Accuweather greatest hits
May. 25th, 2007 11:01 pmEnough people have become my livejournal friends in the past couple of years that they might not remember the last time I posted with any frequency about Accuweather's odd explanatory graphics. As it happens I have some of the ones handy, so I thought I might run through them ...
From June 5 2005:

From June 7:

I think it was around here that someone realized that Accuweather is an excellent source for band names.
Then there was this on June 14:

about which
ceruleanst commented: 'You're kidding. I mean, okay, when the hailing thunderstorms hit here, I said, "I stand corrected. It is freaking numerous out there." But this? It doesn't even show you where the front is. Why is there a map at all?'
Then, on the the next day:

while on the west cost giant atomic barrels menaced the Pacific Northwest:

On August 4 we get to play 'find the oxymoron':

In early December we are notified plaintively that WINTER HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET!, and we are introduced to the word 'JANUARYLIKE':

and in February of 2006 there is an EXPLOSIVE L DEVELOPMENT:

From June 5 2005:

From June 7:

I think it was around here that someone realized that Accuweather is an excellent source for band names.
Then there was this on June 14:

about which
Then, on the the next day:

while on the west cost giant atomic barrels menaced the Pacific Northwest:

On August 4 we get to play 'find the oxymoron':

In early December we are notified plaintively that WINTER HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET!, and we are introduced to the word 'JANUARYLIKE':

and in February of 2006 there is an EXPLOSIVE L DEVELOPMENT:

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Date: 2007-05-26 09:15 pm (UTC)The fires... burned for days, and the barrels, they kept coming! Later the ashes turned to mud, burying the living and dead alike!
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Date: 2007-05-26 01:57 pm (UTC)And guess what! I'm not an anxious mess today! It must be because I hung out with you.
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