Reporter Nearly Blown Away by High Winds on Live TV
- Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:49am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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From the Cleveland Scene blog (via TV Spy):
Rule No. 1 of weather reporting: It’s not raining unless your anchor looks like he just emerged from a dunk-tank, it’s not snowy unless he looks like Frosty the Snowman standing next to a grid-locked highway, and it‘s sure as hell not windy unless he’s outside, being blown around, hair whipping in the wind, trying to scream over the noise.
19 Action News knows this rule, which is why they dispatched a reporter into the hurricane-force wind early this morning. The segment, which involved showing how the wind could close a car door (we’re not exactly sure what the proves either), had some unexpected hilarity after the crew realized they had locked themselves out of the van after the wind blew the door shut. Bonus: They had to break a window to get back into the vehicle.
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texasfarmer
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:03pmIt’s like the bone heads that find a puddle to stand in and go on and on about the flooding.
Report Post »Yea it’s windy but not he end of the world , yet.
ACTS2-38
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:12amthank you bomustgo! nice screen name as well!!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 11:18amHopefully I can give up the screen name in 2012.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:48amThis is why they need a real anchor man…..
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:47amACTS2-38, Nice screen name. Glad I am not alone.
Report Post »ACTS2-38
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:13amHe’s just acting! How come the camera man isn’t getting blown all over the place??? just sayin…
Report Post »shadowrider
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:15amCleveland Ohio …… It figures ……. people that make ancient cavepeople look like Einstein …..
Report Post »quicker
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:53amDuring Hurricane Ike Greraldo H. got knocck over at Galvanton .was rotflmao
Report Post »CaptainConservative
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:48amWow, sure is funny how the cameraman is able to hold his camera so steady. Maybe the wind wasn’t blowing as strongly where he was standing…. or maybe the reporter IS that big of a ham, contrary to his claim.
Report Post »AR485
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:36amIs it live or is it Memorex?
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:34amDon’t try this at home, kids.
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:13amThese reporters are so stupid sorry there is no way I would put my life on the line to tell people about how bad the weather is when I can look right outside my window with my own eyes.They have families and children don’t they care about them if something happens to them.They wonder why people go outside it‘s because they think well their out their so some are just followers instead of leaders I’ll be a leader and stay inside out of harms way.GOD GAVE ME A BRAIN AND EXPECTS ME TO USE IT WISELY.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 1:12pmMakes me recall a scene from a movie where a reporter was reporting on high winds or something and he got totally nailed by a huge billboard. Kinda funny in the movie, but this will happen for real if these idiots don’t start taking their lives more seriously than their jobs.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:06amdarn, my lottery numbers didn’t come up. Seriously, glad he’s OK
Report Post »anutter
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:58amI’d so like to try to be a human kite!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:51amSomeday I will not be surprised to see a news reporter being seriously hurt doing one of these reports – Mother Nature doesn’t like to be missed with! http://wp.me/pYLB7-VK
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:51amGlad he is alright. And hopefully not to many jokes of him almost being “Gone with the wind.”
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 7:58amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:08amMEN!!! He just didn’t want to be out done by the female news reporter who almost got blown away. Bet the boss will want to know why they left the keys in an unoccupied van.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:10amMorning, SNOW, hope you are feeling better today. Went shopping w/ daughter-in-law yesterday afternoon so missed everything until this AM. Got alot of reading to do! Hope all is well with you and yours.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:33amTEDDRUNK
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crackerone
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:41amThink he’s drunk!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:49amgrandmaof5;
I’m not sure about the men vs women thing, but I always thought it pretty stupid to be out in bad weather, when no one else, with any sense, wouldn’t. Anyway, that being said, I noted, and this is strange, that in these weather-related stories the camera guy doesn’t seem to have problems – is he a 1,200 lb gorilla?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:44amDALE, great point! Must be the 1,200lb gorilla theory, or the wimpy 100 lb reporter.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:46amWonder if he gave any thought to flying debris?
Report Post »ACTS2-38
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:11amSo goofy!!!! How come the cameraman isn’t getting blown all around! I’ve been in 60mph winds and it doesnt cause that much of a commotion! Just sayin….
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:04pmAt the beginning of the clip there are two women just standing there , not flopping like a fish. I’m sure it was windy but….Drama sells.
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 2:22pmGeez. Why does he sound drunk and keep going around in circles? This reminds me of the idiot reporters when I lived in FL. During the hurricanes, they would stand out in the wind and exaggerate. It is much more believable to be taken aback by some wind gusts then to keep pretending to be blown away by the wind.
Report Post »Whyismynamealwaystaken
Posted on April 30, 2011 at 12:02amlol lol lol didn’t see that coming I was “blown away”
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