In a surprising development, I’m really pissed off this morning. I watched the weather report last night at 10:00 pm. The big breasted bimbo who passes for a meteorologist on every local station, forecasted rain this morning. Not a peep about even the chance of ice. Confidence in their forecast was 100%. No qualifications.
As usual, I get in my little tiny Honda hybrid at 7:10 and make my way to Wal-Mart and Giant for the weekly grocery trip. I notice it has begun to drizzle. I also notice on my dashboard the temperature is only 29 degrees. I wonder whether this could cause me a problem.
I turn on the KYW news station about halfway to my destination and they are reporting a 60 car accident on the Schuylkill Expressway, I-476 closed, The Turnpike closed, I-95 closed, and all the bridges closed.
I decide I better make this a quick trip to be safe. I rush through Wal-Mart even quicker than normal. I move rapidly through Giant and I’m done my shopping in less than 35 minutes. I push my cart out of the store and it is pouring rain. And the rain has turned the parking lot and every road in my area into a solid sheet of ice. You could have played ice hockey in the parking lot.
I attempt to pull out of the parking lot and see about 6 cars sideways on the hill blocking my route home. I u-turn and go out the other exit. I travel at 10 mph to the stop light and make my left. There are pickup trucks pointing in the wrong direction in the intersection. Traveling up the hill I see an ambulance sideways in my lane. Myself and three other vehicles go around it and see four more cars that looked like they were playing bumper cars.
Everyone puts on their flashers and proceeds at about 15 mph. To say it was a tense situation is an understatement. I was shitting my pants. I’m driving a car that weighs about 300 pounds and is made of plastic. Going down a hill on Sumneytown Pike I had to use the brakes. The anti-lock brake system was working overtime. I realized the best way to survive was to not brake the rest of the way home. So I didn’t.
It is a miracle I made it home in one piece. Avalon then got to hear me rant and rave about the idiots who pass for meteorologists. These people act like they are scientists, with their models and faux degrees. They blew this forecast only hours ahead of time. This morning they act like they knew it all along.
Three people have died this morning so far in these accidents. If these meteorologists had gotten the forecast right, they’d be alive. Penn-Dot did not treat the roads for possible icing because there was no forecast of possible icing. Big tits and blonde hair don’t make you a qualified weather expert. These weather bimbos have blood on their hands.
Sampling of Philly Weather Bimbos. I wonder what qualified them for their jobs?
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This can be the first post in Stucky’s recently proposed “miracle” thread.
These “weather bimbos” are only reading off the reports generated by real meteorologists, who get to hide out. We do not see the people who are really generating the forecasts, only the “bimbos” who get paid 7-digit salaries for reading off a prepared report
I guess that for that much money just for looking cute, standing in front of a camera, and reading off a prepared script, a person can take some blame, even if she’s not the one who originated the false info. It’s really hard to find a society anywhere in history where people who can legally do so little in return for such lavish financial rewards and so little personal risk.
Chicago
The three chicks pictured are all meteorologists, according to the description below their names every night on the news.
The picture in Stuck’s mind when he read the title.
Yea , i agree str8 up bimbos who could care less about giving people the truth.
Admin
I did not like the headline.
No, no, no.
I did not like it.
You almost gave me a fuckin heart attack.
Glad you be OK.
So, the other day, Ms Freud asked why I’m so interested in German weather. Huh!
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Why Japs don’t run when their Tsunami Early Warning System tells them to ….
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Weather forecasting in southern Arizona must be the most boring job in the world.
1) Sunny and hot (or warm, or cool): 320 days.
2) Low pressure system moving in from the Pacific Northwest: cloudy with scattered showers: 15 days.
3) Low pressure system moving in from the southwest: cloudy with scattered showers: 15 days.
4) Low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Mexico: huge thunderstorms: 15 days.
That’s it!!!! Year in, year out. Even Admin could do it. Heh.
Weather forecast for SSS when he dares to dispute Admin:
Stormy weather with a massive dose of ass whoopin.
The issue of weather forecasting is pathetic – and its even at the national level. In Sharyl Attkisson’s book “Stonewalled” she mentions that journalists (presumably there are a few left) now refer to the segment as “weather porn”. After finishing it I realized just how many times the national news reports at 6:30 PM lead with a weather story of all things. I must admit though that Sheena Parveen will cause me to stop short. In any case I pay no real attention to their predictions – when I get in the car in the morning I check the thermometer in the car and the general weather conditions – ice scares me having had an intimate encounter with a telephone pole a few years back in similar conditions as this morning.
Came here after hearing about the pile-up on the Schuylkill; glad to hear you’re okay. Need to get some 4WD in that Insight of yours…
The last time we had a ice event like the one Admin just lived through, 26 people died here in the Commonwealth. I don’t remember any warning from the bimbos at that time.
It was so bad books were written about it.
I don’t believe these folks are “real” meteorologists – despite their titles. What I think they do (except for perhaps Glenn “Hurricane”Schwartz on Phila. NBC10) is they get a degree or certificate in “broadcast meteorology”. You’d have to dig into their credentials to see what exactly qualifies them to be called “meteorologist” by their employers. Here’s a link that describes it: http://www.ametsoc.org/amscert/ . The only other title that sickens me more is “Coach”.
I drive in that kind of weather alot in the Pacific northwest. Black ice is the killer. Hard to see especially at night. FedEx has its share of roll overs and Jack knives .Mostly because of going to fast and ice.
Glad your ok.It can be stressful.
I had the same weather conditions two days last week. I have no idea what the forecast was as I have not watched weather in years. I spent 12 years as a concrete finisher and weather was very important. The bimbos were wrong so often I just gave up. I think that was 13 years ago.
Glad you’re ok admin. Slow and steady is the way to go!
Off topic but I just watched videos of people getting their heads chopped off in public. It’s happening in Saudi Arabia . Very graphic . Its on the news channels
If a few people have to die a couple times a year so that we can have weatherwomen with big tits, well that’s just the price we have to pay.
There is no worse/out of control feeling then driving a car or truck on ice and having the vehicle start doing its own thing. The first time it happened to me I was coming up on an intersection and intending to turn right, not moving all that fast. A slight turn of the wheal and a slight touch of the break and—-NOTHING! I was no longer in control of anything. The car continued right on through the intersection like I hadn’t done a thing. It was as if the steering wheal and brake had been completely disconnected and I was now a passenger and no one was driving. Fortunately there were no other cars on the road at the time (no one was stupid enough to be out there) and the car stayed on the road but was doing a slow motion CW spin. It made it a good 100ft or more past the intersection before coming to a stop. Probably the most bizarre sensation you’ll ever experience.
Black ice is the worst.
4WD does not work on ice.
Ice sucks! And no four wheel drive will make any difference. I was always amazed at how people seemed to want to travel when the weather and roads were really nasty. The macho dudes in big 4wd trucks always seem to be the first ones to slide out and into the ditch. The great American icon is worthless in the snow. Glad you made it home in one piece.
Glad to hear you survived Admin, road ice is a real bitch. Here’s our local weather bimbet Jackie Johnson on CBS-2. Although the station has 4 real meteoroligists (that I know of), Jackie is their prime-time weather chick, and she gets more days off than a Fedgov worker.
Why do I have a craving for a big glass of milk?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09snuQg0Oss
@Ugh: Thanks for mention Sharyl Attkisson’s book. I received it as a Xmas gift and am reading it right now. I highly recommend it!
Anti-lock brakes are bullshit. I don’t want the car to try to drive itself. I’ve been driving on ice/snow for 35+ years. An experienced winter driver knows how to use the friction of the snow itself (when the wheels are purposely locked up) to stop more quickly than by pumping the brakes or with anti-lock brakes. That’s with snow, though. Black ice is another matter altogether. When I was a teenager I hit a patch of black ice and rear-ended a cop car (who had positioned himself behind the other 15 or so cars who had skid off the road). The old man was pissed when I told him, but nothng came of it, since there’d been no real damage.
Admin, I have a damn difficult time believing that those women are real meteorologists. I want to see their credentials.
Sheena Parveen is a meteorologist working for NBC since December 2011. NBC10 News broadcasted on 10:00 and NBC10 News broadcasted on 17:00 local time is hosted by her. Parveen is a Certified Broadcasted Meteorologist of the United States of America. The American Meteorologist Society certified her as a formal Broadcast Meteorologist in 2011. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology from Florida State University, along with a minor in Mathematics.
Admin, your adventures while driving in lightning or ice storms are particularly harrowing, I second Stucky’s emotion, as I’m sure we all do here.
Thanks, WC! I will be tuning in to CBS weather shortly. Univision features Jackie Guerrido who makes the weather report unintelligible to me because I can’t see the forecast for the tits.
bb, Truckstop bathroom peccadillos aside, I give you a high 5 for doing what you do every day. My dad drove a truck for many years; only he knew how any accidents he avoided. He sure hated small cars – back when they were a rare sight on the roads. My mom said he would brake real hard in his sleep sometimes.
Forecasting is a science and just because these young ladies have the ability to forecast an erection with 100% accuracy doesn’t mean that they can forecast the weather with the same accuracy.
Shit, everyone knows that but the dude hiring them.
By the headline I thought this was going to be about Admin having a flat in the Thirty Blocks.
Instead he is whining about a little ice and snow. What a pussy. I would have shown some compassion if it had been the flat.
Llpoh chimes in while drinking champagne by the pool.
Obama is going propose taxing the shit out of you during his State of the Union and giving it to the middle class. What do you think about that?
I too want to see their “credentials”…
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. I wonder if LLPOH’s slaves have Monday off?
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admin-Big tits and blonde hair don’t make you a qualified weather expert.
au contraire , Sir Admin , as a good catlic , the Pope commands you to be more attentive to the bulbous opposite sex….accuracy be damned…
“Listen to women more, don’t be macho,” Da’ Pope
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/listen-women-more-dont-macho-pope-tells-men-072959773.html
Sheena parveen has exactly the same education from the same school as my dad, and he’s a big part of the reason we know all about hurricanes. West coast, we had jackie johnson down here in miami when she was young. Jim, I’m glad you survived, but basically it’s tough to argue with iska’s wisdom at 1:35.
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So when will the male meteorologists start strutting their stuff?
It’s a wonder they don’t pass out under those lights, all covered up but their head and hands.
Admin – I saw Obama’s proposal.
But this little factoid makes me not worry to much – the repubs (remember them?) control both houses. So until that changes, I ain’t worried.
Coyote – my employees love me. I am Saint LLPOH in their eyes.
Re big boobed weather women – they have their place. I know when their nipples are erect it is cold outside. That’s something, at least.
llpoh says:
Admin – I saw Obama’s proposal.
But this little factoid makes me not worry to much – the repubs (remember them?) control both houses. So until that changes, I ain’t worried.
WTFuuuuuuuuuuuck I’ve endured abuse for proclaiming there’s a difference between the two parties. AWD was the only one who would come out in favor of the Repubs with me. I think there’s a bunch of closet Republicans hiding in the weeds around here. Glad to see LLPOH put his support in writing!!
Sensetti
Don’t worry. Obama and the Republicrats will agree to send thousands of young men to their deaths in the Middle East and to enrich the military industrial complex with a few hundred billion more of your grandchildren’s money.
Sensetti – I am not putting much support in (though I vastly prefer the repubs to the Dems). I am simply pointing out that I doubt very much that the Repubs will pass the tax increases Obama is suggesting. I do not think that plays to their voter base.
I suspect Admin is right about continued military aggression. It is never-ending.
Some of the Repubs are for a gas tax……sorry bastards. But if I’ve got to pick my poison Repubs are the only way to go.
Yes Admin,Minnie’s will be put to the sword, no doubt about it. A major war is taking shape as we speak.
If the Republicans had any balls they would impeach Obama for his blatant disregard for the Constitution and bypassing Congress with his executive orders. They have no plans to stop Obamacare or kick the illegal immigrants out. They won’t cut any domestic or military spending.
Admin – no point in impeaching him, as they do not have the numbers in the Senate.
What they need to do is to sue him in federal court. They will not do that either.
Then there will be Hillary. Oh joy.
@Admin:
Glad to hear you survived and avoided this terrible accident.
The Repubs will not do anything to change the status quo because:
1) They basically agree with the Big State Nanny Titty Programs (which makes them dishonest)
2) they believe that someday they will be in charge of them (which makes them delustional)
3) Their candidates, consultants and hangers on probably raise more $$$$ than when they are losing than when they are actually in charge of the government (which makes them hopelessly corrupt).
No one will make the cuts needed to right the ship. Repubs want to win in 2016.
I believe the best course of action is to just kick the can and try to get a few more miles out of this worn out situation.
I’ve got a brand new Jet Ski in the shed, a Smokin Hot girlfriend, and I’am looking forward to summer. If WW 3 fucks that up I’am a gonna be pissed. Sideways is good, keep printing money, I’am not really wanting to go on my extended camping trip, not just yet.
Sensetti
Don’t you have a millennial kid?
Are you OK sending your child to the middle east to become cannon fodder for corporations and oil companies?
My exact machine, fastest jet ski on the water.
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Next summer I will post a vid or two of me tearing the lake up. If one has a need for speed this turbo charged rocket will get the job done.
Hell yes I got kids Four daughters by first wife, raised 3 step kids with second wife, new girlfriend has two boys 7&9. I have 13 Grands. There all married, they’ve all been warned, and advised. When the SHTF I will execute my plan as laid out and wish them the best. Way too big of a group to take them all. Each head of the house listed above is responsible for those under his roof, I will not, I cannot be responsible for them all, it’s not do able. Survival means making hard choices, and I will make them.
Admin the war is coming it won’t be stopped by anyone, plan accordingly.
Survival without family means shit.
Admin says: Are you OK sending your child to the middle east to become cannon fodder for corporations and oil companies?
No, but as stated I have no minors under my roof. I have no kids that are not married.
Sensetti – you cannot make your kids do the right things. And ain’t that the truth.
That said, no way in hell could I turn any of mine away if they showed up during a crisis needing help. We might perish, but we would perish together.
llpoh says: Survival without family means shit.
Good luck my friend, you live or die as you choose. I have sacrificed and prepared myself to survive this fourth turning, and this crazy fucking Irishman will walk out the other side. Book it.
LLPOH it’s not a matter of turning them away. They’ve all watched me prep for over ten years now. They ALL know what I’am going to do.
LLPOH this is what a fourth turning looks like
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If one is to survive you must anticipate and relocate prior too the SHTF. And as you say, there’s many families buried under that rubble. Personally, I choose not to go out that way.
Sensetti – my family has watched me work and plan for decades, and I have advised tried to educate them as well. Most have listened. Some have not. But no way I could turn away the prodigal son/daughter if the SHTF, despite his/her stupidity. Maybe it would be right and fair. But I could not do it, nonetheless.
I commend you on your preps and attempts to teach them. Hopefully, it will not come to a full on zombie apocalypse.
“Admin – no point in impeaching him (Obama), as they do not have the numbers in the Senate. What they need to do is to sue him in federal court. They will not do that either.”
—-Llpoh
The Republicans ARE suing Obama in federal court. Exhibit A is the Republican Attorney General from Texas in filing suit against Obama for his latest executive orders which ignore, and even contradict, immigration laws. Suit filed under the “take care” clause of the Constitution.
Exhibit B are the multiple lawsuits in federal court, all filed by a multitude of state Republican Attorneys General, against Obama’s waivers to the employer mandate in Obamacare. Again, the “take care” clause.
I know attention to law and legal cases can be a tedious, complicated, and perhaps boring undertaking for many citizens. But it’s extremely important. The Republican Party is not asleep at the switch. It is challenging this lawless president. In court.