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(6,423 posts)I hate this BS, my broadcasting was all radio.
honest.abe
(8,677 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)One of these days, one of those guys are going to get impaled by a sign pole. With that sign he was hanging onto...it looked like that thing would pop out of the ground if the wind increased a bit.
Then, it becomes a spear.
mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)Cantore was saying, "Look at that! Look at that road sign!" It was a big green one, flying around--bending in the wind--looking like it was made of paper.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)Having grown up in hurricane territory Im one of those glued to The Weather Channel. Having Jim Cantore show up is like being visited by the Angel of Death.
What a disaster. The toll is going to be terrible.
Mariana
(14,854 posts)If they didn't, they'd change the channel or turn it off.
Srkdqltr
(6,271 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,327 posts)Should be plenty of remote control cameras outside.
Stupid stunts can result in stupid consequences.
IcyPeas
(21,858 posts)Scrivener7
(50,949 posts)I lost friends (plural) in a storm last year.
This guy pisses me off.
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)Doh!
harumph
(1,898 posts)Idiocracy indeed.
spanone
(135,823 posts)Go inside Jim.
SergeStorms
(19,193 posts)Some people climb mountains, some sky-dive, some are spelunkers......Jim digs storms.
I used to be much the same in my younger days. Hurricanes, tornadoes..... any sort of severe weather, I was in it all the way.
Nothing makes you feel so humble and insignificant as severe weather. We are nothing compared to nature.
mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)you know it's bad.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,803 posts)Before a chunk of corrugated sheet metal or something like that comes along at 80 MPH on live TV.
Haggard Celine
(16,844 posts)There was one time he came to Biloxi and people were driving by throwing things at him. It was as if Cantore was bringing the hurricane with him, and the reaction to his being there was totally irrational.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)I was there for Camille. We evacuated, but the devastation was just stunning. I met a man years later who was one of the people they had to parachute in with chainsaws to cut through the trees on 90 so help could get in.
Haggard Celine
(16,844 posts)My parents were here during the storm, so I guess you could say I went through it. Fortunately, my family and I got out of here for Katrina. When we came back, we were in shock. The places along the beach were totally devastated. I really don't want to see anything like that again in my lifetime. I'll probably move away if that happens again.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)We were on the coast at the same time, though I was fourteen when Camille hit. I grew up there. Then I moved to New Orleans and my family is still in part on the CoastOcean Springs and other coastal areas.
I watched Katrina from the PNW, where I live now, in utter shock. The only family there at the time got out, thank goodness. But watching storms for hours is an obsession still.
Lets hope this doesnt happen again for a long, long time. I wish I was optimistic.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)2naSalit
(86,536 posts)It only encourages fools to do the same.