Winter Storm Gorgon: Snowstorm to Zip Across Rockies and Midwest, Including … – The Weather Channel
Winter Storm Gorgon: Snowstorm to Zip Across Rockies and Midwest, Including …The Weather ChannelWinter Storm Gorgon: Snowstorm to Zip Across Rockies and Midwest, Including Chicago (FORECAST). By Nick Wiltgen. Published Jan 4 2015 11:28 PM EST. weather.com. buffering. Replay. View all AMP 1.0 – News Page videos.and more …read more From:: Chicago News By Google […]
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"Winter Storm Gorgon"? Whatever gave you the impression that the snow had a NAME?
ReplyDeleteI used to watch TWC quite often, in part because I find meteorology rather fascinating, and I've learned a lot about how weather systems work at different times of the year. I would turn on TWC first thing in the morning for a clearheaded, dignified look at the WEATHER, and the weather ONLY.
Then TWC was purchased by NBC/Universal, and things went into a nosedive. Suddenly it seemed like they were less concerned with weather, and more concerned with personalities and sensationalism. These days I'll turn on TWC for "Local on the 8s," and that's about it. I cannot stand Al Roker's relentless clowning and self-promotion. I can't stomach the cheesy, contrived reality shows, the latest of which focuses on the "supernatural," whatever the hell that's supposed to mean. There's Sam Champion's AMHQ, which says it's "Not a morning forecast, but a morning SHOW!" So THERE!
For me the very last straw was TWC's shameless, pretentious practice of naming winter storms. 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 commericializing." It's pretty much how I have always felt.
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."
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. But HEY, if a private cable channel like TWC can start naming winter storms just because they CAN, maybe every other channel should start doing the same. Maybe Fox News can start naming winter storms after political figures they particularly despise.