A Message of Hate for the Weather Gods
By Sarah Carlson
April 30, 2007
Dear Weather Channel and/or Suddenlink Communications,
As I sat on my couch last night watching "Brothers & Sisters" and recording "The Tudors" (you can't beat a soapy, modern-day family drama as a lead-in to a look at the mother of all dysfunctional families), my TV was attacked by the Emergency Alert System (EAS). I lost control of the remote; the channel was automatically changed to the Weather Channel, and I couldn't turn it back until your stupid EAS message warning me about thunderstorms in Merkel was over. Oh, and each time the message took my TV hostage, my DVR would stop recording. This made for an expletive-filled evening as I frantically tried to get back to my scheduled programming while not missing major plot points. (I knew "B&S's" Rebecca wasn't innocent! I totally did not know that Lord on "TT" was gay!)
Why did you hijack my TV, Weather People? Why can't a crawl on the bottom of the screen warning me of thunderstorms -- as if I couldn't hear them -- suffice? I had already used the Internet -- a magical series of tubes you should consider sticking with -- to check up on the weather. That was my TV time you invaded. Mine. I'm obviously addicted and in need of help, so why would you twist the knife further and rob me of my much-need soap fix?
I'll get to the bottom of this -- trust me. For now, Weather Channel, you're dead to me. I'll no longer be in need of your services. Need to know what the weather is like? Step outside and take a guess. It worked for centuries.
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Posted by: Shelley on June 7, 2007 6:04 PM
Thank YOU! I've been searching the internet in vain trying to find someone else as equally annoyed by this new ploy of the FCC. I don't care if there's a thunderstorm two counties over. I don't need to learn about out of state fires while being forced away from my programs. Even worse are the program interruptions for the testing. GAH!!!!
A little tip if you must get those plot points in. The invasion only occurs on the TV attached to your cable box. Other TVs remain intact.
Someone start a petition to stop this crap.