tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128562743162979576.post8713813185144041382..comments2024-03-28T18:31:45.069-04:00Comments on Rockville Nights: Safeway issues "storm alert," crews treat roads ahead of Rockville snowstormRobert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128562743162979576.post-28013701182462773262019-01-13T04:18:47.241-05:002019-01-13T04:18:47.241-05:00Little Topper Schitt!!!Little Topper Schitt!!!Ronald Dumpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128562743162979576.post-6179149633986162762019-01-12T13:28:29.722-05:002019-01-12T13:28:29.722-05:00What is with the coat and umbrella? Are you trying...What is with the coat and umbrella? Are you trying out for the Topper Shutt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128562743162979576.post-79781144096441384382019-01-12T09:09:06.549-05:002019-01-12T09:09:06.549-05:00*TWC*TWCRobert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128562743162979576.post-9111498666930101102019-01-12T09:08:40.119-05:002019-01-12T09:08:40.119-05:0012:56: I agree that The Weather Channel has declin...12:56: I agree that The Weather Channel has declined severely since the 1990s. There are 100 other channels showing documentaries and reality shows - we go to TWS for weather!Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128562743162979576.post-25828054386572676892019-01-11T12:56:05.375-05:002019-01-11T12:56:05.375-05:00Winter Storm Gia? What gave you the impression tha...Winter Storm Gia? What gave you the impression that this snowfall had a name? Hurricanes have names given to them by the National Hurricane Center, but who named the snow? The Weather Channel is a TV channel, not a government agency.<br /><br />I used to watch The Weather Channel. A LOT. But after they were purchased by NBC/Universal, they went into a nosedive, focusing more on giggly morning talk shows, “personalities” rather than meteorologists, and cheesy reality shows. The last straw was when they started naming the snow.<br /><br />One Facebook user posted THIS criticism: “Naming winter storms is the dumbest idea ever. Why hasn’t NWS or any other reputable weather reporting source joined in the naming? Oh, maybe they still feel their role is serious reporting – instead of sensationalizing, dramatizing and commercializing.” It’s pretty much how I have always felt.<br /><br />TWC’s Tom Niziol attempted to deflect the criticism: “One reason we’re doing this, simply put, is we can. We cover weather on a national scale. By ascribing a name to a weather system that’s gonna create those types of impacts, we can follow it right across the country.”<br /><br />THAT’S their answer? “We do it because we CAN”?? And the only way the personalities at TWC can keep their eye on a weather system is to give it some kind of cute name? That’s the silliest thing I’ve ever heard.<br />Chuck Anziulewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411233782893431934noreply@blogger.com