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Hurricane coverage -- reporters standing out in the wind telling us to stay indoors -- what's wrong with this picture?

Asked by ETpro (34605points) August 27th, 2011

Having been through a few monster storms, I can tell them that their advice to stay indoors is excellent counsel, and they should take heed of it themselves. Hurricanes can turn everyday objects such as shingles, street signs and lawn furniture into lethal weapons flying through the air at 100 MPH. And yet every major storm brings dozens of reporters out with their TV camera crew, sound people, and support personnel. They dutifully stand in the midst of the storm’s fury to tell us not to do what they are showing by their actions to be OK to do. Sooner or later, one of them will get killed or seriously injured on camera. I guess seeing that would drive home to viewers the fact their safety messages were good advice that they themselves should have taken to heart.

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