CSI Rerun vs. Tornado

[MystyGlyttyr]

Was reminded of this...

A few days ago, some pretty nasty storms made their way through our area, dumping a ton of rain and a few tornadoes to go with it. (My house got seven inches of rain in about ten hours, the ground has only just stopped squishing.)

A friend of mine at one of the local news places was telling me about how the station had to break into the local channel to issue tornado WARNINGS (not a WATCH, which is "eh, maybe something might happen", a WARNING, as in, "oh god oh god we're all gonna die") to some areas.

He told me that within minutes, they were getting complaints called in from the affected area from people complaining that the tornado warning broke into an episode of CSI. Which, since this was a Tuesday, pretty much meant it had to be a rerun. And people were complaining DURING the warning about it.

...I like Grissom too, people, but...come ON.

He said it would be nice if they could never send a warning to that particular area again and let natural selection take it's course...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I can sympathize. Once a tornado warning interrupted my afternoon's viewing of watching Jerry Springer. They were just about to fight too!

Then I realized I was watching crap.

[raudf]

I've learned to tune into the weather radio and Skywarn via CAREN online when possible.. I got tired of my weather watching being interrupted by commercials

Had a friend who worked at a radio station got constant called in complaints because the EMS tones or weather alerts would interrupt their favorite song. It was usually from the affected areas, who should be hiding, listening for just such alerts.

[Food Lady]

OK, it's slightly annoying, but shows are online and go into reruns in summer. They can watch later if the tornado doesn't eat them.

[Mr Hero]

I was watching my TV one night when they broke in with a special report
About some devastating earthquake in Peru
There were thirty thousand crushed to death, even more were buried alive
On the Richter scale it measured 8.2

And I said, "God, please answer me one question?"
"Why'd they have to interrupt 'The Simpsons' just for this?"
What a drag, 'cause I was taping it and everything
And now I'll have to wait for the rerun to see the part of the show I missed"

Seems fitting and I just couldn't help myself.

[Food Lady]

That sounds like Arlo Guthrie. Who is it?

[wynjara]

Weird Al, I think.

[MoonCat]

People really do that. Everytime there's a Special Report or similar "breaking news" kind of thing, people bitch that their favorite show was interrupted. You can see where their priorities are, I guess.

[unoannabelle]

Oh my god, that happens all the fucking time here in Indiana. Where we get bad weather/tornadoes a lot. They say that they should interrupt the commercials and not the actual show. Whenever there's an interruption, the local news' facebook page gets bombarded with complains like OMG YOU INTERRUPTED MY SHOW WAHHH. I like living, thanks, and getting my warnings ahead of time.

[PepperElf]

thankfully we don't have to deal with this where i live.
i mean we're in a popular belt for bad storms and tornados ... we just don't get the tv shows interrupted cos the ones we watch are all on dvd.

but because we don't watch normal tv my bf bought us a S.A.M.E. weather alert radio.

[Seshat]

Good grief.

I don't understand that mindset at all. I have a lovely birthday present that was given to me - a windup radio/torch. I keep it set to the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) news/warnings channel. It's almost always off - but it lives right near my computer.

[Rapscallion]

I remember back in the days of yore, when retail was but a dream...

Incessant complaints about slightly wet weather. They drove me nuts. One particular complainer, though, ranted on for what felt like five minutes.

"If I were you, I'd write a letter of complaint."

"Yes! I think I will!"

Seconds later, her face went into 'wait, what?' mode, and I just stood there smiling serenely.

Rapscallion

[Scorpodael]

... Quick question for you, Raps... What, exactly, is Mother Nature's mailing address? If I'm going to write a letter of complaint, it'd better get there! Or does she have a PO box, or something? ... Email account with Squirrelmail, maybe?

[Rapscallion]

Not found it yet. Not admitting to having given up looking.

Rapscallion

[Jay 2K Winger]

"If I were you, I'd write a letter of complaint."

"Yes! I think I will!"

Seconds later, her face went into 'wait, what?' mode, and I just stood there smiling serenely.

Rapscallion

This image just puts a big ol' smile on my face. I LOVE delayed reactions like that.