I don’t like threatening weather. So I’m reluctant to have fun with it.
Let’s ignore the terrifying tornadoes, however, and focus on this “smart sign” message that flashed this morning in Birmingham.
Ouch.
Thanks to Meg Lavey-Heaton of the Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News — and a native of Alabama — for the tip.
(Another installment of “why they need a copy editor” is posted just below this one. So I’ll skip the lengthy list.)
Charles Apple is
Focus page editor of the Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif. A longtime news artist and designer, he is the former graphics director of the Virginian-Pilot and the Des Moines Register and, for the past five years, an international consultant and instructor. He spends way too much time online. Read more ...
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