[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Weather Weenies in HD

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Weather Weenies in HD
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1241655464.shtml


   It's going to rain this afternoon - in St. Louis County, where the
   National Weather Service posted a severe thunderstorm warning. That's
   close enough for the WCCO Weather Weenies, who are running the biggest
   crawl yet on The Oprah Show my wife is watching.
   This crawl takes up nearly the bottom fourth of the HD picture, which
   is ridiculous given that the bottom half of that crawl is completely
   empty. Even more cute is how the crawl disappears when Oprah says
   "when we come back" and returns after the commercials are done. Again,
   this storm is hundreds of miles away, and given that the warning
   expired at 4:30 pm, could not possibly hit the Twin Cities.
   Keep it up you local weather weenies. Keep crying wolf until someone
   gets killed. Meanwhile, watch your annoyed audience find alternatives
   on cable, satellite, DVD, and the Internet.