Posted on 05/28/2019 10:34:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
“I’m done with you people, I really am. This is pathetic,” Jamie Simpson of Fox 45 in Dayton says
A meteorologist for Fox 45 in Dayton, Ohio snapped at viewers who complained on social media about a tornado warning that interrupted Monday night’s broadcast of “The Bachelorette,” saying that the cutaway was due to a “dangerous situation.”
“I was just checking social media, we have viewers complaining already. ‘Just go back to the show.’ No, we’re not going back to the show, folks. This is a dangerous situation, okay,” Jamie Simpson said during the live broadcast.
Simpson scolded viewers who cared more about who Hannah Brown would give the next rose to than to a dangerous weather situation, which has caused massive damage to the region.
“Think about if this was your neighborhood. I’m sick and tired of people complaining about this,” Simpson said. “Our job here is to keep people safe, and that is what we’re going to do. Some of you complained that this is all about my ego. Stop. It’s not. I’m done with you people, I really am, this is pathetic.”
Fox 45 did not immediately respond for a request for comment. However, Simpson did apologize later in the broadcast.
“Alright, I’m sorry I did that, it just really bothers me that we have people that don’t care about other people’s safety around here,” Simpson said.
Fox 45, or WRGT-TV, is a dual Fox and MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Sinclair, which also owns ABC 22 in Dayton, which airs “The Bachelorette.”
Watch the video of the situation above.
“””If a ‘weatherman’ isn’t entertaining, they don’t last on air. “””
But if they are cute and stacked....
Hurrah for your post.
“The total amount of land area in which people were directly affected by the Ohio tornado swarm was on the order of one percent.”
You have to be kidding. You obviously did not check the link and see that “she” was a “he” nor understand this is a local Dayton channel with its viewing area highly impacted. We live just south of there, and within its viewing area but also have the over the air option of a Cincinnati Fox station.
The fact that casualties were comparatively minimal should be attributed to the local channels getting the word out in such a way that people understood this one was serious.
But now with technology, they can literally follow the track of a tornado and literally tell you when it will be over a specific street.
That's the Spanish Channel.
Given the destruction they had on the ground, he was right to be angry.
I watched James C. Fidler doing the weather for most of the 20 years he was on the air. He was the only weatherman to watch when there was severe weather in Central Texas (which happens fairly often). It was a damned shame when he turned out to be a pedophile.
The man with the remote will stop for a few seconds before switching to the game, saving countless lives... :-P
But only a few minutes before it hits. You generally have days to evacuate when a hurricane is coming. When a tornado is coming you are lucky to have a couple of minutes.
I got a couple things wrong. There was only 1 “d” in Fidler and he was on Austin television from 1973-83.
It appears he died in 2007.
“Ohio Weatherman Snaps at Viewers as Tornado Warning Interrupts ‘The Bachelorette’ (Video)”
I think they meant “Thnapths”.
But still, it makes a big difference between just saying there’s a Tornado Warning in your area, and “Holy Crap, it’s coming right for us!”
We had a local newscaster in Nashville who remarked before his death that weather people had gotten the public so panicked that we couldn’t enjoy a simple spring shower anymore.
It also doesn’t help that the embarrassingly outdated Emergency Alert System snaps on and freezes up every effing channel so that you can’t see what’s happening for two minutes or more (real helpful when you’re in the midst of wanting to watch the radar to see if your house is along the track).
Jamie Simpson is a guy.
His side. Jamie is male.
So I’ve heard :)
Him. Simpson is male.
His. Simpson is male.
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