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They call the wind...pretty nasty

As I write this, we still have a high wind warning for about two more hours. So much for the spring preview, the temps are now going down. Good news is pitchers and catchers report today to spring training.

Going to work today, I was glad the current version of the WIXYmobile has better aeronomics than the older version. Made it easier to steer going over the I-480 bridge. Only dilemma was that my favorite morning show was short a body as Sue was taking a couple of days off. Scott had announced open phonelines, but I wasn't going to take my hands off the wheel to use my phone. Then as I was getting off the freeway I noticed the traffic signal was out of order. I turned on the dreaded bluetooth headset and called that in to Scott. I figured he would get it right over the air than the last time I called a traffic incident to a radio station. Cliff Note: I won't mention the call letters, but they call themselves "the big one" and their frequency is 1100-AM.

Anyway I am fighting a case of the "blahs" today. I hope to be back this evening with my latest installment if "I Like....Because." See you then.

Comments

Busy Bee Suz said…
Be safe out there.....don't want you to blow away. Still have not figured out your blue tooth? I would not even attempt it myself. :)
February 12, 2009 8:50 AM
Cliff said…
Bluetooth may have been a result of too much blueberry yogurt.

Wouldn't be from bleu cheese, because then it would be bleutooth.
February 12, 2009 9:07 AM
Mike Golch said…
at least we did not get the dang twisters that out west got.
February 12, 2009 10:57 AM
Anonymous said…
That wind woke me up three times last night. I am grumpy today due to lake of sleep!
February 12, 2009 11:27 AM
Anonymous said…
They Call the Wind Korea...
February 12, 2009 1:00 PM
coltfan said…
It was really windy here yesterday , 60 mile per hour at times thought it was gonna knock me out of my chair lol.
February 12, 2009 6:18 PM
Pat Jenkins said…
the only big one i know on am is 700 wlw... we need t.s.m.w. to settle the big one dipute... we had a tree blow over in our back yard cause of the wind!!
February 13, 2009 6:48 AM
Cliff said…
Back when Jacor bought what is now WTAM, they took that branding from WLW, which they had also owned, and now Clear Channel calls several 50,000 watt stations "the big one". But WLW is the original Big one.
February 13, 2009 7:19 AM
J. Moses said…
Correct. WLW is the original Big One, in fact several stations DO use that moniker, one of them being WTAM.

That out of the way, I was struggling with the wind Wednesday night myself...whew!
February 13, 2009 11:21 AM
Connie said…
We had quite a bit of wind earlier this week too. Knocked quite a few branches down around town, but otherwise we came through OK.
February 13, 2009 9:48 PM
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