For Entertainment Purposes Only–Part I
In a recent blog, I alluded to the pitfalls of extended range weather forecasting. Despite my own admonition never to trust an outlook beyond three days into the future, I stepped out onto a limb and “predicted” a snowfall for Atlanta five days down the road. The snow fell, right on cue, although it wasn’t…
Read MoreSack and Pillage Alert
All one has to do in the Deep South is mention “snow” or even “snow flurries” in a weather forecast, and it’s a given that residents will descend upon local grocery stores like barbarian hordes. All milk and bread will disappear from shelves within 12 hours. The sacking of Kroger. The pillaging of Publix. Now,…
Read MoreNew Year, new book
New Year. New book. Well, old book really. Much to my dismay, the consensus of response from agents and publishers to INSIDE THE WEATHER CHANNEL has been that they don’t see a big enough market for it to be commercially viable. They acknowledge The Weather Channel has a large following, but don’t feel that would…
Read MoreHow It All Works Together–Part IV
This is another in a series of excerpts from my unpublished book INSIDE THE WEATHER CHANNEL. This particular series details how forecasters, on-camera talent and producers work together–well, most of the time–to get a show on the air. The show being discussed here is “Your Weather Today” as it was in late 2008. HOW IT…
Read MoreHow It All Works Together–Part III
This is another in a series of excerpts from my unpublished book INSIDE THE WEATHER CHANNEL. This particular series details how forecasters, on-camera talent and producers work together–well, most of the time–to get a show on the air. The show being discussed here is “Your Weather Today” as it was in late 2008. HOW IT…
Read MoreHow It All Works Together–Part II
This is another in a series of excerpts from my unpublished book INSIDE THE WEATHER CHANNEL. This particular series details how forecasters, on-camera talent and producers work together–well, most of the time–to get a show on the air. HOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER–Part II Forecasters, On-camera Meteorologists and Producers–Tenuous Allies NO, I DON’T WANT TO…
Read MoreBummed out at the holiday season
I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of bummed out this holiday season. There’s been some weird, scary stuff happening. I don’t remember other years being like this. Several evenings ago I was out for a walk and came across Santa Claus, face down, flattened out in someone’s yard. It looked like a road…
Read MoreDecember
The following blog was originally prepared on November 24th for The Weather Channel’s Website, weather.com. But it apparently got lost in the Thanksgiving holiday shuffle and was never published, perhaps meeting the same fate that many turkeys do at that time of year. Oops. Probably a poor choice of words. Still, in the interest of…
Read MoreHow It All Works Together–Part I
This entry begins a new series of excerpts from my unpublished book INSIDE THE WEATHER CHANNEL. The series details how forecasters, on-camera talent and producers work together–well, most of the time–to get a show on the air. HOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER–Part I Forecasters, On-camera Meteorologists and Producers–Tenuous Allies It’s three-thirty in the morning, I…
Read MoreThe Surfer Dude and Stormmaster G–Part IV
This is the fourth and final part of “The Surfer Dude and Stormmaster G,” an excerpt from Inside The Weather Channel. Next week I’ll begin a series taking you behind the scenes of “Your Weather Today,” the Weather Channel’s popular morning show, as it was in late 2008 with Marshall Seese and Heather Tesch. THE…
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