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Since about One 'o'clock we've had this huge storm front passing through town. It's spawned four or five tornadoes, including some powerful ones that ripped through Arlington. Thankfully the worst of it passed over where I am. Spent most of the afternoon watching news reports on the storms progress.

We end up by default watching the ABC affiliate's coverage, but I'm finding their meteorologist and overall editorial approach a bit of a pain. The had their chopper in the air following the storm and watching the path of destruction, it just struck me as kind of lurid. I switched over to the NBC affiliate, and their guy was sticking to the weather map or switching to the news desk for follow ups. A little more traditional, less focused on the devastation, and their weatherman came across as much more calm, focused, and reassuring.

Crossposts: http://his-spiffyness.livejournal.com/253877.html

A few days ago I was flipping through the channel when I found MeTV. It's an all rerun station, but their selection is pretty good. The weekdays are filled with all of the classic sitcoms and 70's detective shows. Best of all, Saturday nights they show the Adam West Batman series and a bunch of other sci-fi series. Plus they have a horror host show called Svengoolie who does some lightweight riffing of the movies he's showing.

Overall, this is the perfect replica of a UHF station from the pre-digital era of TV. Some of the Dallas viewers posted on their Facebook page comparing this station to the old Channel 39 of bygone days (back before it became a Univison affiliate)

In general I find I love this station, and I think Weird Al summed it up best...