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Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Live Team CoverageNothing like the first substantial snow fall of the year to show how desperate for news the local stations really are. First of all, they completely panicked this morning, forecasting a huge storm. So, the local schools closed early so kids could get home early. Community groups canceled shows and meetings early because they were worried. The problem? The big storm didn't show up when it was "supposed to", and now they're saying we won't get the heavy snow until after midnight tonight. So just for grins, I decided to turn on the 10:00 news tonight and watch. So far we've gotten maybe two inches in Milwaukee so far, but immediately their opening story was "Team Coverage" of the big storm that's coming. They do this every year when we get the first real snow, as if everyone in Wisconsin doesn't know what it's like. Here is the typical formula:
Actually the reason I watched the news was to see some video of a kangaroo they found near Dodgeville. Nobody knows where it came from, but they now have it at a zoo in Madison. I'm sure he's enjoying the snow... they don't get much of that down under.
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