Show offs
Is there any particular reason that TV news reporters assigned to cover a hurricane feel the need do hurricane stunts? That "Okay Bob, just to show you there in the newsroom and our viewers at home how really windy it is I'm going to walk out into the middle of the street where we've recorded 125mph gusts and see if I can stand up..." and then they proceed to walk out and nearly get their brains gouged out by flying spears of debris.
What's next?
"Okay Bob, I'm going to run out into the street while wearing a tutu, golf shoes and a tri-corner hat and will attempt to flap my arms and become airborn just as the gusts reach 137mph, do a one-and-a-half backwards flip with a twist and stick the landing next to that pile of siding that just flew off that Holiday Inn..."
posted by Dixie at 12:56 AM
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What's even more stupid is how the anchors safely in the studio keep going on about how "brave" these reporters are.
Maybe it will take one of them actually getting seriously injured before this all stops. In the meantime .... "I'm standing here in this blizzard, and yes, it's just as white as before, and no, you can't see anything else, but I _need_ to be on the scene..." :insert eyerolling smiley here:
I watched two of them bite the dust during the storm. One guy decided to walk out from under a canopy in New Orleans and the wind blew his feet right out from under him. He landed face first on the sidewalk. He wasn't hurt, thankfully, but I was able to point at the TV and laugh at how stupid some folks can be.
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