Hurricane Isaac’s Winds So Strong It Forces Weather Channel Reporter to…Tebow on Live Television
- Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:08am by
Billy Hallowell
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New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow got a shout-out he probably wasn’t expecting during a Weather Channel report this morning. While broadcast meteorologist Jim Cantore was reporting from smack-dab-in-the-middle of Hurricane Isaac’s wrath, he did a curious thing — he Tebowed.
Tim Tebow (Photo Credit: AP)
Cantore, who was on-air live from the streets of New Orleans, was visibly being tossed and battered by the storm. As he described the scene as having “some of the strongest winds” he’d seen all morning, he admitted that it was “really hard to stand up.”
So, rather than continuing to fight against the vicious weather, he squatted down and entered into the famed prayer stance that has solidified Tebow as a cultural icon. While some viewers might have assumed that the stance was accidental or by coincidence, Cantore’s comments solidified the connection.
“Whatever it’s worth, I hope I‘m makin’ Tebow proud,” he proclaimed.
Watch the comical incident, below:
(H/T: Deadspin)
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Comments (51)
jonnydoe
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:51pmIt’s called kneeling. My gosh, you’d think that Tebow invented it.
Report Post »STGCSSW
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:42pmNot invented it but one of the very few who is willing to stand up, and kneel down to show his faith. That takes nerve in this day of athiests who are so afraid of a God they don’t believe in that they fight it at every opportunity and in some cases claim that God makes them physically sick.
Report Post »AintLIBSjuzGreat
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:29amIf you watch the video you toolbag he kneels AND covers his face looking so much like tebow that HE[jim cantore]said it. its understandable that your intelletually dishonest, its totally necessary to support any left position.
Report Post »blair152
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:47pmMythBusters did an investigation on hurricane force winds. The conclusion? It’s difficult to stand up in winds over 80 mph.
Report Post »hi
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:45pmThe atheist ones likePac Man Jones and Travis Henry and Ochiocinco are in jail, so no one makes a big deal of them.
Report Post »Bundy11
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:56pmYour an idiot. Do you have a clue if any of these players is atheist or do you just assume that any person who gets in trouble is an atheist. I guess in that case I should assume that every horrible quarterback is religious.
Report Post »topperj
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:00pmTWC and the rest of the media could save a fortune by just using stock video of ANY hurricane. It all looks the same. And they could avoid having one of these bozos swept out to sea. Then again, let ‘em keep doing it…
Report Post »eCharleen
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:38pm“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.’” ~ Romans 14:11
Report Post »truthseekerusa
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:39pmAmen!
Report Post »vaman
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:02pmOh, how cute. They mentioned that second rate football player, so it’s a story! But he does bow, right?
Report Post »Flannie
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:55pmHistrionics may boost their ratings, but I’ve seen first hand how it skews perception of the storm. I’ve seen weather people stand in what amounts to a normal ocean wind (cue the terrible sound that it makes when it passes over a microphone), gripping their gear for all it’s worth, and then the moment the scene is over, they turn loose and walk away. They make theater. It’s their job. I’ve had my straw hat blown away by the beach wind on the prettiest and sunniest of days. And beach winds blowing across the microphone has ruined more than one personal beach video.
I wouldn’t mind all this except that it is dangerous in two ways. First, you have people who don’t know about storms panicking. Panic in a tense situation is never good, but it sure drags in the nervous viewers! I don’t like to see peoples’ fears exploited for ratings. Second, there are those, like me, who want absolutely accurate, bottom-line information, and the theater is dismissed for the hyperbole it is. It is not good for weather people to cry wolf and then leave real and true danger unperceived by an audience jaded by their over-the-top grabs for viewership.
I learned early on to concentrate on actual visuals, radar images, projected path charts and technical updates. Yes, storms get bad and it’s not all histrionics, but that is all the more reason they need to keep it a little more real so that viewers know the situation for what it REALLY is. That would be the responsible thing for
Report Post »STGCSSW
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:45pmYou forgot to mention that all the while they are telling us to stay indoors, that no one should be out in this weather. What gives them special powers, or rights, to be out in that kind of weather?
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:39pmI liked his tribute to Tebow but I can’t understand why every broadcast network feels it is their duty to have someone standing out in the storm. In this case you could see from the camera how bad it was without having someone stand there. This seems pretty darned stupid to me although if I were younger I’d be out there just to see what it felt like.
Report Post »kalayaan
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:16pmI think he got scared to death so he Tebowed….me when I am to the point of hopelessness and helplessness I go down on my knees to ask for God’s intervention…when I feel like I am so blessed I also go down on my knees to thank for all those divine interventions…
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:00pmThis was one of the most useless news stories that theblaze.com has ever run. Well done. *sarcasm*
Report Post »ImMormon
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:56pmI‘ve always thought it was funny how reporters will stand out in a hurricane to tell you that’s it’s dumping rain and blowing really hard.
Report Post »BelindaB
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:40pmI will say, that the people that did not evacuate are selfish,ignorant people. They ALL had a WEEK to rent u-hauls, and get ALL their belongings into it, and LEAVE. I mean, How STUPID and SELFISH ARE these idiots????? Seems like they WANT their insurance companies to have to pay for EVERYTHING….even that which they had PLENTY of TIME to SAVE!!!!! DISGUSTING!!
Report Post »Ohsure
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:07pmBefore making such a sarcastic comment, it would behoove you to know the demographics of those that did not leave. Did you ever consider that some might not have the physical or financial ability to rent that trailer, load up their stuff, and go? And where should they go? I’ll concede that there likely were some that were just as you described, but also just as many that simply had no way of accomplishing it, plain and simple.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:28amTo bad it wasn’t Dan Rather , the leftist moron, under a very large and week oak tree……..I can’t stand anyone in the media anymore, even the weather idiots…..buncha useless drama queens.
Report Post »Wool-Free Vision
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:13amCantore is an absolute glutton for this. He often refers to himself as “Mr. Weather.”
I remember about 15 years ago, my roommate and I were laughing our heads off at him on the North Carolina coast during some hurricane or another. He was FACING THE WIND and of course the raindrops were hitting him in the face and eyes (do these jerks not know what safety glasses are for?). He was doing his live broadcast as these tiny H2O projectiles were pelting him at fastball speeds, and he couldn’t finish. He stopped in midsentence and turned away, whimpering “my… eyes… it’s like getting hit with tiny rocks…” DURRRRRRRRR! You’d think Mr. Weather would have known this before he endeavored to try to blind himself.
I have no pity for media types who put themselves in harm’s way for no reason by self-glorification. They are ridiculous, and that’s not courage, it is vanity.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:08amwonder if they give him hazard pay. no wait, in his profession, knowing what he knows, and going out there and getting soaked and possibly killed for the sake of the network, maybe it’s idiot pay.
Report Post »Buddynoel
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:05amWe can credit the repressive drought for keeping this hurricane from getting worse. Looks as though the dry air is being sucked into the core and is slowly killing Isaak, preventing it from growing much past low CAT-1 strength. In a way, it’s unfortunate because the area needs more rain and moisture. Hopefully this will push north into the Kansas-Missouri-Illinois area where cities are restricting water use.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:56amLike it or not, there will come a time when every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus reigns.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:07amDo you mean [every] knee and tongue, or just those who have eyes to see, and ears to hear? And those who don’t will be tossed in the lake of fire.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:42amEvery knee, in both creature and human, believer and non-believer. See Isaiah 45:23, Philippians 2:10-11, and Romans 14:11.
Report Post »Another example of this happening is when Jesus was about to be taken to Pontius, the pharisees and disciples were around Christ when one of the pharisees asked for Jesus. He responded, “I am He”, and at that instant, everyone’s knee hit the ground. (I picture this like an atom bomb/mushroom cloud going off).
Onesimus
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:36amMinor correction/clarification. The AV1611 has that as I am (he) (“he” being italicised). Italicised words in that translation were added by the translators for grammatical clarity (in thier opinion). The Textus Receptus has the phrase as “legei autois ego eimi”. A bit lacks i not being able to type the greek here, but transliterated “TELLS THEM I AM” with the indication contained that the speaker is Jesus. “I AM” of course refering all the way back to Moses and the burning bush. There are about seven other places in John’s Gospel that the insertion of the pronoun “he” changes the nature of the exchange. In John 8:58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”. The reaction of the Pharasees make it clear they understand that he is claiming Diety at that point.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:56amCome on I’m from Florida and its only a cat 1 storm ?. Give me a break
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:13amI’m waiting for the “It’s the end of the world as we know it” song any moment on one of these weather demo-stations…
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:53am…
Why do news stations put their employees in harm’s way?
No news or weather story is worth risking a person’s life.
In times of trouble, turn to God.
Report Post »We should all be Tebowing.
UrbanFool
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:40amWhat in the world happened to just standing in a doorway? That‘s what someone with a brain would’ve done.
Report Post »Lordcsmith
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:23pmthats where the cameraman was standing.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:21amNow all of you are going to have to help pay for the people who like living below sea-level.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:19amPeople over-look the real damage from Hurricanes which is in the way they help bankrupt the nation.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:15amDo the networks all think they have to put reporters out in the rain because we won‘t believe it’s raining without it?
Report Post »MadenNZ
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:29amBloody hilarious! CNN had Anderson Cooper standing next to a gushing rain spout last night, I couldn‘t stop laughing at the ridiculous effort they must have went through to find the ’perfect’ visual spot for their broadcast.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:47amGonzo, you know when they put the guy out there, we are all just wanting to see that debris smack him in the head, and that is what the producers are wishing for, because all weather men are like Bill Murray’s character in Groundhog day.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:52amIt gets really old walking around the waterfront and watching these idiots find the only place where water is splashing around to do a live promo. They zoom in nice and tight so you don’t see the calm around them.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:25pmI remember years ago in Portland Or., the national news tried to make it look like there was this HUGE protest. The local news showed the actual protest, there were about 50-70 people, but the National news had them all crowd together and took a very tight shot. after the actual story got out, I believe it was ABC, came out and made a correction, of course after they had been embarrassed.
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:14am“…but He was not in the hurricane.”
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:12amThe Power of Christ compels you….
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:52amThe power of stupidity compels Encinom.
Report Post »bannedfromCNN
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 11:40amAmen, brother SCUBA.
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