Give us a freakin' break

Another gorgeous northeast Oklahoma day -- highs were in the mid-seventies, though it was cloudy and there were storm warnings all afternoon. Nothing unusual for our state. We are in Tornado Alley, after all.

Now, if you're a regular reader of this blog, you'll remember that I took an oak limb to the face on Saturday. Today my nose was so tender that I couldn't wear my glasses, which means no reading, no game-playing, no working crosswords or cross-stitch. Which means television to entertain me. (I can barely make out what I'm typing here, so any typos are the tree's fault.)

But the storms have moved in, and holy crap! You'd think the weather guys in Tulsa have never been through this before. Since seven o'clock this evening, there's been nothing on any of the local channels but weather reports. (Oh, yeah, occasional glimpses of football on Fox, but not being a football type, I don't count that.)

Come on, what can you say about a storm system that takes more than two freakin' hours? If you're in the path of the storms and you haven't had the sense to take shelter, what difference does it make if six stations are telling you to?

Storm warnings are, for the most part, majorly boring, especially since we only seem to get the endless over-and-over coverage at night. Have you ever experienced the awesomeness of dark-of-night footage of rain and wind? It's SOOO not impressive. If not for the meteorologists telling you what you're looking at, you'd have a tough time telling.

And why do ALL of the stations have to broadcast the same repetitive reports? Does Channel 2's take on the radar vary that much from 6's, 8's, or 23's? And since it doesn't, why the hell can't they get together and decide that, in case of bad weather, Channel 19 will broadcast the warnings and the others will stick to regular programming? After all, how many broadcasts can one person watch at a time? (You guessed it -- Channel 19 is pretty much the station of last resort for me.)

It's times like this that make me really regret being one of maybe ten people left in the free world who don't have cable or satellite TV. Crap, I've resorted to watching "Family Guy" tonight, and trust me, it doesn't get much worse than that.

Except for the weather reports. Rachel9:12 PM