They take great delight in giving bad news.
If the weather is going to suck, it makes them happy and they're giddy explaining how crappy it's going to be and for how long.
They wear suits, tight dresses, have perfect hair, look a bit too serious and smile a little too much.
Making it worse they've successfully conducted a hostile takeover of the "Traffic Report"?
The guy who used to fly around in a Helicopter to report a Walmart truck full of sanitary napkins had fallen over on I-95 backing up vehicles for 5 miles is no more.
The Meteorologists killed him off.
WHAT IN THE HELL DO Meteorologists KNOW ABOUT TRAFFIC?
They're not even outside!
They report from inside the TV station, standing in front of the Green Screen, pointing at things they've programed into a Computer and ... smiling ... much like a Politician ... or worse a Televangelist.
God knows if there's a Hurricane, conditions are favorable for Tornados or there may be scattered showers ... because they're going to report all Hell's breaking loose!
THEN ... they will advise us on the precautions we should take when Hell breaks loose ... stock up on batteries ... bottled water ... peanut butter ... listen to the Emergency Weather Radios they pass out in the parking lot at McDonalds ... hide out in a door frame if you haven't built the bunker they've advised.
They don't say a damn thing about stocking up on wine, beer, Vodka, pretzels and boiled peanuts which is what gets most people through a Hurricane, Tornado or scattered shower!
AND NOW ... right before the Sanitary Napkin commercial leading into the Weather Report ... there's a cutaway to the Meteorologist sitting in front her or his computers acting like they're working hard on the forecast.
If the damn forecast isn't ready 60 seconds before you give it ... IT AIN'T READY!
I know there's lots of bad things happening in the world ... Terrorism ... ISIS ... Congress ... actual bad weather like droughts and Tsunamis ... FOX News ... and today's Country Music ...
BUT Meteorologists just make it all seem worse.
I'm glad I got that off my chest.
I feel better ... staring at the fog and rain Kris Allred says is going to last until sometime Friday or Saturday.
Dammit.
