Gosh, the Weather Folks Love a Hurricane

[pdub]

They sure do. They're performing a valuable public safety service, and they don't quit. They bring out all of their techno stuff...getting the word out to the affected folks surely saves lives.

I won't go on about, I'm sure I have done so here before. The weather folks rally to the cause. The TV guy or gal standing out there on the beach getting sandblasted during the dramatic live report...so go inside!

But when I was positioned at my mom and dad's house back in the 80's when Hugo roared through South Carolina, the stuff on TV was just for everybody else in America to enjoy because the power went off early at our house. And was off for over two weeks. The whole power grid was destroyed.

Seems the TV coverage is not for the folks who are in it, just for everybody else. Like, here we are in the French Quarter, and everybody's gone!

Uhhh, ok.

[Deaf Bob]

Pack up Red and get the hell outa there!
Do I gots to come whack ya with a 2X4 to wake you up?
Wait a minute... 2X4 = sleep.... Nevermind....

[DanStokes]

The weather reports serve two function:
- Before the storm they tell us when to get the Hell outta Dodge (or Wilmington in my case).
- After the storm, they remind everyone else how lucky they are.

Dan

[pdub]

Pack up Red and get the hell outa there!
Do I gots to come whack ya with a 2X4 to wake you up?
Wait a minute... 2X4 = sleep.... Nevermind....

HHahaHAHAHAHAHHAHH!!!!!!!!! Hey Bob, check the map! Where's my map of the US? - WEEVILLE IS HERE (big yellow arrow). STORM IS DOWN THERE (big red arrow).

I'm sitting up here in the air conditioning this time, just watching the marathon coverage knowing the unfortunate folks down there are gonna get plastered. Or mighty wet, at best, this time. Hopefully just mighty wet.

No, we're a long way from that. This time.

An interesting report (and as much as I like to make fun of it, I DO watch), the Army Corps of Engineers guy said they're ready. They've got New Orleans fixed after Katrina.

Okay, let's test it. 18 inches of rain. 6 or 12 foot storm surge, water pumps with backup power supply. We'll see.

[Deaf Bob]

You said " French Quarter" ... For all I know you might be Mardi Grassing...(farty gras?)
Didn't Katrina come fairly close to you? (100 miles)?

[pdub]

You said " French Quarter" ... For all I know you might be Mardi Grassing...(farty gras?)
Didn't Katrina come fairly close to you? (100 miles)?

Uhhh no that storm was in another part of the country Bob. I love you like a brother, man.



OHHHHHHH ohhh I get it.....When I said "Here we are in the French Quarter..." I was quoting the news guys. Oh, okay.

No, we're in Tennessee....oh my HHAhahhahahaah!!!!

Funny, Unit and I were talking earlier this afternoon about how when you type something on the net, it's easily misinterpreted, depending on what you typed and what you (THOUGHT) you meant, and how it was understood on the other end. Words on a screen.

[studemax]

I definitely get it, P.
If I owned the Weather Channel, first thing I would do is fire Roker and Cantori - then I would get back to just reporting hard weather, and I wouldn't be putting my employees in harm's way.

[pdub]

I definitely get it, P.
If I owned the Weather Channel, first thing I would do is fire Roker and Cantori - then I would get back to just reporting hard weather, and I wouldn't be putting my employees in harm's way.

I never have understood that, standing out there getting whipped all to piss in the gale winds. All that it is real-reality TV. That's not weather coverage. I for one don't get anything out of it, at least. Not impressed by it. That's just pretty stupid, really. At least in my already stupid opinion.

[Deaf Bob]

To put a reporter in harms way to cover a storm is pure stupidity, plain and simple....
War is a little different, not much tho
You can show the destruction.. Or shoot out a window...

[pdub]

To put a reporter in harms way to cover a storm is pure stupidity, plain and simple....
War is a little different, not much tho
You can show the destruction.. Or shoot out a window...

Or the images afterward tell it just as well.

[Monk]

To put a reporter in harms way to cover a storm is pure stupidity, plain and simple....
War is a little different, not much tho
You can show the destruction.. Or shoot out a window...

Yeah.......dumb asses stand out there in the driving rain (in their North Face rain gear) tryin to report everything.

Too much drama.........get your ass back in the house and let us know what's going on.

[pdub]

I definitely get it, P.
If I owned the Weather Channel, first thing I would do is fire Roker and Cantori - then I would get back to just reporting hard weather, and I wouldn't be putting my employees in harm's way.

Ya know what Stude, I wouldn't fire Cantori. He's got arms as big as my legs and balls bigger than Kansas, to get out into storms. And to his own right he knows how to get sensational footage shot safely. He ain't been killed yet by flying debris.


But that's just TV, a show. Not weather.

[PatricksDad]

[Thumpin455]

To put a reporter in harms way to cover a storm is pure stupidity, plain and simple....
War is a little different, not much tho
You can show the destruction.. Or shoot out a window...

Neil Degrasse Tyson explains that if Apophis hits the Pacific ocean in April 2036 nobody has to die from the tsunami. The problem is there are two types of people who will die. First is the surfer wanting to catch the monster wave. Second is the weather man standing on the beach with the cameraman like they do in hurricanes.

More info on Apophis if you havent heard about it yet.

[studemax]

Ya know what Stude, I wouldn't fire Cantori. He ain't been killed yet by flying debris.

How do you know he's not a robot? I think the top of his head is just screwed on.

And he's the highest paid guy on the Channel... and I'm cheap. He goes.