Back in October, I pointed out -- with mirth -- how a simple weather forecast on WOAI-TV regarding the approach of cold weather had prompted an astounding number of comments from readers and viewers.
At that time, I said this:
I know it has been quite some time since we've had real cool weather here in San Antonio, but really? 822 freakin' comments about how cold it is?!
I don't think I have ever seen that many comments on any news story or blog post I've ever read. 400, 450 maybe. But never over 800, and never when the topic is as commonplace as the weather!
All I can say is: puro san antonio.
But now, almost a month later, WOAI is forecasting the weather for Thanksgiving, and here's what I see:
Yep, there it is, the same slate for "Storm Tracker 4" on the forecast, and
there I see a whopping
860 comments!
Why, that's only 38 comments more than the last time I noticed. And, you know what? I think I was a bit wrong before. Those of us who live in San Antonio are
not great big weirdos with nothing better to do than crash WOAI's servers with floods of weather-related comments. No, it seems the weather people at WOAI are the strange ones, because they seem to be updating the same entry over and over again with new weather and letting the comments from previous forecasts pile up on it with nary a care for how heavy that one entry gets.
But now, I'm hooked. Now, WOAI has me.
Because I can't wait to see it hit 1,ooo!