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Is It So Wrong To Not Care About Severe Weather

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So here I am last night, got dinner done, and ready to watch some tv. Waiting until about eight o'clock to watch this silly little show called "Dont Forget The Lyrics".
Now normally I dont watch this show on a regular basis, as I think it's a little boring and drug out for 30 minutes or an hour, not sure even how long it's on.
I do tend to watch when it's celebrity night because they play for their favorite charities.
Well, been waiting all week for this one with Brett Michaels from the group 'Poisen' on it.
Yes, I could look at him all freaking day long, I am guilty of admiring him, as well as the fact that I have been a Poisen fan for years and have been lucky to have seen them and their awesome.
Anyway, back to the point. We had a bit of severe weather last night. Started about 7:00 and wasn't anything to speak of directly for me, just seemed to effect everyone to the east of me.
So I've noticed that when the slightest thing comes up anymore with the weather, they dont just come on and say "we have a tornado warning in such and such place", and get back with you, no, no, no. They have to monopolize the air time for up to two to three hours now. What the hell is up with this?
Just tell us what, where, and when(approximately)and let us handle it from there.
I dont need two or three hours of the same stuff being repeated and weather men who are out on the scene to get best footage, yadi-yadi-yada.
Just let me watch my show that I waited all week to see.
Now for the record, I wouldn't care if it was "Dont Forget The Lyrics" or anything else I wanted to watch, I just don't see the need to monopolize the air time with repetitive bull crap.
I was genuinely mad last night, and my hubby was just laughing at me and making fun of me, but I was really pissed.
I mean is there some award now for who can get the best , most destructive footage of severe storms, or tornados?
I dont know how much Brett Michaels raised for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, as he is diabetic, and St. Judes Childrens Hospital. Yes, they broke in again right as we were about to see how much he had won. I said screw it, and went to bed and read my book.
My husband says to me at 2:00 in the morning, as we were back up because of severe storms again, this time we had winds of up to 75 miles an hour, and my daughters were calling from their house wanting to know where they should go in their house because it had no basement and they had tornado sirens going off, "mabey this is why the weather breaks in and takes up all your precious air time".

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Pussy Willow's picture

Naw, Ammorton, they do it because they know it drives

us CRAZY! One station in Dallas, in particular, will stay on all night long with severe weather even if the storms are just on the very edge of their viewing area. Unfortunately, it's the same station that carries my all-time favorite show (yes, more favorite that Star Trek) and I've missed "Boston Legal" more than once because of this and had to tape the show because they replay it at 3AM. Well, at least they do replay it, now. They used to not replay the shows they blocked.

No, I don't think it's wrong if you don't care about severe weather - especially when it's not that severe. Heck, they could just come on a couple times every hour and let me know if I'm fixing to get blown away and I'd be happy as a lark. Besides, the Weather Channel does a pretty good job of keeping us informed of the really bad stuff.

The Willow Does Gary Oldman

I don't get why they don't just

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have a streemer at the bottom of the screen and let people see both? Hmmmm? That would solve both issues.

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