Letter to the Editor #2

(Holy crap!  Look at Catoosa’s high temperature.)

Dear Irritated Tulsan,

I’m sure you are aware of our local weather Nazis cutting into regular programming all the time when the wind gets above 15mph or there is water on a roadway. I am interested in your take on this and what solutions you can offer.

Sincerely,
Meeciteewurkor

Dear Meeciteewurkor,

I think I have a solution that is a win-win for everyone.  It is an exchange program between the local news and the viewer.   For every minute of programming that is interrupted to tell us there is mist in the air, a cloud in the sky, the potential for dangerous storms or bowling ball sized hail, is a minute the viewer gets to interrupt the news. 

Here’s how it works:           

1)    Meteorologist warns us of deadly raindrops.

2)    Lost, The Office or any other great program is interrupted.

3)    The number of minutes is totaled and given back to the viewer.

4)    Each viewer can cash in their minutes and interrupt the news.

So let’s say KTUL cuts into Lost and 50,000 people were watching.  Lost is on for one hour.  Each viewer can now reclaim those minutes and interrupt KTUL’s news broadcast.  Sixty minutes per person would total 3 million minutes owed to the viewer.  That equals 273 weeks we’

re allowed to interrupt the news.  A little more than five years.  (If we only count the 10 p.m. broadcast.)

When I redeem my minutes, I’m going to broadcast strip poker from a nursing home or shaving my back with a lid from a tuna can.  I can’

t think of anything more painful to watch than 300 photos of ice or the floating space weather desk on FOX 23.

I would also like to help Toby Keith pen a new protest song called, “Broken Weather, Angry Rain.”

(Disclaimer - The only exception to this proposal is during a tornado.  I need my Julie Chin to let me know everything will be fine.)