View Full Version : Weather Channel Shows Movie While Tornadoes Around Us
ronsanjim
05-01-10, 04:37 AM
The Friday night Weather Channel movie was "Wind", so those tuning in for the latest Tornado reports were up the creek. Here in Arkansas, the storms were racing across the state, but TWC was of no help when the movie came on. Perhaps they will ban storms on Friday nights in the future to facilitate the movie showings. Thanks for nuthin:mad:
tcusta00
05-01-10, 04:40 AM
:lol: I stopped depending on TWC for weather years ago. Wasn't there anything on your locals though?
LameLefty
05-01-10, 05:25 AM
Between my locals and the internet, I very rarely bother with the Weather Channel anymore unless I'm traveling and it's easy to find on the hotel TV. :nono:
Hoosier205
05-01-10, 05:34 AM
...what exactly is DirecTV supposed to do about this?
tcusta00
05-01-10, 05:56 AM
...what exactly is DirecTV supposed to do about this?
I don't think the OP was looking for DirecTV to do anything about it. :confused:
RunnerFL
05-01-10, 08:04 AM
I wouldn't rely on TWC for weather anymore either... Sad.
Their iPhone/iPad app isn't even that accurate.
leww37334
05-01-10, 08:06 AM
I wouldn't rely on TWC for weather anymore either... Sad.
Their iPhone/iPad app isn't even that accurate.
gotta agree, NOAA or intellicast or your local broadcasters are much better choices
Davenlr
05-01-10, 08:21 AM
The OPs signature indicates he is in the Ozarks. There are LOTS of places in the Ozarks where there is No cell service, No OTA TV service, No Internet service. In lots of the valleys between mountains, it is next to impossible to pick up any RF transmission at all. The locals focus most of the weather coverage for a particular city usually. If he is receiving Little Rock locals (likely) then coverage in his area may be hit/miss. TWC offers close to real time warnings based on zip code using the active feature, which would be useful in the mountainous terrain there, although I would think those would come through, even if they were showing a movie.
In any case, when AT&T says they cover 97% of the country, 2% of the 3% they dont cover is in the mountains of Arkansas :)
richall01
05-01-10, 08:44 AM
The Friday night Weather Channel movie was "Wind", so those tuning in for the latest Tornado reports were up the creek. Here in Arkansas, the storms were racing across the state, but TWC was of no help when the movie came on. Perhaps they will ban storms on Friday nights in the future to facilitate the movie showings. Thanks for nuthin:mad:
When I turned to The Weather Channel DURING "Wind" they were doing reports on the tornados as well as the oil spill in the gulf!! They have done this in the past, droping the special programing when there is Breaking News.
Hoosier205
05-01-10, 09:21 AM
I don't think the OP was looking for DirecTV to do anything about it. :confused:
I'm just trying to figure out why folks continue to post general programming topics here, rather than in the area set aside for them. This is not a question, problem, or discussion specific to DirecTV. I was trying to make a point.
They did cancel the first showing of the movie Friday to stay with storm covereage.
ronsanjim
05-01-10, 03:14 PM
To answer.... we have no locals here, and rely on SAME radio, emails from a Little Rock TV station for weather warnings. TWC is best for up to date forecasts, SHOWING where tornadoes have been, and where they are headed. I could subscribe to phone warnings, but at $9.99 a month, I would prefer a weather channel that broadcasts weather info, instead of showing movies during active tornado outbreaks.
Pardon my wasting anyone's time, but this is the right category for complaining about a D* channel.
The Weather Channel is useless since they don't provide the weather anymore and instead show programs and movies. What a waste.
curt8403
05-01-10, 04:14 PM
I think the weather channel broadcasts from a bunker deep under cheyenne mountain and they do not know what the weather topside is :p
TWC was sold to NBC last year and since then NBC has been gradually turning it into another MSNBC channel and using it to promote their network programs and the Olympics. they sent TWC personalities to Vancouver to cover various things their of non-weather interest. If anyone else offered a 24/7 weather channel, they'd clean up the market as many providers would drop TWC in an instant (or competition would keep them focused on weather)
JoeTheDragon
05-01-10, 05:33 PM
I think the weather channel broadcasts from a bunker deep under cheyenne mountain and they do not know what the weather topside is :p
They don't that will mess up the gate program.
Invest in a Weather Radio (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009V2YV/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=5403596805&ref=pd_sl_72c43kw6d5_e). TWC is an unreliable source for weather since NBC bought the channel.
I also visit the Weather Underground (http://www.wunderground.com/) regularly for the latest weather info.
dubber deux
05-01-10, 08:27 PM
I witnessed this as well....
The sorry thing is that when they WERE doing coverage of the tornado outbreak earlier during the evening it was EXCELLENT coverage!!!!
TWC needs to ****ecan the fluff and movies when there is extensive severe weather going on for as long as necessary!!!!!!
Lord Vader
05-02-10, 01:31 AM
The Friday night Weather Channel movie was "Wind", so those tuning in for the latest Tornado reports were up the creek. Here in Arkansas, the storms were racing across the state, but TWC was of no help when the movie came on. Perhaps they will ban storms on Friday nights in the future to facilitate the movie showings. Thanks for nuthin:mad:
I hate to sound like an @ss, but take this advice seriously: go and buy a weather alarm. Program it for your county and the ones adjacent to you on the south, west, and northwest. Program it for tornado watches, tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm watches, and severe thunderstorm warnings.
It will be one of the most inexpensive and best investments you can ever make, and is FAR better than relying on TV or radio for storm alerts.
I hate to sound like an @ss, but take this advice seriously: go and buy a weather alarm.
More specifically, a weather alert radio with SAME decoding. Here is a link to the National Weather Service web site with info on SAME weather radios:
http://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrrcvr.htm
This page will give you the frequencies and codes you need to program your radio:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/Maps/
I did a quick check of Radio Shack's web site and found a couple of SAME weather radios listed. WalMart's in parts of the country subject to severe weather often have these radios, but I do not see any listed on their web site. Best Buy and HHGregg are also possible sources.
Expect to pay $50-70 for one of these receivers. It's a small price to pay for getting reliable and timely severe weather alerts.
TWC was sold to NBC last year and since then NBC has been gradually turning it into another MSNBC channel and using it to promote their network programs and the Olympics.
Oh! Now that explains Al Roker. :nono2:
elaclair
05-02-10, 08:53 AM
I witnessed this as well....
The sorry thing is that when they WERE doing coverage of the tornado outbreak earlier during the evening it was EXCELLENT coverage!!!!
TWC needs to ****ecan the fluff and movies when there is extensive severe weather going on for as long as necessary!!!!!!
There is no "e" in ****can. :D
(Sorry, just couldn't resist)
Tom Servo
05-08-10, 11:26 PM
TWC was sold to NBC last year and since then NBC has been gradually turning it into another MSNBC channel and using it to promote their network programs and the Olympics. they sent TWC personalities to Vancouver to cover various things their of non-weather interest. If anyone else offered a 24/7 weather channel, they'd clean up the market as many providers would drop TWC in an instant (or competition would keep them focused on weather)
I seem to recall there being another national weather channel on OTA subchannels… oh yeah it was owned by… NBC! :D
More specifically, a weather alert radio with SAME decoding. Here is a link to the National Weather Service web site with info on SAME weather radios:
The OP said he/she has one.
I have one too at my Mississippi residence because here, the two network stations are OTA only and from out of market, so don't do much severe weather coverage for the county. But the weather radio doesn't give much info beyond a general warning… towns under the wide polygon warning… no specifics.
Since the OP seems to have internet access, I cannot stress access to the NWS enough. You can see precip, velocity, etc., which will give a weather junkie a good idea of where exactly a storm is headed.
In the rare instances where the internet goes out (we lost ours for a week due to the Yazoo City tornado, even though we're 60 miles away) there's always the cell phone version at mobile.weather.gov. :up:
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