That's apparently what Jim Cantore and the producers at the Weather Channel wanted us to do after acting like a bunch of hyped up school kids upon seeing the first tornado video of the season. Now, granted, I am always excited to see the first tornado video of the season, and after having an historically quiet Winter for severe weather I will say that I could understand someone being extra amped for the situation.
What I do not understand is the Weather Channel devoting two hours to a single tornado that was, really, not that newsworthy. Thankfully, nobody died and I have not heard of any injuries. I don't like to hear about anybody losing their home, but mobile homes being destroyed in Oklahoma in severe weather season isn't exactly Earth shattering by any stretch. It's like getting up in arms after a minimal tropical storm brushes past the southern tip of Florida. Nobody is going to be losing their minds in the aftermath.
Then, and this is what really got on my nerves, Cantore started putting over the storm chasers giving out the tornado warning to the National Weather Service. Hey, great on them. That shouldn't be newsworthy either. That's sort of expected for storm chasers to not be jackasses. When they see a tornado they are supposed to call the NWS and say "you might wanna look into issuing a warning for (insert county here.)"
I'm glad they helped people out and all, but don't sit there and give them Sainthood for doing their jobs.
It just rubbed me all sorts of the wrong way that the Weather Channel of old would have shown that clip every 30 minutes and given it a couple of minutes of coverage at best, yet today's TWC made that one single clip a two hour infomercial for SevereStudios.com To me, it was pathetic and wreaked of sensationalism.