Oxbow6 Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/12/2022 at 4:15 PM, The Sicatoka said: Snow-nami. Snow-pacalypse. Snow-mageddon. Or will it be another round of ... ice-ice baby. When'll they start closing local schools? A source tells me NDSU has activated their < dramatic intro here: bah-buh-BAH! > WET -- Weather Event Team* -- to track the weather and its potential impacts on finals week. NDSU ... we always knew, they're all WET. *My guess? They monitor UND's Atmospheric Sciences skycam for updates and keep refreshing weather.gov/fgf . Expand European model.....American model....blah blah blah. Forecasting weather has turned into nothing more than dueling fear porn by our local outlets. 1 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 6:48 PM, Oxbow6 said: European model.....American model....blah blah blah. Forecasting weather has turned into nothing more than dueling fear porn by our local outlets. Expand The problem is, when your forecasts don't pan out, people will be reluctant to believe you the next time.....and you may nail it on the head the next time. KVLY is the worst when it comes to hyping weather beyond what is reasonable. 3 Quote
1972 Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 6:50 PM, fightingsioux4life said: KVLY is the worst when it comes to hyping weather beyond what is reasonable. Expand that whole channel is a complete joke. just the worst type of , so called journalism, ever 1 1 Quote
Oxbow6 Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 7:01 PM, 1972 said: that whole channel is a complete joke. just the worst type of , so called journalism, ever Expand Joy Reid would like a word with you..... 2 Quote
Frozen4sioux Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 6:50 PM, fightingsioux4life said: The problem is, when your forecasts don't pan out, people will be reluctant to believe you the next time.....and you may nail it on the head the next time. KVLY is the worst when it comes to hyping weather beyond what is reasonable. Expand 100% Accurate. Hutch is an absolute fear monger. His outlandish tactics will get people killed when they stop believing his shtick and a real Snow-nado takes them out. 2 Quote
Green Banner Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 1:56 AM, Frozen4sioux said: 100% Accurate. Hutch is an absolute fear monger. His outlandish tactics will get people killed when they stop believing his shtick and a real Snow-nado takes them out. Expand WDAY is the go to for local weather, Wheeler is the gold standard for weathermen 2 2 Quote
sioux rube Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 Coming down in sheets here in Jamestown Quote
The Sicatoka Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 2:37 AM, Green Banner said: WDAY is the go to for local weather, Wheeler is the gold standard for weathermen Expand Need to be specific: WDAY TV and WDAY-AM are not the same. (Wheely is TV, and yes, if he says duck you duck.) The guys doing WDAY-AM weather don't seem to be hype-mongers (but they have their LRC thing they're bought into). 1 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 1:56 AM, Frozen4sioux said: 100% Accurate. Hutch is an absolute fear monger. His outlandish tactics will get people killed when they stop believing his shtick and a real Snow-nado takes them out. Expand The only thing you should hype is a PDS Tornado Watch. Every warning issued in one of those watches needs to be taken seriously. But those watches are rare in this region. Quote
Walsh Hall Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/13/2022 at 6:50 PM, fightingsioux4life said: The problem is, when your forecasts don't pan out, people will be reluctant to believe you the next time.....and you may nail it on the head the next time. KVLY is the worst when it comes to hyping weather beyond what is reasonable. Expand I agree. When I was a kid, a tornado warning meant take shelter as there is an actual fricking tornado. A tornado warning now means next to nothing. 2 Quote
Oxbow6 Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 So with all the moisture in this recent snow the narrative of drought to start building your ark spring flooding starts in 3...2...1... 1 Quote
petey23 Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 2:00 PM, Siouxfan11 said: KVLY in general is scare news Expand But they have the whistleblower hotline! "the person or company that we are smearing could not be reached for comment" we tried to reach them at 11;45 p.m. last night but got no answer 3 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 8:47 PM, petey23 said: But they have the whistleblower hotline! Expand "Um, yeah, the hoses on the public washing machines in my building need tightening." ... So we investigated and found ... < facepalm > 1 Quote
nodak651 Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 8:47 PM, petey23 said: But they have the whistleblower hotline! "the person or company that we are smearing could not be reached for comment" we tried to reach them at 11;45 p.m. last night but got no answer Expand lol. Sounds like another Simpsons skit. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted December 27, 2022 Posted December 27, 2022 I think the cold snap broke my minus sign. The "outside temperature" on my car says "15". Where's the minus? Wait-what? It really is 15 above outside!?!?! Quote
The Sicatoka Posted February 14, 2023 Posted February 14, 2023 So is the southern RRV braced for ... The 2023 Valentine's Day Sno-mageddon Massacre? Surely @Oxbow6 is hunkered and ready. @Wilburjust calls it "Tuesday". 1 Quote
Oxbow6 Posted February 14, 2023 Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/14/2023 at 5:36 PM, The Sicatoka said: So is the southern RRV braced for ... The 2023 Valentine's Day Sno-mageddon Massacre? Surely @Oxbow6 is hunkered and ready. @Wilburjust calls it "Tuesday". Expand This will be my wife getting me ready to blow out the driveway tomorrow at 600 am......... Quote
The Sicatoka Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/14/2023 at 5:36 PM, The Sicatoka said: Surely @Oxbow6 is hunkered and ready. @Wilburjust calls it "Tuesday". Expand Apparently it's just another Tuesday on a Wednesday/Thursday. https://www.weather.gov/images/fgf/wxstory/Tab2FileL.png?4d6ca88635904ff18955bedf3a0c21b3 Quote
Kab Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 What are travel plans for our teams this weekend? any difficulties of teams leaving or arriving so far? Quote
Oxbow6 Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 4:31 PM, The Sicatoka said: Apparently it's just another Tuesday on a Wednesday/Thursday. https://www.weather.gov/images/fgf/wxstory/Tab2FileL.png?4d6ca88635904ff18955bedf3a0c21b3 Expand Exactly......another Thursday in February. Weather was much worse Valentines Day night into the next morning. How can our local weather crew promote constant apocalyptic doomsday forecasts and be wrong 50% of the time? Hutch Johnson must get a kickback from Hornbachers on bread and milk sales. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 An old school ND Hwy 200 cut line storm: - north of it ... what snow? - south of it ... are ya kiddin' me ... Quote
Oxbow6 Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 On 3/1/2023 at 1:45 PM, The Sicatoka said: An old school ND Hwy 200 cut line storm: - north of it ... what snow? - south of it ... are ya kiddin' me ... Expand Forecast for FM area Monday night 1". Yesterday morning 1-3". 9+" already in south Fargo. Wheeler and Hutch need to scrap whatever models they've using and just get the opinion of a porn model....that would be as accurate. 1 Quote
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