Rou

Ah, it's the time again. Every year the migration patterns are the same.

Hurricanes and tropical storms come north. Sane people batten down the hatches or evacuate dangerous areas. And weather forecasters and their crews stand out in the middle of 60+ mph wind gusts and torrential downpours.

When seeking out weather reports, I don’t actually need to SEE the trees bending in the background. Particularly when this involves crappy film and audio quality so I can’t hear what you’re saying because of the wind on the mike. If you feel it’s absolutely necessary, set up a camera, take the shots and do some voice over.

I don’t know. In the end, I find the entire deal distasteful. The news sends reporters into hazardous weather, so they can give an account of how bad the weather is. This leads to poor quality reports, and efforts to upstage competitors by placing the newscasters in more and more dangerous positions.

Of course, I know news will stoop to any low to get viewers. I mean, even staying on weather related commentary, it’s hard to forget things like Canoe-gate. Or any of the millions of “OMG your child will die unless you watch the 11 o’clock edition news” ads they have on anymore.