Rumblings: Snow Buddies! (Part III)
>>> We suppose we should get this out of the way sooner than later: That next snow storm you’ve been hearing about — the one that starts late Tuesday and blows clean into Wednesday — has now been upgraded to a blizzard (see conditions for Wednesday). We know you’ve all been paralyzed. Well, this week, prepare to be IMMOBILIZED! [KYW]
>>> Meanwhile, congrats again to Fox29 who, just like they did during the blizzard in December, stayed on the air all day Saturday, eating pizza and cutting away to its reporters stranded on streets in various locales, pointing at stuck cars and going, “Hey, look at that!” Other local news broadcasts — like the wildly podunk CBS3 — also snow-filibustered all day, which has brought us to the next logical step in this sort of coverage, with every station now blasting out in-house promos about how they had you covered better than anyone else on this local-man-in-the-snow nonsense. For our money, though, Fox29 still has this on lockdown though, because what would a Fox affiliate be, after all, if it did not specialize in The Reportage Of Nothingness? [Philebrity's Greatest Hits]
>>> And finally, as the city is headed in the direction of breaking the largest accumulated snowfall on record this winter — which may happen as soon as this Wednesday — one thing to keep in mind: Please, Nutter, don’t dump it all into the river. That didn’t work out so good last time. [Wikipedia]
February 8th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I LOVE Fox-Philly’s wall-to-wall snow coverage for several reasons – some listed above – but this past weekend the highlight for me was when morning co-host Mike Jerrick took a life-size cutout of Snooki outside and used it as a measuring tool for the snow; first placing the cutout head first into the drift.
Nothing says Philly Love than seeing her cardboard feet sticking out of the snow banks!
February 8th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Having moved to the burbs a few years back, I have become accustomed to plowed streets and sidewalks. This morning I had to go from Cheltenham to the area around Einstein Hospital. Philadelphia has not changed a bit.It’s still a shithole unable to provide even minimal services such as plowing while pissing away billions in tax revenue.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Bear in mind also this is February sweeps. Take an insane weather story, run with it day and night, profit.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
jburnside, if you’re not satisfied with our services, feel free to stay in the suburbs and not take advantage of our many amenities. I’m sure there are some really awesome art shows, concerts, museums, and restaurants in Cheltenham.