Can you blame her? Criminal Minds is great tv.

I have never heard of Criminal Minds.

Thank you for my daily reminder that when the aliens come and wipe us out, it will be for the best.

I can sort of relate to her feelings about this. When I lived in Austin, Jim Spencer would cut in all the damn time whenever there'd be any weather. And when he wasn't there, they'd have a multi-county radar map bug that would pop up on the screen. He'd cut in with tornado warnings and watches in counties far from Austin that I didn't even know existed. I'd get home from a trip and find a Tivo full of terrible storms that never happened. Sure some of those storms are intense, but as a kid the first thing I remember being told to do in such an occasion is turn off the goddamn TV.

I was talking to my mom over the weekend about earthquakes in San Diego and how the best part is they're a surprise so they don't cut into my goddamn stories with warnings and watches. (actually I guess the local ABC affiliate didn't let the credits roll during Lost last weekend (meaning the mystery image of the plane on the beach wasn't seen locally) in order to jump to the breaking news of another baby earthquake being felt across the county)

I have never heard of Criminal Minds

Me neither, but now I have that Boogie Down Productions song running through my head.

Not a complaint

Ha, that was pretty funny.

She took that really personally, didn't she?

This is part of why I don't have a TV; every time there's snow, the weather people here act like we've never experienced it before. It's f-(cuckoo!)-ing Milwaukee, fer cryin out loud. We can handle snow, really, we can. I really don't need the ZOMG BREAKING NEWZ that there are clouds overhead.

to be fair, homegirl didn't appreciate it!!

as someone who's just learning how to tell people off I found the templateyness over her complaint interesting. She's a pro!

* of her complaint

That woman sounds like a hateful idiot, but there's a part of me that can kind of sympathize. I live in a small town in rural central Kansas. We get our local weather from a Wichita station (100 miles away), which basically covers the entire state (excepting Topeka and Kansas City, which are devoted more to the northeast corner, but I digress)...

It's frustrating when the station breaks in for every weather event (even thunderstorms, which are an almost daily occurence somewhere in Kansas) at the drop of a hat.

Most of us are so jaded by weather warnings that we barely notice them. It's like "Yeah, yeah, we know we live in tornado alley, we know it's thundering and/or hailing and/or the wind is getting stronger, but please don't break into our favorite shows unless the tornado is on the front porch, thanks."

Now the weather gods are going to smite me for my callousness, I just know it

Do enough people watch broadcast TV today to make storm announcements worthwhile?

"Yeah, yeah, we know we live in tornado alley, we know it's thundering and/or hailing and/or the wind is getting stronger, but please don't break into our favorite shows unless the tornado is on the front porch, thanks."

Or the entire house lifts into the air and you see the Wicked Witch of the West flying by your window on her broomstick.

Sorry. Just couldn't resist.

Or the entire house lifts into the air and you see the Wicked Witch of the West flying by your window on her broomstick.

As long as she doesn't steal my little dog!