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From a column by David Carr appearing in Tuesday’s New York times:

Couple of years ago I hasd these thoughst about insuring a "snow day."

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Let’s face it - you’ve got a 25% chance of getting it right without being a credentialed meteorologist.  And much like MTV giving up music videos in favor of programs like The Real World and The Hills, the Weather Channel gave up forecasting the weather in favor of reruns of 1998’s Storm of the Century as if one dude standing ankle deep in the surf during a hurricane looks di

On Tuesday, amidst my live-blogging of the Future of Business Media Conference in the New York, I took a shot at CNBC for covering the economy in the way the Weather Channel and CNN cover hurricanes: with breathless alarm and Anderson Cooper dressed in rain-gear while panting in a way that makes every puff of wind seem like proof that, yes,

After six weeks of 24/7 screaming at them that we’re going through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, I’m shocked that consumers have any confidence.

HURRICANE IKE UPDATE..

HURRICANE IKE UPDATE..

• 1 am update...eyewall is just off the coast of Galveston
• 600,000 people are now without power.  Could exceed 1 million soon.
• High tide is at 2 am for Galveston.  Look out

I am blogging right now from beautiful Center Hill Lake on my family's houseboat.  It is sunny and very warm this morning! 

if you have been around for very long, you know I LOVE THE WEATHER. ever since i saw my first tornado when i was five years old, i became obsessed. i would literally sit for hours and just watch the weather channel. no saturday morning cartoons for me. nope. give me mark mancuso anyday.