Weather whirlwind

I lied.

If you read my last entry about being a looong, tiring week, I lied.

Today has been a fast-paced, exciting day, with energy to spare.

We all knew the snow was coming....Betsy, AJ, Hollie, and Bruce are keeping their eyes on the radar, maps, snow totals and all the high-tech equipment they have to give you the most recent and accurate forecasts.

So, it's a given that we'd have a reporter on weather patrol --Dave Summers and his videographer Randy White were the lucky winners! They ventured out at the beginning of their shift, gave a live update for our 7pm show. As of this writing, they will have a complete report coming up for you at 11pm!

Producer Dan actually included me in his Facebook Promo tonight. All Facebook fanatics, hop on the wkyc page and take a glance at Tuesday's 11pm Promo! It zips along, as swiftly as this night as been hopping along....

The newsroom has been abuzz with a 'flurry' of activity. Eric Mansfield held a web chat on his blog. We are still in the midst of a live wx web chat with Betsy, Frank, and lots of other folks, towering upwards of 100+ chatters.

We've even been talking to our Facebook friends about weather conditions...getting updates from our Facebook friends in other parts of Ohio AND the United States!

I, being on the desk, have been trying to not only keep the producer and web folks informed on accidents, city alerts, snow emergency parking bans, road conditions, airport status, iAlert school closings, and anything else associated with this latest storm, BUT, have also been giving the most pertinent of that information on our live web chat! Everyone in the newsroom, besides doing their normal myriad of tasks, kicked it up a notch (BAM!) to participate in all of our extra social media exercises that sets us apart from the rest! The juggling surely paid off!

Whatever you do, stay tuned to Channel 3 News throughout the day and night for the latest weather updates, up-to-date school closings, and traffic conditions. Hop on wkyc.com and Facebook for the most complete coverage from Channel 3 News and Weather!!!