Dallas TV weathermen.
You thought I was going to say BushCo officials? Not this time.
The typical Dallas weatherman will hype a winter storm that might deliver half an inch of snow into the mother of all storms.
The purpose is twofold: A) To drive their personality and get viewers focused on them to the exclusion of other TV weathermen, and B)to consequently drive their TV station ad ratings.
Well, it is not just winter storms that get the treatment, it is also late summer cool fronts getting blown up into early fall cold fronts.
By Sunday night, when we knew Hurricane Rita was going to move off east, we were being told that we would be hit be two fronts. The first would be a mild one and the second would drop us 15-20 degrees from the temperatutes currently giving us the hottest September on record. The second front was supposed to be here by Wednesday evening.
No dice. The second front will not be here until Thursday, and on the nighttime lows side, it will have a maximum effect of 12 degrees if that much.
Unfortunately, though I already knew this about Dallas TV weathermen, and I also know that those who have been here long enough should know that themselves, I still bit.
Could you sue a TV weatherman for emotional duress?
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