And they will be holding on to lamp posts and sign, feigning fighting against a strong wing. While half a dozen crew members toss water at them from just out of frame. Six times an hour. Until someone calls ‘lunch’! (I’ve done the blizzard version.)
I remember when Geraldo Rivera would go out there to be battered by hurricanes winds. Millions of people would be glued to their TV sets shouting “Go, Hurricane! Get ’em!”
And they wonder why people stay to watch the excitement. “It’s not that dangerous out there, Mildred. I can see 6 different news reporters standing in the surf…oops, one isn’t standing now.”
speaking of nature, one of the hard-hitting stories a local station recently covered involved asparagus sprouting in a downtown median strip. seriously. i’m not making that up… ☺
Yakety Sax about 2 months ago
True!
Gent about 2 months ago
Oh boy. And ya gotta sees all their dramatic melodrama over there.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 2 months ago
Boot Camp for news anchor wannabe’s!
Ubintold about 2 months ago
Stay in the bars, since they rarely broadcast there.
steveh64 about 2 months ago
Attempting to talk to the camera while straining to stand upright in the wind, while all sensible people have long since sought shelter.
dlkrueger33 about 2 months ago
You know your town is in trouble when Jim Cantore shows up. Happened to us here during Hurricane Ian.
The Orange Mailman about 2 months ago
Two days late. On Tuesday we had tornadoes.
chris_o42 about 2 months ago
The tornadoes missed us here in S.W. PA but the thunder and lightning and wind storms were horrendous!
goboboyd about 2 months ago
And they will be holding on to lamp posts and sign, feigning fighting against a strong wing. While half a dozen crew members toss water at them from just out of frame. Six times an hour. Until someone calls ‘lunch’! (I’ve done the blizzard version.)
mistercatworks about 2 months ago
I remember when Geraldo Rivera would go out there to be battered by hurricanes winds. Millions of people would be glued to their TV sets shouting “Go, Hurricane! Get ’em!”
pekenpug about 2 months ago
And they wonder why people stay to watch the excitement. “It’s not that dangerous out there, Mildred. I can see 6 different news reporters standing in the surf…oops, one isn’t standing now.”
eddi-TBH about 2 months ago
Weather reporters travel where the wind blows them.
gopher gofer about 2 months ago
speaking of nature, one of the hard-hitting stories a local station recently covered involved asparagus sprouting in a downtown median strip. seriously. i’m not making that up… ☺
kc5qnk about 2 months ago
Grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast. Reporters and surfers… :)