Today was a very busy day on multiple fronts. First shortly after the start of the 4:30AM show, the news server went down and went down hard. Without going into too many technical details, you only need to know that we had no video, no audio, no stories, no flashy animations. Basically, the anchors had to read the news on camera for several hours. In between stories, they dutifully filled the space with clever banter sometimes hinting at the difficulties of the morning. Needless to say, it was an exercise in mental toughness not only for the anchors but for the producers and countless other behind-the-scenes people who painstakingly found ways to get the long show on the air. Of course, inclement weather such as flooding and storms make the show a bit easier to produce. When all else fails or you run out of options, toss it to the weatherguy, right? Today though, it was out of necessity and it was actually necessary. Bottom line, all worked out fine. The shows went off surprisingly smooth. As of this writing, the server is almost at 100%...maybe not.
Back to the flooding and storms. A cluster of storms/heavy rain began to develop over the lake around 11PM. By 2PM, it had dropped an inch of rain in Cleveland. By 9AM, more than 6 inches of rain fell in some areas in southern Summit county, northern Stark county. A few reports near Strongsville also reported around 6 inches.
The lightning around 4:30AM was equally as impressive
Temps are climbing with another 90 possible.....
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