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15 May 2013 06:12 pmHappy Whelpdays to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chrisbcritter and renniefox! *snugs*
chrisbcritter and renniefox! *snugs*15 May 2013
North Texas Storms / News follies
15 May 2013 06:19 pmWatching channel 4 out of Dallas live on the web (storm coverage) ... between the ticker across the bottom of the screen, the bug on the top and the forced text channel all you can see is about top-mid quarter of the screen. That's especially annoying when the active radar areas are under all the screen crap, or they're showing live footage and all you can see is a band of clouds mid screen, with the ground and tornado under the screen crap.
It would help if whoever is formatting this stuff at the station would realize that two-thirds or more of the screen is lost to the viewer and to quit framing the image on their studio monitor *without* all the screen crap.
Several tornadoes on the ground just west of DFW, moving east.
EDIT: 40 minutes later, somebody moved the forced text transcription to the top of the screen, so the middle is finally visible. Looks like a big twister has moved across Hood and Johnson counties, with a debris ball visible on Doppler radar at times.
EDIT (19:17): Spotters have reported a very large wedge tornado just north of Rio Vista; this is the apparent tornado that has been followed on radar for a while. Rancho Brazos (near Granbury) was evacuated earlier this evening, and apparently has suffered serious damage.
EDIT (19:26) from the NWS (exclamation marks theirs) ... at 923 PM CDT... storm spotters and Doppler radar observed a tornado near Cleburne... moving northeast at 15 mph. Spotters reported that this is a mile wide tornado... capable of incredible destruction. This tornado has shifted its track and was moving north right at the city of Cleburne! If you are in its path... take cover immediately to protect your life!
EDIT (22:11) news report ... and check out the photo of huge hailstones at the end of the article.
And, to return to gripes about TV news, our local news just cheerfully announced that the NWS confirmed at least ten tornadoes, "most of which touched down." It's not a tornado *until* it touches down, something our local news anchor seems to be unaware of.
It would help if whoever is formatting this stuff at the station would realize that two-thirds or more of the screen is lost to the viewer and to quit framing the image on their studio monitor *without* all the screen crap.
Several tornadoes on the ground just west of DFW, moving east.
EDIT: 40 minutes later, somebody moved the forced text transcription to the top of the screen, so the middle is finally visible. Looks like a big twister has moved across Hood and Johnson counties, with a debris ball visible on Doppler radar at times.
EDIT (19:17): Spotters have reported a very large wedge tornado just north of Rio Vista; this is the apparent tornado that has been followed on radar for a while. Rancho Brazos (near Granbury) was evacuated earlier this evening, and apparently has suffered serious damage.
EDIT (19:26) from the NWS (exclamation marks theirs) ... at 923 PM CDT... storm spotters and Doppler radar observed a tornado near Cleburne... moving northeast at 15 mph. Spotters reported that this is a mile wide tornado... capable of incredible destruction. This tornado has shifted its track and was moving north right at the city of Cleburne! If you are in its path... take cover immediately to protect your life!
EDIT (22:11) news report ... and check out the photo of huge hailstones at the end of the article.
And, to return to gripes about TV news, our local news just cheerfully announced that the NWS confirmed at least ten tornadoes, "most of which touched down." It's not a tornado *until* it touches down, something our local news anchor seems to be unaware of.