Entries Tagged as ‘Weather’
August 29, 2008
Crews cleaning up remains of cats, dogs after heavy rains
Richmond sanitation crews entered their second day of cleaning city streets of the remains of cats and dogs after two days of heavy pet-based rains, officials said.
“It has, undoubtedly and tragically, rained cats and dogs here the past few days,” said Richmond fire chief Tom Holmes, who led emergency rescue operations in cuddly animal-flooded areas. [...]
May 27, 2008
Step aside, boys, Jimmy D’s got this one
Hold up, guys. Tom, Andrew, wait a second. I know both of you are well accustomed to giving the morning, early afternoon and evening forecasts, but this isn’t one of those times.
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and people are counting on an experienced professional to give them the weather report. We don’t need any dilly-dallying around [...]
May 2, 2008
NBC12’s Arby’s WeatherNet to beam roast beef sandwiches into area homes
In a move the station is calling “the next logical step forward” in weather-forecasting food technology, Richmond’s NBC12 today said that its Arby’s WeatherNet will begin beaming hot roast beef sandwiches into homes across the region.
“We check the Arby’s WeatherNet constantly to scope out conditions across the area, like barometric pressure, cloud cover or to [...]
April 29, 2008
Real-life ‘Twister’ nowhere near as cool as the movie, witness says
SUFFOLK - Picking up the pieces and trying to rebuild after a devastating tornadoes swept across the area, resident Jeremiah Marsh said this morning that while he thoroughly enjoyed the movie “Twister” and thought it was awesome, the real-life ones were nowhere near as cool.
“Businesses damaged, families displaced, cars flipped, homes destroyed and yet not a [...]
April 23, 2008
Horrible, fiery menace shows ugly face to city once again
Richmonders stopped in the streets aghast today as a giant, orange ball of deadly flames cast the city under a spell of brightness after nearly four straight days of dark.
“The clouds have lifted over much of the Richmond area, and it will be like this probably for the next couple of days,” NBC12 meteorologist Jim [...]
April 21, 2008
Amid rain, everyone just wishes they could have stayed in bed today
Faced with never-ending rain, clouds and general unflinching staying-in-bed forms of weather, 468,932 of the Richmond area’s working adults - all of them - said today that they wished they never got out of bed this morning.
“Ugh,” everybody moaned, adding that it “sucks even more” because it is Monday. “I just should have kept hitting the snooze [...]
March 21, 2008
Weekend weather forecast: cloudy, as described by a woman who just got pulled over and doesn’t want the cop to know she’s been drinking
After a calm, sunny day today, expect clouds to roll in sometime Saturday, though it’ll still be calm, I mean, yeah, I’m fine, absolutely calm, yes, totally, I swear. What? No, no sir everything’s fine. Have I been drinking? No, no, well, I mean I only had one, I’m just driving a friend home.
Let’s go now to our Doppler Max 8 [...]
March 14, 2008
Weekend weather forecast: damp, as described by Vince Vaughn in ‘Swingers’
Richmond will see a bit of rain this weekend as the clouds move in, by which time me and my buddies will be up a couple hundy, talking up to a bunch of beautiful babies at the casino. Who’s the big winner? Who’s the big winner? Standing right in front of you.
Ladies and gentlemen: my best friend, [...]
February 29, 2008
Weather forecast: sunny, brought to you by the all new Honda Accord
With the Arctic air finally leaving us, expect warmer temperatures and a sunny weekend, brought to you by the all new Honda Accord.
First though, the clipper systems moving over the Midwest will bring us a few light showers this evening, named Car and Driver’s 10 Best for 22 years running, now starting at $20,360 or [...]
February 22, 2008
NBC12: Bryan Park Interchange now official climate zone
Richmond’s NBC affiliate said today that the Bryan Park Interchange, the consistent broadcast site for all bad weather-related on-the-scene updates, has been declared an official climate zone.
“We’re coming to you live from the Bryan Park Interchange, and I’ll tell you what Gene, the conditions here are icy and cold,” NBC12 reporter Terrell Brown relayed to [...]
February 15, 2008
Weekend weather forecast: So dry you could light a match on it
Enjoy the warmer temperatures today as a cold front dips in on Saturday, bringing not only a bit of a chill to Richmond but air so dry that the friction made from blinking is considered at risk of starting a brush fire.
Saturday afternoon should be a rather nice one in the city, a beautiful day [...]
January 23, 2008
National Weather Service accused of racial-profiling ice on roadways
The National Weather Service was accused of racial profiling today by the NAACP in the wake of more than a dozen crashes in the Richmond area, after meteorologists referred to the accident-causing suspect as “black ice.”
NAACP spokesman Gerald Atkinson called the “highly-charged” remarks both inappropriate and an insensitive mischaractersization of the frozen water.
“The statements were not [...]
January 18, 2008
Weekend weather forecast: Jesus Christ, it’s going to be a cold one
With dry and warmer weather saying goodbye, the weekend poses a good chance for some freezing, wintry weather coming down from the arctic on Saturday, and Holy Hell is it ever going to get cold.
With a storm system brewing in the Gulf and moving north to the Carolinas, some moisture may be heading into Virginia [...]
January 17, 2008
Terrifying inch of slightly-frozen precipitation cripples region
Child education, airline takeoffs and landings, economic development and continuity of steady-flowing traffic throughout the Richmond metropolitan area is expected to come to a stop today as an expected 25.4 millimeters of nightmarish frozen-water crystals will launch an assault on the area.
Most of the horrifying weather phenomenon will likely be gone by the afternoon or as soon as [...]
January 11, 2008
Weekend weather forecast: watch for a long, red line with red half-circles
With unseasonably warm weather sticking around this weekend, most of us will see temperatures hovering in the 60s. Be sure to look up high in the sky for a long, red line with red semicircles on one side, swooping up from the south.
The sun should also have a smiley face on it, though there’s a [...]
December 29, 2007
Weekend weather forecast: build an ark
With the cold front behind us by mid-Saturday, get young David out from his ‘Guitar Hero III’ and start collecting lumber to build a giant boat to keep your family safe from the Great Flood that will cover the city. While you are at it, be sure to gather two of every animal, a [...]
