If you're getting tired of all the rain and severe weather, imagine how the folks in our local TV news media must feel. For the past few weeks, the news has turned into one giant severe weather mad lib:
"Good (time of day). Severe weather continues in (Oklahoma nickname). Let's go live to (First Name) (Last Name) in (Oklahoma Town) with Fast Unit (TV Channel) with more details on the (Weather Event) that's hit that area."
You can tell the wall to wall weather coverage is taking a toll on the nerves, psyche and patience of our local weathermen. Yesterday afternoon, there were tornadoes in the Durant area and none of the news channels seemed to care. I switched it over to Channel 9 to see what was happening and David Payne just stood in front of a blank green screen with bloodshot eyes, a five o'clock shadow and rolled-up sleeves mumbling something about riding the trains in Mike Morgan's basement. It was scary.