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Weather Channel Reporter Has Fun Freak-Out in Chicago Blizzard
- Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:20pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Standing in the middle of a massive blizzard, the last thing I’d probably expect to witness was a simultaneous lightning storm. But I’m pretty sure Weather Channel reporter Jim Cantore overreacted juuuuuust a little bit:
h/t Gawker TV
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Comments (82)
Diane TX
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:05amI was so hoping that a lighting bolt would zap him away. It would have been perfect for me.
Report Post »RobR
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:50amI just had a flashback to Tom Cruise on Oprah’s couch.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:42amThis is where the climate freaks are going to dieout fast…………cause Solar and wind donot work in cold weather, period. All 3,000 wind turbines froze in England and solar has never worked since the 1950′s………the military uses a little solar…for 20 pannels its enough for an 8 volt battery…….Obama says he will change this all over by 2035………….what an idoit.
Report Post »questionwithboldness
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:07amfreaking out!
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:31amYou can always tell how close the lightning is by how long it takes for the thunder to be heard. Most people who live back East know that.
I lived in the Midwest for twenty years (twenty winters), and never once saw lightning in the winter time. It just seems very out of place with all that snow on the ground. Maybe snow and lightning do happen simultaneously, someplace in the U.S., but just not where I’m from.
Report Post »Lion420
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:57am:Holy Smoke,Holy Smoke, plenty bad preachers for the Devil to stoke!
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:50amI knew him as a kid (not really) and he had an identical reaction to getting a prize in his ******* Jacks.Well if you consider an 18 yr. old as a kid .
Report Post »TheAmericanRifleman
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:33amGuys never been to Oklahoma.
Report Post »SquirrelNYC
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:00amWe heard it here in NYC last week when the second blizzard came through. It was so weird, but really cool. I love Jim Cantore’s reaction – kind of wish I saw that live!
Report Post »reckless
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:59pmDon’t eat the brown acid, dude!
Report Post »dopie joe
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:53pmIt did that down here in Texas the other night,about 45 mi. south of “Whiskey Tall”Falls.Lots of thunder and lightning w/heavy blowing snow.
Report Post »jeckelmyhyde
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:51pmHe just had a Chris Matthews tingle running down his leg moment.
Report Post »Paul G
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:51pmI’ve bit my tongue for the months here, and have posted a hundred times here. I’m no democrat. But I was born and raised in Chicago and the burbs. Chicago was run by the Daleys. Of course heavy union and patronage. But the city worked. There was NO such things as Republicans. The collar counties were mostly republican. Up until the ‘white flight’ in the 70s. Then the collar counties became more and more democrat. I’ve been out of IL for 15 yrs, I don’t know what happened, (I do) but… Let’s just say there would have been no Obama if old man Daley was still there.
Report Post »Pezman
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:50pmMany years ago, cross country ski trip into yellowstone, and we got some of this during a snow. We were camped out for the evening when it started. Having never even heard of this before, it really freaked me out to no end.
Report Post »jeckelmyhyde
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:46pmHe just had a Chris Mathews tingle down his leg moment.
Report Post »dopie joe
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:46pmIt did that down here in N.Central Tx. approx 45 mi. south of “Wiskey Tall” Falls the other night.
Report Post »GEW
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:34amDid in Plano, TX too. Pretty cool I think.
Report Post »farmwife
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:39pmLiving in the Midwest, on occasion we get thunder snows. They usually come with lots of snow and it really is incredible to hear. This guy is a true weather geek!
Report Post »grannyjojo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:38pmThis guy truely loves his work! I say more power to him. He‘s in awe of God’s creation, how cool is that? You go guy!
Report Post »jkhypilot
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:37pmI’d freak too, thundersnow is a rare event.
Report Post »He may never see it again.
Ron Burgundy
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:37pmHey he is genuinely excited I can respect a bit of truth in a news cast even if it is the weather….. By the way a thought worth pondering… We had serious ice and snow here in Indianapolis, and the roads were clear the next morning. Nobody died because of the storm, no public arguments between politicians and unions, everything went smooth. I am willing to bet the 4-5 inches of ice were worse than the snow New York got a month ago….. Maybe we should start doing things nationally like they are done here in the Hoosier state. Take the BS out of everything and just get ish done!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:51amStay classy San Diego .
Report Post »LDSmommy
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:25amI agree with you, Ron! Hey, he’s a WEATHER MAN! That’s some dang exciting stuff right there : ) I probably would have cried.
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:32pmIf you’ve never been in a thundersnow storm it really is kind of exciting! Those are really rare.
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:34amIt was very cool! Only second time in my life I’ve ever experienced it.
Report Post »North_Star
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:27pmand he did it without swearing. nice! :)
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:33amHe tried hard not to. Good for him.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 7:32amDidn’t he?
Report Post »Lord’s name in vain, anyone?
justsaying
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 7:45amThe first thing he yelled was “Jesus!” In my book, that’s swearing!
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:27pmWhat ever gets your rocks off ………………
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:26pmWow thats a low price!!!!!
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:30pmnow THATS FUNNY!
Report Post »Pezman
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:46pmLmao
Report Post »EthicsGirl
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:23pmI would freak out too – hey the guy is a weather dude – of course he got excited.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:51amI‘m just surprised he didn’t come out with the four-letter “S” word! I believe I would have!
Remember, he was out in the open with electrical equipment. Not my idea of fun!
Report Post »asybot12
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 5:26amI agree, I have seen and heard it a number of times but at one time in the early 70′s I worked on a ski resort at about 4500 ft and that happened 2 or 3 times BELOW where we lived at that time really, really awesome!
Report Post »Observer
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 10:24amI’ve seen it 3 times in my life. But the first time I used more colourful language when ducking my head. The strike hit a tree 50 meters away ………….. colour was a white out.
Report Post »wrecked
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:23pmWOW ! thunder, must have never heard it before.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:24pmI think he might have mommy issues.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:29pmWow, no ShamWow.
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:32pmYes, his reaction was exaggerated, but I’ve never been in a snowstorm with simultaneous lightening and thunder. That would shock me, too.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:33pmI live in the desert now…so don’t see much snow except when I travel to the mountains…I remember in Ohio when I was a kid that when everything was blanketed in snow…it was reallllllly Q U I E T outside…every sound was very muffled…I imagine a huge K A B O O M would likely scare the crap out of you! Pretty funny…don‘t think I’ve ever even heard lightening during a blizzard!?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:36pmLive in the Mountain States, I’ve seen it go from 75 to 30 degrees within 15 minutes, start raining, hailing, snowing, then back to sunshine and 75, all accompanied by thunder and lightning. Freaky weather, but nothing to Wow about.
Report Post »Maybe he had just seen Rahm in the shower.
home_of_the_brave
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:39pmIt does happen, albeit very rarely but I’ve seen it or rather heard it when I lived in Colorado.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:45pmIf the weather channel sends Jim to your area … LEAVE … I was warning my friends who live between Chicago and Detroit last night … when they send him to my area in hurricane season I know we are in trouble.
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:06amThere was thunder and lighting in the western burbs where I live and the far west where my son is.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:32amLook like a bit of a drama to me, but love a good lightning storm myself. Is this news ?
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:34amUmmm thunder snow isn’t that uncommon; I’ve been in the midst of it at least four or five times in my life. However, I think his reaction was not so much because of the thunder and lightning, but rather the fact that the two came so close together. Obviously that strike would have been mighty close and the stunning thing is that in a snow storm like that, it sneaks up on you. Usually you see a thunderstorm approaching, but in a blizzard like that you don’t see or hear it until it is right on top of you. It does generally surprise the heck out of you.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:39amthe guy was funny…his reaction…but sometimes things do catch you by surprise…lightning in georgia made me cry once…it was scary… :0(
Report Post »GEW
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:33amGotta love his enthusiasm..
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:52amOh, darn! I was raised being told that, if I heard thunder in February, it would snow within two weeks. I heard thunder last night, February 1.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:49amDear Al Gore, you are full of SH*T
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:34amYes, Al Gore is full of it. Looks more like global cooling to me, which will be much more catastrophic than global warming would ever be, with shorter growing seasons, more heating costs, ect. Good thing Gore never became president.
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:02amMight as well say it before Al robot Gore does. “This was obviously the cause of ah global…. warming.” Of course I can’t do the Gore impression online but you get the idea.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:31amHis first word was JESUS! Wonder if that was to be a cuss word or he was calling his Savior for help?
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:43amHow do you spell melodramatic?
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 7:29amYou’d think as a weather man, he would undrestand that cumulonimbus clouds, which generally are associated with thunderclouds are also the type that produce snowstorms.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 9:27amTWC is always pushing the global-warming angle. I never watch it.
Report Post »Poor Jim, I guess he’s so bored. Something to be excited about finally.
Jethro212
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:28pmIt is a trip to see lightening and hear thunder in a snow storm, I have only seen it once in my life. Was amazing. I understand why he is tripping out over it, it just doesn’t happen.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:32pmHe was shocked because it happened during a snowstorm. It’s exceedingly rare. The conditions that make a snowstorm possible usually prevent thunder and lightning. It takes a very unique set of circumstances to have that occur. It’s something that most people will never experience in their lifetimes, even those that live in areas that get snow regularly.
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