Television news coverage
 

Does anyone else think that 4 days of non stop coverage of Dorian is excessive? Especially when all programs are pre emptive by the coverage.

Yes, I do.

Yes

Without a doubt, yes.

Significant updates would have been all that was needed.
As an imminent land fall approaches the more frequent.
The 24/7 coverage and setting aside all programming was meteor-logical over kill with rampant redundancy!!!

Trying to make a story out of nothing. Tired of watching newscasters stand around in the rain. I guess to them it is a real shame Dorian just skirted the coast. Today's news teams are a joke!

Yes!

No, enjoyed flipping it on when I wanted and catching up, can’t be anything good they prompted anyways ;)

I agree. I don't think that they expect someone to sit and watch for hours at a time. But when someone is able to take time, they are on the air with updates.

If they didn't provide lots and lots of coverage, there would be complaints about that. I seem to recall lack of information was a complaint last time.

Are you saying you are getting tired of someone holding a mike in front of some water and telling the same thing over and over again?
Me too. The updates are hours apart and they just fill in between with drama. Weathermen live for these moments and are excited to report a perfect formed eye of the storm, etc.

Actually, it’s something that's always done when there is dangerous or potentially dangerous weather that could impact the stations’ viewing audience. When the tornado struck here in 2007, WESH was doing weather non-stop prior to the event. We slept with tv on that night....and it was the extensive lightning that woke us...just in time to hear Tony Mainolfi say, “If you live in The Villages, take cover NOW.” Storms don’t follow set patterns, hurricanes can spawn tornados, though we were on the left side so chances were less...but we did have the option of changing the channel at any time. People needed to prepare and not become complacent..there could have been damage from storm surge more than wind. Water is a strong force and flooding is always a danger with hurricanes.

Not sure why you are upset with Amy Sweezy...I enjoy her presence. Maybe she’s tired, having to be at work at 2 during those coverage days, maybe she reminds you of someone you don’t personally care for? (We don’t have to like everyone I realize.)

Reminds me of the time every channel was besotted with O.J.Simpson.

One channel decided to stop showing O.J. 24/7 and received a huge boost in viewership.

Tony on WESH 2 must have been medicated compared to his work during Irma. He was restrained, factual and very professional in my opinion. I like having the reports available whenever I wanted to check-in.

I miss the best reporter of all. Our own, tuccillo.

And that Tony is HOT HOT HOT!!

Not a lot different in other parts of the Country......when you live in the north and a snowstorm is coming they do the same thing. I suspect if you lived on the coast your view might be different.

Excessive for sure...they could have had the banner running at the top if they wanted people to be updated and "IF" anything significant changed then alert people at the change of the hour. We TIVO most of our favorite programming or things on cable we're interested in so it didn't matter too much. We watch very little on the network channels anymore. Also very little "news". The industry really has changed in the past 25 yrs or so....maybe a bit longer.

As for covering hurricanes...having lived for most of my life on the "frozen tundra"...think hurricanes are most frightening. Too unreliable and you can watch for days while it trudges on. At least most of the time with tornado weather, you have a bit of a warning and most places have basements to hunker down in. A false sense of security? Maybe! But sometimes miss that basement here---especially when the sky gets a weird color. Hurricanes...you just never can call it. We've lived through Matthew (or was it Michael?...it was on the Atlantic side), Irma and now Dorian. After Irma, I'm a bit skittish!! SOOOO thankful we dodged the bullet with Dorian. Certainly didn't seem to look like we would.

I thought the Weather Channel did a terrific job of reporting Dorian. If you don’t like what you see on a particular channel, it’s very easy with your remote to turn it off or change channels. Having said that, too much of anything is too much - and that goes for sports too. Take a break now and then.

It was amazing. There were no shootings around Orlando during the storm coverage. Maybe everyone put their guns away and just watched.

Your Kidding.
 

It is no secret that each of the broadcasters wants "Face Time" and this is their chance to get it. It was excessive so they could get the Face Time. If anyone does not see it as excessive I have a "Bridge in Brooklyn" for sale. :ohdear:

So any opinion other than yours is wrong. I see. :ohdear:

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No, keep in mind the areas of viewership are not just The Villages. WESH is in Orlando, Daytona Beach and other coastal areas. Living here our concern about potential hurricanes is minimal compared to those that live along the coast. If you have Comcast you could have tuned into to Channel 2 for the local "news"

There is an 'off' button on your television.

You are welcome.