at one time talking about the weather was a casual conversation between neighbors
nowadays weather forecasting and the on-the-scene reporting during a storm is pretty much akin to watching any of these 'marooned on an island' reality shows...
the hype is all about the rating, it's big business and advertisers pay a lot to hand out free jackets and ski parkas with their logo on it to the star performers...the production crews are dispatched to several locations to keep us up to date on what's happening.... the minor show within the real show is now the weather... wrapped around as much drama and suspense as possible.
back in the day, the weather forecast was at the end of the nightly news programs, and it was straight ahead weather, no frills
just saying
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