TAJ said:
Reporters are invincible.*
(*except when they're shot, step on a land mine, drown, etc. Also, safety last if there's more to be made than you'll get sued for by the survivors. First rule of business)
It's always the major news outlets that do this though. They are used to reporting about everything but something like this, and they send these clueless people out in the middle of it. I just switched to CNN and they have a guy in the 3rd story of a parking garage, which is fine, but he is standing there holding on like crazy just to stand up. He asks the woman who is their "meteorologist" how high are the wind gusts right now. She says, "You are looking at about 50mph sustained," which is total bullshit. It's pathetic how ignorant they are about situations like this, how they throw them out there in the middle of it, and how they are actually relying on the information provided by their co-workers.
edit: Sorry about the rant, but these storms are an every year occurrence and one would think that some of that knowledge from covering them would be retained so at least someone could be classified as an expert.
