With all the bad weather we had last month, I was glad to put it behind us. While the month of May is typically far worse when it comes to severe weather, April 2011 will go down in the history books as one of the stormiest months ever. Here at KAIT we believe there is nothing we do that is more important than helping keep you safe during severe weather, when your lives and property, or those of your neighbors, are in danger. When a tornado warning is issued, or when our meteorologists determine that weather conditions warrant, our policy is to do whatever is necessary to get the word out, on your phone, on your computer and on your TV including sustained on-air coverage of the storms. At times, that coverage comes with complaints from those not affected by a particular storm. . .Those who don't want their program interrupted. We understand the attachment everyone has with their favorite show, but it our policy will be to remain on the air when there are viewers in danger. Some folks ask why we don't record the interrupted programs to re-play at a later time. It sounds like a simple solution, but believe it or not, ABC has restrictions that prevent us from doing that most of the time. Others ask why we don't shift continuous weather coverage to our weather channel on 8.2 and return to the regular shows on our primary channel. It's a good question and an option we'd like to have. While our weather channel continues to gain in popularity, KAIT Channel 8 is still the most effective way to deliver information in Region 8. When you're not affected by storms consider yourself lucky. But when you are, rest assured that your storm team is here doing their very best to get you the most accurate information as early as possible, no matter what. We hope that makes this A Better Region 8.
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