The Weather Channel idiots - The Firearms Forum

hkruss · 08-29-2012, 07:52 AM

Just watching the hurricane coverage. I always think how stupid it is that the reporters 'on scene' feel the need to stand outside in the wind and rain to deliver their reports. With one hand keeping their weather channel hat from blowing off, they stand there leaning into the wind looking uber cool in their L.L.Bean rain jackets. Very dramatic. Almost as if they are dodging bullets in a war zone. Sooner or later, one of them is gonna get beaned live on camera by a flying sign or piece of plywood or such! THEN maybe they will get some sense and do their report from inside a building with the camera showing what's going on outside.

Nah, probably not.

Idiots.

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Sig Willy · 08-29-2012, 08:10 AM

Anything to make the news dramatic.

Jerryboy · 08-29-2012, 09:08 AM

it's good for business.

gdmoody · 08-29-2012, 09:22 AM

Yep, that's Show Business!!

Woodnut · 08-29-2012, 10:16 AM

I have seen enough of it here at my house, I sure don't want to stand out in it and dodge tree limbs. We have got about 60-70 Mph winds here now. But you will have to take my word for it, cause I am not gonna go out and make you a video.

hstout1143 · 08-29-2012, 10:28 AM

Every time it rains here they rush out to get video of it. No matter how little it's raining. I've seen them in full rain gear with an umbrella with it barely sprinkling and they're saying" As you can see it's really starting to come down now" and then they show a little water running in the gutter. It's pathetic.

jim summers · 08-29-2012, 10:56 AM

I also have often wondered why they stand out in that kind of weather just to let people know how the weather is, like those people who live in the path of a storm don't already know.

wv hillbilly · 08-29-2012, 11:07 AM

wait untill a piece of metal flys by and decapitates the reporter.
that will show us how tuff they are

Geezer Squid · 08-29-2012, 11:52 AM

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Ksw7dD-jI

bamajoey · 08-29-2012, 03:57 PM

It's almost as dumb as the people staying behind the levees in N.O. knowing the levees may not hold. Now someone has to risk their life to save an idiot.

Gun Geezer · 08-29-2012, 04:11 PM

It's all about ratings. No one watches the weather channel unless a hurricane or other natural disaster is on its way. The more drama, the higher the ratings. It's not news reporting any more, it's making a difference, don't ya know!

hardluk1 · 08-29-2012, 04:41 PM

A few years back Jim Cantore was standing in what most have been a out door hallway at a hotel. Wind just a tearing at him . He could hardly stand up !!!! Oh the drama. Then someguy out for a after strom strool walks by on the board walk in a t-shirt and shorts like he was out nice after noon strool with the wind at maybe 10mph. Busted Jim big time. Guess everone knows how a breeze-way will multiply wind speed . Thats what ole jim looks for so hard to set the intense drama of it all. Like the lastest video in new orleans , he is standing in front of one of the narrow side streets from the horse and buggy days ,or one way now. What a little pud'n head.

boatme99 · 08-29-2012, 10:33 PM

I always hope for that flying metal sign......

68c15 · 08-30-2012, 05:59 AM

it's the same thing with elected officials after a natural disaster. they feel the urge to be there with the rest of us. "see? I'm just like you"

carver · 08-30-2012, 06:09 AM

It's not news, and it's not weather reporting! It's drama! Plain, and simple. The weather reporters lie just like the news reporters. You can't believe anything they say!

Kestral · 08-31-2012, 04:44 AM

Some time back they had a Doctors meeting with Pres Obama at the White House, I had to laugh as they were all wearing white coats, Did the general public think that it wouldn`t be belivable if they wern`t wearing white coats,surely the public are not that thick.

Brass Tacks · 08-31-2012, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by wv hillbilly

wait untill a piece of metal flys by and decapitates the reporter.
that will show us how tuff they are

to quote Ron White, "it's not THAT the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing. If you get hit by a Volvo..........."

they seem to always what to put some reporter outside in the middle of a rain/snow storm to do their report. do they think we won't believe them if they don't?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slEPV9LyS0

BlackEagle · 08-31-2012, 05:53 PM

Ahhh, the dangers of reporting...

They don't have to be in a storm to be at risk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzjLlqIuVhI

DBMJR1 · 08-31-2012, 08:15 PM

New rule:

All reporters must report on forest fires in the same manner they do hurricanes.

08-29-2012, 07:52 AM	#1
hkruss Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mobile, Al. Posts: 1,092	The Weather Channel idiots Just watching the hurricane coverage. I always think how stupid it is that the reporters 'on scene' feel the need to stand outside in the wind and rain to deliver their reports. With one hand keeping their weather channel hat from blowing off, they stand there leaning into the wind looking uber cool in their L.L.Bean rain jackets. Very dramatic. Almost as if they are dodging bullets in a war zone. Sooner or later, one of them is gonna get beaned live on camera by a flying sign or piece of plywood or such! THEN maybe they will get some sense and do their report from inside a building with the camera showing what's going on outside. Nah, probably not. Idiots. . __________________ obama - "non gratum anus rodentum" -->

08-29-2012, 08:10 AM	#2
Sig Willy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 565	Re: The Weather Channel idiots Anything to make the news dramatic. __________________ _________________________ Be alert! We need more lerts!

08-29-2012, 09:08 AM	#3
Jerryboy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 713	Re: The Weather Channel idiots it's good for business. __________________ "If voting could change anything for the better, it'd be illegal." -Unknown "If good intentions were horses, politicians would own glue factories" -Jeremiah Thompson Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives should be the name of a convenience store, not a government agency.

08-29-2012, 09:22 AM	#4
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,313	Re: The Weather Channel idiots Yep, that's Show Business!! __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

08-29-2012, 10:16 AM	#5
Woodnut Forum Sponsor Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Diamondhead, MS Contributor Posts: 2,171	Re: The Weather Channel idiots I have seen enough of it here at my house, I sure don't want to stand out in it and dodge tree limbs. We have got about 60-70 Mph winds here now. But you will have to take my word for it, cause I am not gonna go out and make you a video. __________________ Carl Never doubt the beauty of wood. Carl’s Album www.cwgrips.com Web site Updated 01/01/2013 NRA Life Member

08-29-2012, 10:28 AM	#6
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,735	Re: The Weather Channel idiots Every time it rains here they rush out to get video of it. No matter how little it's raining. I've seen them in full rain gear with an umbrella with it barely sprinkling and they're saying" As you can see it's really starting to come down now" and then they show a little water running in the gutter. It's pathetic. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion

08-29-2012, 10:56 AM	#7
jim summers Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I reside in southern Indiana, you can almost step out of my back door and be setting on Patoka Lake Posts: 1,056	Re: The Weather Channel idiots I also have often wondered why they stand out in that kind of weather just to let people know how the weather is, like those people who live in the path of a storm don't already know. __________________ To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required.

08-29-2012, 11:07 AM	#8
wv hillbilly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: mountains of wv. Posts: 2,016	Re: The Weather Channel idiots wait untill a piece of metal flys by and decapitates the reporter. that will show us how tuff they are

08-29-2012, 11:52 AM	#9
Geezer Squid Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 8	Re: The Weather Channel idiots Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Ksw7dD-jI

08-29-2012, 03:57 PM	#10
bamajoey Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Pensacola Contributor Posts: 1,257	Re: The Weather Channel idiots It's almost as dumb as the people staying behind the levees in N.O. knowing the levees may not hold. Now someone has to risk their life to save an idiot. Last edited by bamajoey; 08-29-2012 at 03:59 PM..

08-29-2012, 04:11 PM	#11
Gun Geezer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,710	Re: The Weather Channel idiots It's all about ratings. No one watches the weather channel unless a hurricane or other natural disaster is on its way. The more drama, the higher the ratings. It's not news reporting any more, it's making a difference, don't ya know! __________________ If voting could change anything for the better, It'd already be illegal.

08-29-2012, 04:41 PM	#12
hardluk1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: nc mountains Posts: 293	Re: The Weather Channel idiots A few years back Jim Cantore was standing in what most have been a out door hallway at a hotel. Wind just a tearing at him . He could hardly stand up !!!! Oh the drama. Then someguy out for a after strom strool walks by on the board walk in a t-shirt and shorts like he was out nice after noon strool with the wind at maybe 10mph. Busted Jim big time. Guess everone knows how a breeze-way will multiply wind speed . Thats what ole jim looks for so hard to set the intense drama of it all. Like the lastest video in new orleans , he is standing in front of one of the narrow side streets from the horse and buggy days ,or one way now. What a little pud'n head.

08-29-2012, 10:33 PM	#13
boatme99 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Midddle Tennessee Posts: 139	Re: The Weather Channel idiots I always hope for that flying metal sign......

08-30-2012, 05:59 AM	#14
68c15 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,057	Re: The Weather Channel idiots it's the same thing with elected officials after a natural disaster. they feel the urge to be there with the rest of us. "see? I'm just like you" __________________ I'll go defenseless when our leaders do the same

08-30-2012, 06:09 AM	#15
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,245	Re: The Weather Channel idiots It's not news, and it's not weather reporting! It's drama! Plain, and simple. The weather reporters lie just like the news reporters. You can't believe anything they say! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

08-31-2012, 04:44 AM	#16
Kestral V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Guernsey Channel Islands Posts: 355	Re: The Weather Channel idiots Some time back they had a Doctors meeting with Pres Obama at the White House, I had to laugh as they were all wearing white coats, Did the general public think that it wouldn`t be belivable if they wern`t wearing white coats,surely the public are not that thick.

08-31-2012, 05:53 PM	#18
BlackEagle Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: UK Posts: 3,161	Re: The Weather Channel idiots Ahhh, the dangers of reporting... They don't have to be in a storm to be at risk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzjLlqIuVhI

08-31-2012, 08:15 PM	#19
DBMJR1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New Orleans, La. Posts: 84	Re: The Weather Channel idiots New rule: All reporters must report on forest fires in the same manner they do hurricanes. __________________ Let Us Try Don