[SamAdams76]

There is a large demand for reporters to stand out in the elements during these storms, bowing in the wind while hanging on to their hats and exclaiming "things are really picking up out here." I'm talking huge audiences. Millions of housewives watching at home, clutching their cup of coffee in their nightgowns, while gasping in suspense. It's very addictive television. I know. I have relatives that watch the wall-to-wall coverage from morning to night and they think that the world is literally coming to an end. My own mother calls me to tell me not to go hiking today because the winds from Florida might somehow get to the woods of Connecticut and strand me out there.

Otherwise the TV stations wouldn't bother putting their reporters out into the storm. But there is a huge audience for it and so it shall continue to be done.

[tomkat]

My own mother calls me to tell me not to go hiking today because the winds from Florida might somehow get to the woods of Connecticut and strand me out there.

Moms - gotta love 'em   ;-)

[palmer]

There is a large demand for reporters to stand out in the elements during these storms, bowing in the wind while hanging on to their hats and exclaiming "things are really picking up out here." I'm talking huge audiences. Millions of housewives watching at home, clutching their cup of coffee in their nightgowns...

Real men such as myself watch the wobbly intermittent live feed from the guy sheltering in the car wash exclaiming "oh sh**, what was that?"

[Qiviut]

One of these days, a reporter is going to be killed by flying debris - the media will go ballistic with grief & hype.