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Originally Posted by P562045
Thank you for reminding me why I haven't watch very much well I did watch one speed skating race.
I did watch a few minutes of the opening ceremonies and got lectured about some of it was using CGI. I would have never guessed that stuff way above the stadium was not real.
Another friendly reminder that a television does have volume controls.
And I truly miss the NHL players being in the Olympics. Just not the same. So I watched one segment of ice hockey and said not for me.
I don't know how many times it has been mentioned that the U.S. has jackets with heaters in them because it can be cold in that part of the world.
Maybe Storm can tell us how cold it is because if a person does not know Storm is Jockstocks chief meteorologist. And he can probably do it way better than most of the meteorologists on television today.
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Ya DAAAAAAAAAM right I can.
And FYI...it's no colder at the Olympics than where these people have been training for years and years.
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Originally Posted by SiteWolf
That's because those 'meteorologists' on TV go thru a rigorous 4 week software training to get their title.......while real meteorologists get 'slightly more extensive' training....as in bachelors and masters degrees
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Being a TV met is sort of a funny thing. To be very good, you need to be good at both communication and meteorology. The problem is that is is quite rare to have both. I've worked in this industry now for 15 years and the majority of good meteorologists are not good communicators. Prototypical nerds. They have difficulty understanding how to still be a good met, but putting it on a level that people understand. So, as a result, TV stations look for good communicators over good mets. And if they screw up a forecast...oh well.
Personally, I've never wanted to be on TV. I consider myself both a good met and a good communicator...but it's something that has just never interested me.