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dooBdoo · ‎06-27-2010

nomless wrote:
All the cable news networks have people outside in the wind and rain doing life reports.

Exactly, @nomless. They all do it, it's not exclusive one particular network. As far as ratings, I don't understand the need to scoff at that -- a network can't stay on the air without ratings.

The benefit I can think of, to the public, is that we can get a better perspective of the actual effect of the wind, etc. I think often we're so removed from actual events that the distance as a buffer can cause us to not comprehend the power, magnitude, and devestating conditions of a storm. Of course, the only way we really can know is to be there, ourselves, and I doubt many of us want to volunteer for that.

Few things reveal your intellect and your generosity of spirit—the parallel powers of your heart and mind—better than how you give feedback.~Maria Popova

Bri36 · ‎02-20-2017

Poor Naples and Marco Island.

sueinsf · ‎03-13-2010

Networks report from war zones -- they are used to being in dangerous situations and know when to get out. If you've listened to their reporting they have said that they've moved locations to be in a safer spot, or they get out of an area when the camera goes to another reporter.

It's their job to report the news and they are also trying to report to people in the path of Irma so they have updated info as well.

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

In just a second,something can hit them.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

dooBdoo · ‎06-27-2010

sueinsf wrote:
Networks report from war zones -- they are used to being in dangerous situations and know when to get out. If you've listened to their reporting they have said that they've moved locations to be in a safer spot, or they get out of an area when the camera goes to another reporter.

It's their job to report the news and they are also trying to report to people in the path of Irma so they have updated info as well.

Great post, @sueinsf.

Few things reveal your intellect and your generosity of spirit—the parallel powers of your heart and mind—better than how you give feedback.~Maria Popova

Bri36 · ‎02-20-2017

They should at least have some sort of protection for their head. Roof tiles are flying off...

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I had my sights set on being a meteorologist, studied it in college...the whole nine yards. What made me change my mind was what I was seeing on TV with those weather people in the storms.

GSPgirl · ‎01-03-2012

I wish he would be fired. I have never liked him.

Justice4all · ‎12-22-2013

I remember going out on the balcony of our hotel in Miami Beach during the calm of the eye of Katrina...when I went in and closed the door, the window blew out. I didn't know but the change in pressure caused it. All the French tourists fled and booked flights home. The hotel had absolutely no preparations, so we propped a mattress against the window. And it was only a catagory 1 before it intensified in the Gulf of Mexico.