I should know by now that even the slightest bit of sprinkles accompanied by a few moments of actual rain becomes cause of great importance here in the Bay Area.
Yes, I know we're in a drought. I think I've heard that a few times.
Therefore a measly rain event like Wednesday deserves "Storm Watch" treatment because even if there's little precipitation, newsroom personnel and frantic reporters maybe want to pretend their is actual rain-- I mean good, old-fashioned rain, the kind that comes down heavy and produces accidents on the freeways and bridges. Which in turn adds to extra-spicy "Storm Watch" coverage, cue the over-scene news choppers and extra reports from Sal at the traffic desk and live shots from the schlub reporter off the freeway in Blue Canyon.
Could you imagine if there were real honest-to-god rain and reporters were required to report on real actual rain, the kind of rain that doused the Bay Area on Halloween and the Giants parade? Now that's rain! Not some wimpy sprinklings from the heavens that our esteemed weather people here have decided is precip-worthy of Storm Center status.
Call me naïve. I'm still blown away over the sheer amount of wasted time and money and energy of fake weather here. In Buffalo, they got weather and then some with 19,000 feet of snow and assorted miserable statistics like roads closed and schools shut down and airports looking infinitely like a scene from that movie with Burt Lancaster and George Kennedy where snowdrifts had to clear a runway in the midst of a blizzard. Here, we get a mild case of drizzle and everyone's chomping at the bits.
Manufactured "news"; I cannot believe, (still), how much time we waste on such fake enterprises? God forbid, we didn't have more real, genuine news that would be welcomed by consumers who know a good thing about false energy and today's weather event is nothing more than a real fake Rolex.
Manufactured "news"; I cannot believe, (still), how much time we waste on such fake enterprises? God forbid, we didn't have more real, genuine news that would be welcomed by consumers who know a good thing about false energy and today's weather event is nothing more than a real fake Rolex.
The weather guys and girls may all be excited and extra gushy and giddy but the rest of the Bay Area is wise to 'ya all. Get back to us when Marin gets flooded.
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