Have not taken in everyones thoughts on this, my thoughts below as a weather enthusiast, I am not a Direct customer but have been, same with Dish, I am now with Charter.
TWC has done this themselves, the channel should be about weather, not reality TV, I have not witnessed but heard of severe weather events happening and TWC turns to their normal programming, turning away from live coverage.
When statements like mine are made on social media to Direct, they tell the viewers the programming is what they want to see, even though the viewer(s) are voicing concerns over the current programming. Turn a deaf ear to your customers and they eventually will not be your customers anymore.