There are still some people who don’t have Internet access — or cable TV — so I think a small forecast area is still important. But a whole page? Which newspaper has that luxury anymore?

Good thoughts on repurposing the space for other weather-related content. We often ran national and local weather stories when we had the room. Unfortunately, tomorrow’s extra space will be used for jumps from the metro front.

I’m a weather nut — I have an interest in the subject that goes back to when our house was hit by a tornado when I was 11 years old.

But I rarely look at newspaper weather reports because, frankly, they’re so old. Because of how rapidly conditions change, a report more than two or three hours old is simply TOO old. Yet, anything you see in the newspaper is at least 12 — and possibly as much as 24 — hours old.

If I ran a newspaper, weather would be one of the first things I’d cut back on. Instead, I’d spend those resources — in print, anyway — on weather pictures, weather stories, talking to forecasters and local trends like rainfall and such. Weather is a big topic for many of our readers. So it’s good to address it.

Yet, it seems like many editors shy away from weather stories. Many reporters groan when they’re asked to write them. I don’t get it.

At the Pilot, we usually ran a nice weather story every Friday. We’d also run numerous photos of the region — admittedly, this is a resort area — focusing on what’s happening outside. I think those efforts were well-received by readers.

But the huge, 1980s-style weather page? It’s outlived its usefulness, I think.

What say the rest of you?