Wrong, Paul Gross!

I never thought I would be nitpicking a weather forecast. But this morning's forecast for metro Detroit from Channel 4's Paul Gross flew in the face of commonsense. He said cloud cover would increaase but that it would not rain at all. Well, around 5 PM, it was clear that he was wrong. It was not a major downpour, but enough to prove the point that where there are dark gray clouds in the sky, rain is usually not far behind. Luckily I did not get too wet on the way between the building and my car.

Which is the official school closing station?

Another "Severe Weather Alert Day" in the metro Detroit viewing area, at least that's what WDIV, the NBC affiliate here, calls snow days. They also call themselves "the official school closing station." That title might be more appropriate for WXYZ, the ABC affiliate. They reduce the Good Morning America display significantly to show the school closings, but much more than WDIV reduced the display of the Today show. More importantly, however, WXYZ kept up the display of school closings through the commercials. Not so WDIV, which promptly removed the school closing display well in advance of commercials.