02-08-2015, 11:04 AM
Good morning all. A bright, clear warm day in store for here. We've been in the low to mid 80's for a few days now, and will apparently stay that way through next weekend. The rain that was forecast for this week is being driven up north by some big blue whirling thing with a big "H" in the middle, :o hovering over New Mexico and Arizona. At least that's the way they showed it on the TV map yesterday... 
. I may not always be impressed with those TV weather reporters (some are actually "broadcast meteorologists") and their accuracy or style, but I am impressed that they can stand in front of a blank green screen and pretend that the map or chart is right there. They have three monitors around to help them, but still, it takes a lot of practice to appear to be looking at the map rather than the monitors. We watched "Groundhog Day" last week and that's how the movie starts, with him in front of a blank "blue screen" doing the weather report.
. I may not always be impressed with those TV weather reporters (some are actually "broadcast meteorologists") and their accuracy or style, but I am impressed that they can stand in front of a blank green screen and pretend that the map or chart is right there. They have three monitors around to help them, but still, it takes a lot of practice to appear to be looking at the map rather than the monitors. We watched "Groundhog Day" last week and that's how the movie starts, with him in front of a blank "blue screen" doing the weather report.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD