Calibama Weather Poorcasts


Let me quote for you the weather forecast as of 7pm last night:

A strong storm system will kick off showers and thunderstorms as early as tomorrow (Thursday) morning. Some heavy rain is possible as well as strong wind gusts.

Let’s look outside shall we? This morning, right now, there is sun so blinding I’ve had to tip my window shades. Not a cloud in the sky. WHAT THE HECK???

Back in California, no one could get the forecast right either. There’s a guy named Fritz Coleman, who’s been doing the tv news weather forecast for at least 30 years and even had a slogan “Fritz said it would be like this.” We never went by what he said. In California, since everyone is spoiled, it’s just assumed we’re going to have sun, but how much HAZE are we going to have? And along with that, how much smog? Maybe it was asking too much of poor Fritz, but we could hardly go by anything he said.

Here in Alabama it’s ten times worse! I know this because I was on the other end of that doppler radar. The information is so sketchy, all you get is a couple arrows and lines and an occasional triangle. Take the Medication Half an Hour before Intercourse Sildenafil tablets should be taken cialis generico uk at least half an hour before you intend having sex. So in spite of getting stressful because of this disorder simply choose this drug to win over acquisition de viagra this health ailment. Here are some of the supplements that are available as well as cialis sales australia the varying prices. Nowadays a lot of people need this viagra professional price medicine get it today . Of course, you would think my local tv could get the best meteorologist they can to interpret this. No! Radio and tv stations locally, probably all over the country by this point, just rip and read (now cut and paste) whatever’s on the AP weather wire, and that ain’t based in my town!

Times are hard. My local media, newspaper included, is holding on by a thread. Not to mention, the old media model has been shifting for years now and is finally coming to a head: tv stations are cleaning house, radio stations ARE being run completely by ONE person, newspapers are migrating to online and downsizing to a 3rd of their size in the process. Meanwhile, the weather is better predicted by that little yellow almanac you bought at Lowe’s.

That’s my minute. Gotta go out and enjoy the sunny day.

Published by Mike Matthews

Mike's Daily Podcast features the characters Mike Matthews did for 11 years on the Santa Fe Cafe radio show that was heard in Ventura County, California, as well as some of the characters Mike did on other radio stations in the late 80's and early 90's.