I still LMAO when I think of that clip. Every time Michelle Kosinski does a report, I start singing “Row, row, row your boat......”. Would love to have heard her thoughts when those two guys came, walking on water, across her camera view.
There’s weather on your comp. or smartphone with Weather Underground, WeatherChannel site/app etc. Weather is on your radio, etc. and of course your local TV.
In face here in New England/Boston area the weather folks go gaga every time even minor snowstorms or nor’ easters show up. Many of us remember disasters like the blizzard of ‘78 when we were cooped up for days or weeks so now every time a storm is coming, TV gives us a French Toast alert. That’s right—go out now and buy milk! Bread! Eggs!
Boston talk host Howie Carr spoofs this with his character of Biff Buffington (”W-OMG! Storm Center”). Sound effects of wind, etc are played and he starts to shout:
“Oh my God it’s the end of the world! We might get two inches of snow! No wait—2 feet, no, 40 feet! Oh help! Help! I just saw a polar bear on the highway, he was ripping open cars! Go out to the store now, we may never have bread, milk, or eggs EVER AGAIN!!!!”
And the TV of course shows us shots of people going out to buy shovels and ice melter. There are shots of supermarkets with about 90 per cent on the milk gone. People boarding up windows. Thrill seekers on docks, just waiting to be washed overboard.
Apparently this has never happened before! Apparently people don’t have shovels anymore so they have to go out and buy them. That’s news! Oh, and be sure to buy about a month’s worth of food, even though the storm will be over in about 24 hours and things will quickly go back to normal.
Anyway do we need the Weather Channel? Apparently there are no other sources of weather info out there :)