Why should their weather reports be any less fraudulent than the rest of their broadcast?
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Now, you guys just sit down and shut up!
Jim Cantore has his duck-in-the-puddle moment
The Legend of Jim Cantore takes a hit.
…. But out of the crowd of these meteorological martyrs, one name stands out – Jim Cantore. The Weather Channel's star storm chaser is so renowned that people know they are screwed when he arrives to do a remote in their location. However, while getting pummeled by intense winds for a live spot yesterday, Jim was undone by some on-site distractions.
There are a number of times reporters have been exposed as over-dramatizing hurricane effects. There was Anderson Cooper reporting from a flooded ditch while his camera crew was standing in ankle-deep water. Then there was the "Today Show" reporter supposedly piloting a canoe in a huge flood when two residents walked into frame, trudging through her puddle. Now, Cantore has his own moment.
While he was well away from the camera, Cantore, with a protective baseball helmet, was giving a live report while being assaulted by fierce winds, barely able to remain standing. However, what he had done was find a narrow alley that was channeling the wind. We know this because, during a couple of his segments, some of the emergency electrical crews trotted into frame and were performing cartwheels in the supposedly oppressive conditions.
