As Oklahomans, we’re sort of born into the culture of weather. If you’ve lived here long enough, consider yourself adopted into it. We have severe weather “seasons,” which might fall more under the TV show definition than the meteorological one. Your average person walking on Classen Boulevard could describe what a wall cloud looks like. It’s what we do here.
When a story pops up about the vandalization of a local news station’s weather radar, it’s simultaneously concerning and perplexing. An individual climbed a fence at KWTV’s radar facility early last week and destroyed the radar’s power supply, among other damage. Said person has since been arrested for other crimes, but his motivations for this one remain unclear.
Adding to the confusion, an anti-government militia group has claimed responsibility, but police have not confirmed whether there is a connection to the suspect. Why would an anti-government group want to destroy weather radars, you ask? Well that’s an entire rabbit hole you don’t want to find yourself traveling down.
I used to be somewhat of a conspiracy theory beat reporter for NonDoc years ago, only I drew pictures about these bizarre claims. It was a simpler time, if you recall, and now reality seems to be regularly stranger than fiction, so my attention has been diverted elsewhere in recent years.
Anyway, “weather manipulation by the government” is its own genre in conspiracy land, with many different people and much equipment involved in some truly grand plots. Evil radars themselves are somewhat of a retread, as I’ve seen that theory floating around online for at least a decade, and I’m positive it’s much older than that.
For this particular incident, I initially imagined the motive to be a bit more specific to News 9. We could have something fun, like David Payne being a sleeper agent, Bourne Identity style. Alas, we’re left with normal circumstances, or as normal as this unfortunate situation can be.
It’s good to hear that the radar equipment was quickly repaired, and I’ve noticed the TV meteorologists are back to their old ways of cutting into the broadcasts when I’m trying to watch sports, just like television in Oklahoma should be.
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