Arkansas Humor with Ed Burns

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I don’t know about you but I’m getting a little tired of seeing a weather person on local TV warning me of a “severe weather watch or warning.” For the last few months they seem to be on TV 24/7 trying to scare me, and it has worked. And why do the weather reporters have to go stand out in the storm to report such. Why can’t they show the storm out the TV studio window?

I think I do know the difference between a “watch” and a “warning.” I’m sure watch means that a severe storm could be in your area, so be on the lookout/watch. But how can we “watch” when they also tell us not to go outside or go near a window? Warnings are more serious, it means that there is definitely a storm in your area and you best be prepared.

I don’t have a storm shelter/cellar and it’s a good thing. If I did I would probably move in and live there. Then to make matters even worse, there is the infamous Tornado spotting. How can you not be scared when there has been a tornado spotted in your area?

Recently we here in west Conway were under a tornado warning. One had been spotted directly overhead. The horns blasted and the TV screamed, take shelter. My wife and I got dressed, took some pillows and headed for the bathroom. While on the way I looked out my front door, two of our neighbors were out in their driveways watching the sky. One had his digital camera taking pictures of the clouds. Obviously they had not heeded the warning. Lucky for us it didn’t last long and the tornado never touched the ground, but I did not sleep well for the remainder of the night.

To make matters worse, we live in a flood zone. So if the severe weather and tornadoes miss us and it just rains, then I must worry about a flood. Is there no end to my concerns?

Does the bad/rocky weather season ever end?

Don’t get me wrong, I do appreciate the local weather people’s effort to try and keep us safe but it just seems like they take some pleasure in scaring us. Or is it a competition between the TV channels to see who can frighten us first. It’s kinda sad when watching them track a severe storm and you see that it is just going to miss your area and hit the people down the road. Why should we be relieved or happy knowing that someone else will suffer damage and loss but not you? I suppose it’s just human nature.

We have a “Weather” channel on our TV, it’s their job to keep us informed about severe or bad weather. I’m not sure we need all the local channels trying to outdo the others by scaring us more. What ever happened to “entertainment” on local TV?

Recently most of the storms have been spotted in Texas or Oklahoma before moving into Ark. I’m thinking maybe we could take a break on the wall between the US and Mexico and build a “weather wall” on the border between us and Tex./OK.

I think I will switch over to a cable channel and watch the Andy Griffin show. Barney don’t scare me.

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