tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757536908648652507.post172812008308893287..comments2023-06-09T06:57:53.016-05:00Comments on The Nightly Daily: I may buy The Weather ChannelChris Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231067247302746975noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757536908648652507.post-40047096381787323112008-01-16T12:43:00.000-06:002008-01-16T12:43:00.000-06:00Look out, Christina Abernathy!Look out, Christina Abernathy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757536908648652507.post-86233271510970090982008-01-14T21:14:00.000-06:002008-01-14T21:14:00.000-06:00"I recently read the book "F5" -- read it in two d..."I recently read the book "F5" -- read it in two days -- which documents the two hundred-plus tornadoes that ripped through the Ohio Valley in April 1974."<BR/><BR/><BR/>I vividly remember the tornado outbreak of April 3, 1974. That event probably sparked my interest in tornadoes. I remember watching a TV station out of Huntsville where a guy was in a newsroom with only one light on. He was trying to report what was going on, but the report kept going in and out. It was a terryifying time.Chris Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231067247302746975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757536908648652507.post-9411687714041635552008-01-14T07:59:00.000-06:002008-01-14T07:59:00.000-06:00I don't have cable anymore. I miss TWC. They have...I don't have cable anymore. I miss TWC. They have all kinds of interesting programs on there besides the forecast. Plus some really cute gals. Maybe I can get someone to tape it for me.<BR/>TWC should be free! The gummint should pay for anyone who can't afford it so everyone can get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757536908648652507.post-50007377201225910502008-01-14T01:13:00.000-06:002008-01-14T01:13:00.000-06:00My dad, an avid fisherman, watches the Weather Cha...My dad, an avid fisherman, watches the Weather Channel like I imagine the average stock broker watches CNBC or the FOX Business Channel. He always has, and I imagine he always will. (Can't tell you how many times over the past 20 years that my mom and I have rolled our eyes as Pop watches TWC like he's watching the Kennedy assassination all over again.)<BR/><BR/>That said, the Weather Channel does provide a great, great service. Such as ...<BR/><BR/>I recently read the book "F5" -- read it in two days -- which documents the two hundred-plus tornadoes that ripped through the Ohio Valley in April 1974.<BR/><BR/>I was an infant at the time of the 1974 tornadoes; thus, I do not remember the tornado that touched down, and subsequently destroyed an NES switching station, 1/4-mile from my house at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.<BR/><BR/>When my mother saw the tornado coming (my father was in Florida on a business trip at the time), she bundled me and ran to our next-door neighbor's house. <BR/><BR/>The folks at home there, a mother and three teen-aged daughters, were doing regular late-afternoon things -- with the televisions blasting some syndicated, forgettable crap -- totally oblivious to the tornado that'd touched down less than a mile away.<BR/><BR/>My mother and my next-door-neighbor-mother laid atop us kids as the tornado plowed near and over our home(s). We emerged unscathed; however, according to my mom, we didn't have electricity for 3 days thereafter. Oh, how I'm thankful that I don't remember the experience.<BR/><BR/>I'll let the Adam Smith-lovin' part of me say that the Weather Channel's sale should fetch whatever the market will bring. And ... <BR/><BR/>For those who think that said channel is over-priced, I'll simply ask this question: What price would YOU be willing to pay go back into time to warn the hundreds of familys who faced death and destruction during the 1974 tornadoes?<BR/><BR/>If the Weather Channel had been around in 1974, what would've changed? We'll never know. However, I feel safe to say that the folks who stood in backyards, stood in church, and looked out windows -- as the folks documented in the book "F5" did -- if a Weather Channel-like TV network had, again, been available.Joltin' Djangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429922320420919497noreply@blogger.com