There's Weather Happening In Other Places ...

It’s been a stormy night here in the Ozarks. Pretty common occurrence this time of year. And with those storms comes interruptions of the prime time television shows by dorky looking TV weathermen telling us that there’s bad weather happening somewhere and we should stop, drop and roll take cover immediately. But, within earshot of the television, of course.

Now, I realized that network stations are here as a public service. And they clearly need to warn people of severe weather. But, there really should be a way that, if the bad weather is not near me, I should still be able to watch The Office without dork boy interrupting every 3 minutes.

We’re in a pretty unique TV area here in Redneckville in that we get our TV from both Springfield, MO and Little Rock, AR. So the result is that we have two NBC, ABC and CBS stations. One from each Little Rock and Springfield. We only get one FOX channel though, out of Springfield. Often times this results in getting three NFL games to choose from at a time during the football season. But a lot of times there is bad weather over the entire region and both channels will be covering it.

So, if there is bad weather in central and even northern Missouri, or central or southern Arkansas, we have to sit through the interruptions in broadcasting here too. And they luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv to break into network programming and be very serious about a very serious weather “event” going on somewhere. And they drone on and on and on about it. Even if it isn’t all that bad or dangerous.

This just annoys the shit outta me. I don’t need to know what it’s raining in Joplin, MO or that there is the potential for hail in Lonoke, AR. Since I don’t live in either of those places, I don’t need to know what is happening there. So, when they interrupt The Office, or 30 Rock or whatever, I should be able to switch over to one of the cable channels and continue watching my show. I think that the cable companies should be able to make this technology and make it work without too much trouble. They could do it if they wanted to.

Also, I had to unfollow Arkansas Weather on Twitter. While the hail was coming down on us tonight and banging against the window, the most recent update from Arkansas Weather was SIX HOURS OLD and said that a few counties were under a storm “watch.” That’s not much help assholes.


And while I’m at it, that new Amy Poehler show on NBC, “Parks and Recreation?” Yeah, it kinda sucks. It’s basically “The Office” without Steve Carell, and if there’s no Steve Carell, “The Office” would suck too.


Okay, that’s all I’ve really got. Besides, I’ve been invited to a party with these girls …


We’re gonna play spin the bottle. I hope it’s fun!




Happy Easter Everybody!