KCBD Channel 11 television (NBC) http://www.kcbd.com/ is the most respected news, weather, and sports reporting television station in Lubbock. They just present the most balanced and fair information, without over reporting or sensationalizing too much (everybody does a little sensationalizing.)
So, tonight, as I was watching the NASCAR Race on Fox, I realized a storm was blowing into the area. I saw the lightning to the north, and heard the wind crack and pound on my house. The weather forecast earlier in the week had indicated we might get some storms over the weekend, but by today, the only forecast was for the wind.
Until the storms blew in. The weather service did not announce the storms until well after they were visible to me. So, I have to wonder if they were caught napping, or if the storms truly did form so quickly that the weather service was caught unawares.
The local television channels picked up on the weather news and made it their headline happenings. Including KCBD. The weekend weather person was doing an admirable job of reporting about the storms, the wind and the hail. When who popped onto the screen but John Robison, the Channel 11 chief meteorologist. Well, of course, he could not stay home while a major weather event was occuring, in case something drastic or tragic happened.
I have to wonder, what kind of life a meteorologist lives, if he or she has to respond at the beck and call of whatever major weather event occurs. I am thankful that people are out there and willing to be dedicated to reporting about weather events, so my safety can be considered. I just feel badly for the individuals involved. I suspect, however, that many of them are "adrenalin junkies" and storms of whatever variety set off the adrenalin load, and they "go with" the experience.
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