would do so in an instant. I hate this weather. It’s going to be high 70s, low 80s this week and I can’t stand it. It was an interesting novelty, but it has definitely worn off!
Weather, as a news story, is easy and inexpensive to cover, and is good for the ratings. Until that formula breaks down, the TV and radio news will cover the weather as if it’s a big deal, at the least opportunity (such as last night’s trivial dusting of snow).
Since I watch essentially no TV, I just get this from the radio, but it’s pretty annoying there, too.
As a cali native who’s moved to the northeast, I think you’re completely insane. heh
plus uh… isn’t LA one of the MOST expensive places in the country to live? I know moving involves quite a bit of money, but it seems like in the not-all-that longrun moving to some other part of the country would save you a lot of money.
anyway last week was FUCKING cold… as i’ve only lived here 3 years it’s probably true that it’s just the first normal winter since i’ve been here, but it was single digits all of last week, and at 9am is 1F. On saturday it was 25 and we were all excited about how warm it felt.
So anyway I’ll just say I’m not tired of seeing the news stories on it just yet, as I’m still caught off-guard by it every day…FUCKING cold
After a few days of relative mildness it’s fucking freezing here once again. I for one am happy to see the news: it makes me realize I’m not crazy for hating it, or being oversensitive. And it makes me feel tougher ('I live where it’s -35 with the wind chill!)Also it gives me a clue about when it might end.
Not rational at all, I know. It is pretty boring as far as news goes but I’m happy for the respite from Bush’s antics and Shuttle ‘news’.
And the reason I put up with it (along with the sweltering 35 degree heat and humidity in the summer) : spring and fall are unbeatable. I couldn’t live somewhere without four distinct seasons.
As a former (and soon to be again) Alaskan I can’t help but rant and rave when somebody makes a big deal about how ‘cold’ 20-30F is. Layperson and news anchors alike.
Pansies, I’d love to see them deal with some real cold.
“But, quit telling me it’s cold, I can see that the temperature is 10 degrees, I know that is pretty fucking cold, and that I might want to wear my Hat, Gloves, Scarves, Sweater etc, I grew up in Illinois, were it gets pretty fucking cold, I know what to do.”
I won’t tell you that 10 degrees is cold… I’d will tell you that around here we call that t-shirt weather.
Suck it up and stop whining.
cowgirl sounds like she’s somewhere where it is truly freaking cold. Someone should send her some warm slippers.
I don’t no about you, but here in chicago, there always putting that cute little Amy Jacobson out there in -20 below weather, showing us what the plows are doing on the highway.
“As you can see behind me, there are three plows ready to go.”
I sure hope so.
WHY do they do this? Just to prove that there are plows are there?
yme, they do stuff like that because they need to use their news vans as often as they can. If they didn’t send them out at the drop of a stocking cap they would run the risk of not having money in their new budget for a brand new news van.
I’ve always wondered how they decide who has to go stand out in the freezing weather on an expressway overpass, and who gets to stay in the nice, warm news room.
I can deal with 20. It’s been 20 for a while. Tonight it was 10 with a windchill that brought it to 0. Big fuckin’ windy goose egg.
I hate winter winds.
My buddy has a USAF bomber jacket that’s “a whole damn sheep turned inside out,” as he calls it - sheepskin leather shell, lined with fluffy wool-stuff. HE was plenty warm, the jerk-ass.
