Weather FREEEEEK and Blogging

I am a weather freak, nerd, geek, whatever you want to call it. I’m a walking 7-day forecast, and I actually pause the weather segments on TV if I can’t watch them. (I have NOT yet resorted to DVRing the news so I can watch the weather segments at my leisure, but I do confess to DVRing seasonal specials put on by my favorite local weather team, NBC Action News.) I’m by no means scientific about it, but I do know what isobars are … if that gives you any indication of my geek factor. And Gary Lezak, the chief meteorologist at NBC is pretty cool…at least to a weather geek like me.

But I digress … Anyway, the station has a weather blog. I am obsessed with this blog. I read it at least five times a day. No lie. It’s most fun when there’s a big storm forecast. Doesn’t matter whether it’s a blizzard or severe weather, people go crazy speculating about what they think will happen. Some people even ask the team what the weather will be like for their kids’ birthday party at 2 pm two weeks from Saturday at the park a mile from their house. Pretty insane.

Here’s the weird thing though. Even though I read this blog all the time, I have never commented. Not once. I’m a part of this community without being a part. I even feel like I know some of the posters, but they don’t even know I exist. I’m an insider, but a silent one.

I guess that pretty much sums it up. I’ve always been a little bit of an insider who chooses to stay on the outside. Anyone else ever feel like that?

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