The Weather Channel in Atlanta - new set

It is; the drama, the tears - it's not easy at all. Jeff Stelling only has to shout because he's so small on the screen.

Unfortunately if you start from the point of view of "everything-that-comes-from-America-is-amazing-so-don't-you-dare-say-anything-negative", it will seem like people are complaining for the sake of it.

My comment about the ever changing graphics is nothing to do with it being American. I would have said the exact same thing (possibly stronger!) if it had been a UK programme.

If someone has that attitude, it certainly isn't me (and probably no one else here either). I've frequently criticized the state of broadcast news in the U.S. But there is a difference between criticizing something that comes from America and automatically viewing everything American with suspicion or a mindset that boils down to "look at those silly Americans." One doesn't see this attitude if someone posts, say, material from Japan. Comments on other countries are far more likely to be balanced, dispassionate, or at least not mocking and mean-spirited.

Others have noticed this pattern as well, by the way:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29256322

Just to bolt on to the earlier discussion of Earthquake warnings, I see that Chile has the same system as Japan:

It even has the same sound effect!

(I'm surprised that California doesn't have anything like that, given its history of destructive earthquakes. Or Italy, for that matter.)

And here's a multilingual tsunami warning from Japan -- in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese:

http://youtu.be/qMNu8Y1jIlU?t=3m55s

Hurricane Gonzalo hit Bermuda and the Weather Channel has provided top notch extended coverage all day long into the night. They really broke in their experts LAB today. Its really going to get a big workout when the Tornado Alley starts up in spring. But before that Dixie Alley acts up most of November across the Deep South. (MS,AL,TN,GA) They made good use of their Hurricane Experts throughout the day. They supplemented that with the normal on air meteorologists driving the coverage. The coverage was detailed and calm without the endless standing in the storm shots. They were also covering Hurricane Ana which is due to strike Hawaii.
I say it was a wise investment in the creating a workspace for their own experts to drive the coverage. And they only featured the Hurricane Experts, not all of them. So it wasnt a super team on air.
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Winter Storm Juno - Blizzard hits US Eastern Sea Board. If you are interested in watching round the clock coverage to see how The Weather Channel operates. They have opted to stream their coverage online.
http://www.weather.com/tv/the-weather-channel-live/video/watch-the-weather-channel-live?pl=pl-winter-storm-juno
Not sure if its Geo-blocked