Plaudits to Pam .....

There weren't a lot of choices for watching this morning's downtown Midland implosion from the comfort of your own home. But I give KWES the edge among those who offered live coverage of this unique event in the Still-Tall City.

That being said, I think mywesttexas.com had the better shot(S) of the implosion, but KWES had Pamela Hamm ... and that's hard to beat.

Pam anchored KWES' live coverage of the event this morning (special kudos, by the way, to the station's enginering staff), and anchored it well. I can almost imagine the photog moving his arms in and out, telling Pam to "stretch" while Wes Perry spoke through the longest "three-mimute warning" in the history of the western world. Pam did just that, filling the time with her own recollections of the building when she was a student at Midland High School, and the downtown district was still the vibrant heart of the community. Pam's a hometown girl, a second-generation local media professional with many years of experience in the Permian Basin ... with Austin and New York City thrown in, as well.
• HERE is KWES' report from the scene
• mywesttexas.com's videos can be seen HERE and HERE
Good job, Pam ... and good job, too, to Jimmy at mywesttexas.com!

FOLLOWUP
"Blogging the Big Bang" - We had at least three bloggers on the scene, George at Sleepless in Midland, Wallace at Streams, and Bleu at Bleu Chocolate ... great camera work from all of them!