🏈 If you are in the Greater B'ham area

[rammerjammer]

You can really appreciate this

 

[SpecThis]

woohoo!

 

[Argo]

"I better not see any big ass maps, crawlers or God-forbid, an interruption of the BCS Title Game to tell me it's snowing outside. If that happens, I'll drive down to 33/40 myself and kick your ass right through the green screen."

:lol:

 

[PyroNismo2000]

that too funny!...lol

 

[Oiler99]

Those of us in the Birmingham area are all too familiar with Chicken Little. What really gets me about ol chicken little is that no matter how many times he is wrong, he still gets people worked into a frenzy! People at my job are already trying to take off Friday because we haven't officially called it an "inclement weather day". They have been worried beyond description about Thursday night/Friday and this impending doom. One guy is already trying to take the rest of the week off. That is going over like a led ballon with the bosses.

 

[ExiledTidefan]

One would think that in this job environment, people would act with more discretion as to what days to take off and for what reasons. Apparently, the job losses haven't hit them the way they've hit our household.

Or not, hell, I don't know. Or care.

I will come out in support of James Spann and many other mets in Alabama: they get a bad rap for over-selling bad weather, and then it not panning out. It's very hard to predict the weather in this state, and 5 miles can mean the difference between snow and rain, tornado or strong winds, or 3 inches of rain or nothing. These guys deserve our respect. Maybe folks from our fine state should realize that 1 inch of snow doesn't create a second ice age.

 

[bamafanNky]

LOL
that is pretty funny stuff. I do not care if 4ft of snow falls, I’ll find out about road closings after the game. Plus what are they gonna tell us, “Stay in doors”. Duh, The Game is on.

:rofl:

 

[alagator]

I will come out in support of James Spann and many other mets in Alabama: they get a bad rap for over-selling bad weather, and then it not panning out. It's very hard to predict the weather in this state, and 5 miles can mean the difference between snow and rain, tornado or strong winds, or 3 inches of rain or nothing. These guys deserve our respect. Maybe folks from our fine state should realize that 1 inch of snow doesn't create a second ice age.

Maybe the weather idols on television should recognize this too and stop the hype.

Happens down here too with every brewing thunderstorm between March and October. Seems every thundercloud in the Gulf is the next Katrina and 'you should review your hurricane preparedness system in case of an emergency.'

Gets old. Real quick.

If five-miles makes such a difference, do not then sell me on the fact your $3MM collection of radar and such equipment is going to enable you to offer 'pinpoint' information down to the street level.

My grandfather is rural West Alabama had a piece of felt treated with some chemical attached to an old-school mercury thermomerter hanging on a wall that was as accurate as any computer I have seen. It turned blue if the weather was going to be clear in the next hour or two, pink if it was going to rain in that time. Outside of that, we could look into the skies and see if a particularly strong thunderstorm was approaching and howling winds let us know a twister was ripe for the making.

Hawaii has it right - on so many levels. My last trip out there the big Honolulu stations did not even have a weatherperson on staff. The news anchor would send things to a commercial and on return would then present all the weather data in a 90-second report - High today on the beach was 85-degrees and 75-degrees in the mountains. No rain along the beaches with about 3/4-quarters of an inch in the mountains. Tomorrow, highs will be about 85-degrees along the shores and around 75-degrees in the elevations. A full day of sunshine on the beaches with some rain in the mountains. Sports is next.

 

[Oiler99]

And the sky has officially begun to fall.
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/01/fort_payne_dekalb_co_schools_t.html

 

[bamadezz]

And the sky has officially begun to fall.
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/01/fort_payne_dekalb_co_schools_t.html

Wow, closing due to just the threat of bad weather! :lol:

I'm wondering how long it takes these fools here in Ga. to do the same thing. My daughter has been talking about being out of school Thursday all week. One can only assume that a 5 yr. old picked that talk up from one of their teachers.

 

[Tider27]

This weather better not cut off my electricity. Already lining up a generator.

 

[FireStrut]

Funny stuff.

 

[bamatommy]

:lol:

:rofl:

Meteorologists love to get primetime coverage in those situations. They'll spend twenty minutes to tell you what could be said in five minutes.

 

[bamatommy]

Maybe the weather idols on television should recognize this too and stop the hype.

Happens down here too with every brewing thunderstorm between March and October. Seems every thundercloud in the Gulf is the next Katrina and 'you should review your hurricane preparedness system in case of an emergency.'

Gets old. Real quick.

If five-miles makes such a difference, do not then sell me on the fact your $3MM collection of radar and such equipment is going to enable you to offer 'pinpoint' information down to the street level.

My grandfather is rural West Alabama had a piece of felt treated with some chemical attached to an old-school mercury thermomerter hanging on a wall that was as accurate as any computer I have seen. It turned blue if the weather was going to be clear in the next hour or two, pink if it was going to rain in that time. Outside of that, we could look into the skies and see if a particularly strong thunderstorm was approaching and howling winds let us know a twister was ripe for the making.

Hawaii has it right - on so many levels. My last trip out there the big Honolulu stations did not even have a weatherperson on staff. The news anchor would send things to a commercial and on return would then present all the weather data in a 90-second report - High today on the beach was 85-degrees and 75-degrees in the mountains. No rain along the beaches with about 3/4-quarters of an inch in the mountains. Tomorrow, highs will be about 85-degrees along the shores and around 75-degrees in the elevations. A full day of sunshine on the beaches with some rain in the mountains. Sports is next.

:word:

 

[psychojoe]

While all the TV stations in Birmingham tend to get a bit carried away by unusual weather circumstances, Finebaum offends me with his characterization of James Spann as a liar. I know James personally. He is a dedicated Christian and as unselfish a person as I know. I'm glad he called out Finebaum. It would be a big switch for PF to do something for someone else rather than promoting himself and the buffoons that make up the bulk of his callers.

 

[Oiler99]

While schools can just close whenever they feel like it, jobs can't. I have been told that I have a choice. 1) work and risk having to spend the night at work or 2) leave and be fired on the spot

 

[psychojoe]

Federal agencies in the greater Birmingham area are closing today and will at the least delay opening tomorrow. I think this is partly in recognition of the increasing snow now in the area and partly acknowledging that many employees need to leave for child care reasons due to schools and day cares closing.

 

[Oiler99]

As far as I can tell, (unless I am just blind as a bat), i don't see ANYTHING. Yeah, that tiny little dandruff snow that you have to squint to see. But, that seriously does not even qualify. Nothing is happening. I know that makes chicken little on abc 33/40 and all his fans mad, but let's face facts. HE WAS WRONG!!!

 

[ExiledTidefan]

I'm on Highland Avenue in Birmingham, and I'd like to officially call the forecast a bust. So far, the roads really aren't even wet, and every time it starts to snow, it lasts about 5 minutes and then ends. The air is too dry still, and the temp is probably not cold enough at the surface, which is amazing to even think with it being as cold as it has been.

I still stand by my comments regarding the weather guys in Birmingham. No one in particular, but they are all top notch mets, and they know the risks of having to make a forecast in this state in the winter. We have obscenely finicky weather, and just a few miles can make huge differences in weather. They do a great job just making us AWARE of potential weather situations. It's up to us to decide to listen, panic, or just blow it off.