My Soapbox

I am not a Weather Expert BUT in the last 18.5 years I have spent about 38,480 hours with some of the best. I have a comment to make about a local TV Weatherman (and I use that term loosely). I usually do not pay attention to what he says. I had gotten a bad impression of him a couple of months ago when we both were at the same event and he was all about the “FANS”. Wanting to sign autographs and get as much attention on himself as he could. I noticed that if people were walking by where he was standing he would call them over and ask if them wanted an autograph. I thought it was creepy.

Anyway, a few weeks ago someone told me they were watching him on TV do his evening forecast and he was talking about a system coming off the coast of Africa. He said “Unfortunately, I don’t think it is going to develop into anything” Key word being “Unfortunately”.....what does that mean? Does he want it to develop into something? Does he want to cause panic? Well, last night we had the news on and this same weatherman (and I use that term loosely) was talking about the tropical systems in the Atlantic, he said... “the way this year is starting to look reminds me a lot of 2005". OH MY GOODNESS...now what does he mean? Does he stop to think about all the people who are watching him who were effected by the storms of 2005? Is he trying to cause even more panic? Last night when he said those words was the VERY last time I will watch him. Period.

OK, now I feel much better!