Do you hate Mike Thompson (weathermen)?
 

I am trying to watch American Idol tonight, and that camera attention grabbing Mike Thompson keeps interupting every 2 minutes to tell me about a storm on the missouri and Iowa border! Seriously, he must have cut in 5 times somtimes talking for like 15 minutes at a time just babbaling about this stupid storm. He even had the balls to cut in at the end so he could screw up the end of the show. I was so pissed. I was so glad the Bachelor was on channel 12 cause Busby is nice enough to flash in accross the bottom instead of cutting in to the show.

Unless it is an emergency, it should be against the law to cut into a show. I just feel they could wait to tell us about a bad widdle thunder storm during their own segment during the news.
I also hate it when they have that storm county tracker on the side of the tv. No sane person could possably know what the hell this thing even is trying to represent, yet it is this annoying blob blocking everything on the right of my TV.

Got me pretty steamed as well.

I wanted to call them and suggest he not cut in the show to tell me "there is a new thunderstorm warning now that is in the Northern area of Kansas". Thanks for the freaking update not leave me alone! he could show some courtesy and just flash it alog the bottom of the screen.
Mike Thompson is the same guy who one night said it was going to be in the 60's and I left for work dressed accordingly. Since I work outside I was pretty cold all day wearing shorts when the high was only 42! I was cussing him the reast of the day!
I do like Brian Busby though. Actually, I like all the other meteorologists except those at fox.

I hate weathermen. Especially the doofus on the right:

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i thought my wife was gonna do an elvis and shoot the poor tv!

then she tried to call the station to "tell that *****er to stfu!", but the line was busy (probably from all the other people calling to tell him to get the hell off the air!!!)...

then i didn't find it so amusing when the dickhead on nbc preempted a big chunk of westwing with more useless weather info... "we HAD pretty bad weather... we ALMOST had a tornado..." who gives a shit?!?!? but just before i got in my car to drive down to the station, they rejoined regularly scheduled programing... lucky for that dambass weather guy!!!

Wow go bo, my wife thought I was insane. I said the same thing. She thought I was nuts for trying to call the station.
I went to school in Springfield and those jerks would play the lady Bears on a thursdaynight at 7:00 and I would miss Seinfeld. I would call the station and tell them not everyone wants to watch the laady Bears, some would like to watch the #1 show in America. They didn't care, they still showed the game. It happened a lot. There are a lot of Seinfeld episodes I never got to see cause those damn bears! What made that worse was they had a couple local SMS stations they could have played those games on. Maybe they had something against Seinfeld.

Man I hate him, wait I have no frippen idea who he is.:BLVD:

I totally disagree, it is the first responsibility of a TV station to be responsible to the viewers. I obviously didn't see everything that transpired, but there have been plenty of times here where the local weather people have had to cut into shows. I can't speak of the nature of the storms or how long he was on their air, but if those storms were to gust up and cause damage, injury, or death, that station is going to look pretty stupid and irresponsible for not reporting it. Unfortunately, most people are ignorant when it comes to storms, so that's why the weatherman has to come on the air and go over severe storm procedure and to update what is going on.

Maybe that's just me, but I can think of an instance where we had a tornado outbreak here last fall where people were injured and they cut into programming. It would irk me to know people west and northwest of this area that weren't involved in the outbreak would be pissed because God forbid, they missed an episode of Oprah or something.

I can see if it is a tornado. It has to be ready to touch right by my area though. A thunderstorm? That can be flashed accross the bottom. He even cut in at 7:30 to warn about a thunderstorm warning that lasted until 7:45. Yup, thats right, he came on to warn me about a thunderstorm warning that was going to be over in 15 minutes!

Lightning kills more people every year than tornadoes. Obviously living in the Midwest we're better prepared for severe t-storms than most of the country, but it doesn't mean there's still not a danger there.

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it isn't going to effect everyone he interups for. What is wrong with have it scroll across the bottom of the screen? usually you can stick your head out the window and get more right then him anyway.

A "severe thunderstorm" warning doesn't mean all is well and you should be able to go back to "watchin' the Fued!" A severe thunderstorm warning is issued when a storm cell gets to the point where it's strong enough to seriously endanger people, either via wind gusts, large hail, or yes, even tornadoes. It's not indicating a regular old thunderstorm with particularly loud thunder. Severe thunderstorms could just as easily pop out a tornado as those tornado warnings, and it's important to inform people, no matter how terrible it may be for you to miss a big group singalong.

In February of 2000(or '99, I don't remember), during a HUGE outbreak of severe weather, a "severe t'storm warning" was issued for the county I reside in, a little north of Memphis. The town directly to the north of us ended up being hit by a tornado. Thankfully, all that was seriously damaged were a church, a BBQ place, and yes, a trailer park(magnets).

TV shows aren't as important as lives, and while it can get irritating once YOU'RE out of the way, it's probably more irritating being in the crosshairs and not even knowing it's coming.

By the way, that's not to say I agree with ALL the decisions they make sometimes.

A "winter storm warning" occupying the bottom of the screen for hours when it's pretty damn apparent to anyone who can look outside is particularly dumb.

I know I never paid attention to the TV during bad weather. Either watched the radar on the net, or listened to the local radio

that's it in a nutshell for me. My dad would watch the damn weather channell for an hour. Me? I look out the fuggin' window, and get dressed for the day.

but as far as weather guys go... Mike Thompson is cool...


I'm just not crazy about the swishy guy with the dog....

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I always preferred, awww crap I forgot his name now. He did weather awhile ....... Fred Broski?

wow... he did weather for like 147 years. you ARE old-school. :eek:

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I remebered his name from "Bowling for dollors" :rolleyes:

I think Mike Thompson sucks. I don't think he is a good weatherman, and since he interrupted American Idol, I think he is also a bad american-comunist, inconsiderate prick!! But hey, thats just me. WooWoo

The first time they dont do this and something bad happens you guys will be screaming bloody murder. For one your watching a show that has no immediate affect on your life and the other break in does. Take it for what it is but if the shit hits the fan and they dont interupt you will be pissed and crying about why they didn't. American Idol just aint that damn important.

Damned if ya do and damned if ya don't!

OK lets just say you get this warning and its about a storm. Your pissed cause it interupted a program that will make the winner a millionare. K? Then all the sudden that storm turns worse and shreds a town about 10 miles from you. Are you still pissed? If you are your a (fill in the blank).

American Idol is very important! I have to watch and vote! A bad 'ol thunderstorm I could care less about. I have tornado sirens just down the street that can also warn me. Flash it accross the bottom of the screen! I have no problem what so ever about them warning me at the bottom of the screen. However, I am a simple man and can not take the indepth geographhy lessons and storm stories given by Mike Thompson while I am missing my show here. I mean come on, he does have time to teach us while we are watching the news, we don't need to give this man this much air time. Besides having a face for radio, he is also very boring and slow.
He really did cut in to tell us about northern Mo and bottom of Iowa though. I guess he thought I would be interested in northern missouri instead of the #1 show in America.

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Its important to you! I understand this but severe weather has its place when the TV station reporting it covers a broad area. Wheres Chiefredpants when you need him? Explain this to him,

If something happens to the town 10 miles away, I can find out when the news comes on. It is not like it was so severe, afterall, it didn't affect me at all...and lets face it, that is all I care about. They can tell us accross the bottom!

I'm glad you were just being sarcastic, King.

Its nice to know that your that big of a asshole that you could care less as long as it doesn't affect you. So say your friends house gets hit by something and you dont care as long as you get to watch a TV show about people that have no affect on you personally? Cool in understand....

When one of my shows are on, I could care less about what happens outside of my immediate house. If it is in the KC area, I can hear about it on the news, or read about it accross the bottom of my screen and watch my show at the same time, that way everybody is happy.

Hey KC2003, **** you!! Why don't you quit worrying about what happens to my friends house! And guess what *******? There was also a storm in pango pango. Do you want shows to be interupted to hear about them too? What, their lives don't mean as much???

AMERICAN IDOL isn't that damn important! PERIOD! Its a show that makes other people millionares! The weather? Well to me I would rather know what the hell is going on around me that could cause me problems. I guess i'm not as selfish as some. I mean god forbid they interupt your show to alert the area that a strong storm is coming through....

This thread has actually become quite amusing. Keep it up.

Your damn right they shouldn't! You want more indepth discussion on the weather, turn on the weather channel!

ROFL You realize your ranting over a show that has not a god damn thing to do with you don't you? Vote all you want! They will decide who wins and loses by how much money they will make. Your just another zombie thinking your making a difference. You do realize they are making money don't you? You also realize that it has no bearing on your life right? Just a question....

I'm just waiting for another F you comment. It just makes sense.

So what if I dont have cable? I guess i'm screwed cause you want to watch that show?

It is entertainment I enjoy watching it. I do not enjoy missing it and I do not enjoy Mike Thompson. Try to think of it on your terms. There you are watching the fishing channel or watching grass grow, when they interupt it to tell you there is NOT a tornado, I repeat for the next hour, NOT a tornado in your area.

If I am watching the grass grow I would be interested because it would affect the height of my grass. Will it affect the outcome of American Idol? I doubt it!

Hey you want to complain because you are too cheap to pay for cable? Take meteorology 101 at your local college and find out all you can for all I care. You can stick your head up a weathermans a$$ to get the weather, but wouldn't you rather just get the weather channel? I could just stick my head out the window and can do better than Mike Thompson.

Why don't you quit worrying about what I watch? You would really watch grass grow? Man that explains a lot.

I never said I didn't have cable. Apparently your just assuming to much. Continue with your assnine comments your only digging your own grave. American Idol is a fictional show that they call real life programing. The only reason they do the voting is to get the rating! If say all of us decided to pick the worst damn singer on the show do you think they would go through with it? I doubt it.

I wouldnt worry about it if you didnt come in here bitching about it. So essentially you brought it on yourself.

Re: Do you hate Mike Thompson (weathermen)?
 

God dammit Thompson :cuss:

Chiefsking - Have you tried to catch the local weather on the weather channel, even during a heavy storm? I hate it when the interupt my shows sometimes, but they have the responsibility to take care of everyone in their viewing area, not just here in KC.

Morphius
American Idol, bwhahahaha.

The storm that he was reporting on touched a funnel cloud down near Davis City and wiped out a couple of farms.

You people bitching do realize that there hasn't been a SINGLE tornadic incident that killed 50 or more people since the 1940's right?

I can't believe people care that much about American Idol. It just goes to show you how spoiled rotten our society has become.

I didn't see this incident as I live in Mid-MO but I know the feeling. While I agree with Parker and some others that they have a responsibility to pass on severe weather info, it seems they could do it in less intrusive way.

I remember a couple of years ago a program started and about 10-15 in they broke into tell us of a possible tornado that was showing up on doppler radar. OK, cool, you've warned us. It's bad, take cover if you're in the path. But this went on for over an hour. They kept showing the same radar image and kept giving the same warning over and over and over. It became clear after a little while they were all caught up in their own importance and wanted to show off their new doppler radar thingy.

So I can understand the frustration.

Well, on the NBC station here they use PiP, so you watch your show on the upper 3/4 of the screen and you see the weather info on the left and bottom...

Very handy, because you get constant updates but don't miss anything...

The thing is, I wonder how many people actually take cover (or do anything) when they see a warning on TV. They should, but do they I wonder?

I think that getting the word out to the boonies for inclimate weather is a lot more important than what basicallly comes down to a insult infested singing contest.

You need to get out more if missing a teenager sing someone elses song is that important.

Thank you. That is the point I was trying to make. It doesn't matter if it is American Idol, a Chiefs game, or Monday night football. It is all the same. How would you feel if they cut in during a game? Howabout through out the entire game?
Ok, Mike Thompson, you've cut in and let us know about a storm, we will take cover from the rain, now, can you just leave us alone with it already?

By the way KC2003, no tv show affects people's lives. It is entertainment the same as a football game or movie show.

Are you shitting me? Thats about 4 miles from my family farm....I suppose I should call home...have family all over that area.


If this is true....you can shove your TV show in your arse if someone I know didn't croak because your precious teeny-bopper show was interupted.

How would you feel if they listened to all the people like you and 1000's of people died because of it?

I don't know, but when I was a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's it seemed like they were able to break in once, maybe twice, briefly describe where the bad weather was and what it was, and then move on. It wasn't an hour long continuing event.
And I don't remember any more fatalities then than there are now. Either people will take cover or they won't. Saying it over and over and over isn't going to change that.

Last night, the tornado siren was roaring in my town for 45 minutes...people go nuts here because there was a bad tornado in the 90's....

I stood on the front porch and had a beer and watched the sky most of the time...except the rain that was coming too hard and getting me wet and the hail.

The one in southern Iowa being complained about interupting that stupid TV show was VERY close to my family farm.

Iowanian, I caould give a **** less about the weather in Iowa! I don't live there so I don't need to be updated by them cutting in on a show about the weather there or near there. I have family in California, should they cut in to give me an update on a mud slide or forrest fire there? What about bad weather in Florida? My dad lives there, so they should cut in to keep everyone updated about a storm there. Again, I have no problem them letting me know at the bottom of the screen, it is just as affective! And this has nothing to do with what type of show they are cutting in on. What if they cut in on the whole game of Chiefs vs. Raiders? I bet you would here more complaining then.

we only had a little bit of rain in Lee's Summit. I little thunder, but nothing to head for cover for. If there are some places around here they should seek cover they can put it accross the bottom of the screen without interrupting the whole show so I can hear Joe Loria's opinion on a warning in Kansas, or northern Mo, or anywhere in Iowa!

I already said if it was an emergency I could understand. They interupted my show for an hour, did anyone get killed? I just got a little bit of rain. That was nothing they had to interupt the show for. By the way, you would have to be watching the show in the first place in order to get his warning.

You selfish dickhole, I already told you that the tornado in question was basically in site from my family farm..No one was killed but a couple of farms were destroyed....but thats not as important as your chance to see Simon's weiner bulge....Obviosly, your station considered that area to be part of their viewing audience....

I get storm warnings from Illinois all the time.

.I hope your stupid ass show gets cancelled.

You're a douchebag.

**** you Iowanian! It doesn't matter that you don't care about the show they interupted. It could have been any show. They shouldn't interupt ANY show to tell us about a F@%#*%^$ storm that is near your stupid family farm. If your backward *** would have been watching that "stupid *** show", maybe you would have know about the storm near your little farm!!

You are the selfesh dickhead! You don't mind hearing about a storm that is near Dorthy and her farm but could care less about a hurricane in pango pango that is affecting lives and farmland!
**** you! You are the ******* prick!

Are you for real ChiefsKing? To a certain extent I agree with a small portion of what you're saying, but c'mon now, it's not enough to get that worked up about.

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It's called "justice" ...
 

Sorry, but I find it hard to feel sorry for anyone who watches American Idol ...

MM
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There's the pot calling the kettle black

Dude ... try mixing in some decaf every now and then.

They interrupted a television show, not the birth of your child. Sheesh ...

MM
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Yeah Iowanian wanted to start with the diggs, and I can dish it right back.
I do enjoy my TV viewing a little more than the next guy, but that doesn't mean it is ok to interupt a show because what I am watching you think is stupid. It is still the #1 rated show. If it happened during a Chiefs game this whole board would be furious and unaware that Iowanian has a family farm near the Iowa border that we should all not be selfish as to not care what is happining down at his family's farm.

I am selfish for not wanting to watch Mike Thompson for an hour?
The same point of the storm was given by Brian Busby at the bottom of the screen. It also does not matter what was being watched at the time. American Idol, or a football game, when I watch a show I want to watch it not the weatherman. He already gets his time during the news.

I could care less what anyone thinks of the show or where it is rated ...

my point is that IT'S JUST A FREAKING TV SHOW.

I'd much rather have them cut into anything (including a Chiefs game) to notify anyone in the viewing area that a tornado is on the way, rather than finding out what happened on some show that won't matter the next day.

You see, tornados are real ... TV shows aren't.

MM
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There wasn't any damn tornado now was there!

I am just as informed when they put it at the bottom of the screen then when they go on and on for an hour warning about the same storm.

Could've been ...

but I realize that finding out who's the most popular on some TV show is more important.

MM
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ROFL

Our very own Chiefs Red Pants ...

MM
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alright cumstain....you want to play? fine by me.....In the gene pool, its aparent that you'd be over your head in a tablespoon.

The difference, douchebag, is that I don't throw a tizzy like a little girl, when a storm warning for an area in say...Illinois, or Missouri comes on because....and I know this is a stretch in reasoning.....I care more about people in those areas, than a TV show. I hate to be the one that breaks it to you, but when someone on TV looks into the camera, they're not talking to you, corky. They are covering a "region".


See, If me missing 5 minutes of a show, gives your family a chance to get out of the trailer park before the Tornado comes.....Its fine by me.

so who is really the dickwad here?

now....If you'd rather get into a pissing match, lets take a thread and Do it.....I could use a cyber snack...

PS...what straight Male actually WATCHES the bachelor or American Idol.....and worse yet....admits it.....You're a stud, Barbi

ROFL

This should be entertaining ...

MM
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My point is getting muddled by my anger because people keep slaming me because of the show. Look, if I am in danger then yes cut in to tell me to take cover. But to go on and on, cutting in 5 times and taking up an hour to tell me what he is just going to repeat during the news is too much. Tell me accross the bottom, do not interupt the show.
We do have A LOT of thunderstorms around KC. Are you saying it is ok to cut in everytime it storms so the weatherman can give us details about it? I don't think it is ok. I think it is wrong. If you disagree or don't care just because you hate the show that is your opinion and we disagree. I didn't start with the name calling, but I am not affraid to offer some back.

If it is severe enough, if there is a wall cloud with a possible tornado, high winds, etc., then yes it is.

You see, by them cutting in they can show the radar and people can tell where the storm is and where it's heading. This gives people time to take shelter and prepare for it. A little teeny-tiny map on the bottom of the screen doesn't really do it.

By doing so in intervals they can keep people updated and show how the storm has changed.

It's pretty basic, really ...

MM
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Bring your A game if you're wanting to trade cyber slaps, Barbi.

Maybe our neighborhood weatherman will be more elegant in its presentation, but a Thunderstorm is a different Animal than tornadic activity......that can and DOES kill people without warning....

Early Warning for severe storms saves lives....Lives of people neither You nor I actually know.....My tv was buzzing for an hour after the storm passed the area I live in, but I didn't complain.......If it got 1(ONE)(UNO) person out of danger.....thats fine by me...

have YOU ever been in a tornado? I've been through 2...1 as a kid, and one in college.

I'm far more irritated by the 4minutes of commercials every 8 minutes of a sitcom....

PS.....this is a STUPID thing for you to be going down a defcon over.....

MM
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Again, **** you! Hey, I am all for you being informed about a storm so you can get out of your trailer park. You don't care about my shows you big manly man? Well, I also don't give 2 ****s about what happens in your trailer park back home at the farm or anywhere else!
By the way you you want to get into a name calling match? Fine, you are a stupid backward *** prick son of a motherless goat scumbag cocksucking bastard.

Anything else?

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