Posted on 09/14/2018 5:54:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Weather Channel voiced support for one of its reporters on Friday after a video of him reporting during Hurricane Florence went viral online.
The video clip posted to Twitter appeared to mock the reporter's hurricane coverage, suggesting he was exaggerating the storm's force.
The video shows longtime Weather Channel meteorologist and reporter Mike Seidel as he tried to gain his footing as the storm's winds bore down on him.
"This is about as nasty as its been," Seidel, who was reporting from Wilmington, N.C., says in the clip while bracing against the wind.
The camera then pans over to a pair of figures casually walking on a road behind the reporter.
“So dramatic!” one Twitter user wrote with the video clip. “Dude from the weather channel bracing for his life, as 2 dudes just stroll past.”
The video had been viewed more than 3.6 million times and had received almost 60,000 retweets as of Friday evening. It also led many people to mock the reporter for his demeanor reporting on the storm.
The Weather Channel noted in a statement to The Hill that the reporter was standing on wet grass and was “undoubtedly exhausted.”
“It’s important to note that the two individuals in the background are walking on concrete, and Mike Seidel is trying to maintain his footing on wet grass, after reporting on-air until 1:00 a.m. ET this morning and is undoubtedly exhausted,” the network said.
Hurricane Florence made landfall on Friday morning near Wrightsville Beach, N.C., according to the National Hurricane Center. Florence was downgraded to a Category 1 storm and further downgraded to a tropic storm on Friday evening.
Still, officials have continued to urge residents to heed local evacuation orders and have preparations for the storm.
Several deaths linked to the storm have been reported, including a mother and infant who police in Wilmington said were killed when a tree fell on their house.
The “whether or not we can fool folks into believing climate change” channel is so out of the closet.
Sorry, but I get my science data from folks who actually know science.
And weather.
Now we know some of this is an act and a show for the audience which is why I never watch any of this stuff if I can avoid it.
A classic.
Or, “Mike was bored out of his skull, and was reliving acting class warm-up exercises from a movie career that never was.”
Total BS. I am going to laugh now!
The two kids were probably in a wind shadow from some building or trees. Seidel looks like he weighs two pounds soaking wet.
Makes sense.
When they get caught being stupid, they double down on it. What a bunch of idiots.
I do, and thank you for finding that!
Wet grass and being tired makes the wind blow a lot harder where 20 feet away from others.
Hilarious.
She’s a fast thinker. “They wouldn’t let me go back into the deep water. They thought I was just drifting.”
Shades of Baghdad Bob with the tanks coming up behind him.
I was at a Dr’s appt Thurs afternoon and they had a TV in the waiting room. Not being a TV watcher, I took a seat where I couldn’t see the TV. But I could hear it.
Apparently two ‘meterologists,’ we used to call them ‘weather men,’ were broadcasting from somewhere near Florence.
The wind was blowing fairly strongly and shields on their microphones weren’t very good. You could understand, at best, about every third word or so. The broadcast, IMHO, was worthless. A joke.
I walk on wet grass all the time and never knew I was being quite athletic.
You can see the tree that they walk past blowing in the wind, too.
-PJ
Hey if a hurricane strength of one can be reported as a 6 because “Trump”, all journalist reports will be exaggerated.
Thanks for the ping and your comment at post #6.
This whole fizzler has been the greatest “ cry wolf” in American history. Here is a rule. NEVER LEAVE YOUR HOME!! Looters are now stealing everything and you can’t get home because the damned government wont let you !! IDIOTS!~!
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