Severe Weather

Severe weather seems to be popular here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Even if we're not experiencing it, we seem to hear about it all the time. Our KCRG-TV9 First Alert Storm Team (that's a mouthful) make sure, if there is a storm within a 500 mile radius, we know about it. At least it feels that way. And heaven forbid there are lightning strikes within our viewing area, the storm team makes sure we know about it while simultaneously cutting off our favorite prime time shows. As you can tell, i am not a fan of these practices.

I may be considered a pretty independent person, but all i really need to know from my weather channel is a) when the tornado sirens are going off and b) when school is cancelled for snow. All these other alerts and warnings seem insignificant to me. I am not trying to devalue the weathermen, because they do have an important job, but i don't need to know everything that is happening in our weather system, especially during Grey's Anatomy. This may appear as ignorance to many people, but it is really me expressing my views on what is necessary and unnecessary information. Basically, i value my time, and i don't want it to be wasted by weathermen claiming that i am in danger when the Doppler radar clearly contradicts what they are saying.

It is only the beginning of the severe weather season so i know i am in for a lot of long, insufferable nights of annoying weathermen. But it still doesn't make me want to complain less or actually do something, like leave the couch, to change the situation. Because honestly, it is way more fun to rant on my blog than to change the channel or turn off the television. :)