Why Weathermen Don't Keep it Real

The newest trend in network TV coverage is to be the station that has the best storm coverage. This is a meterologist's dream. However, they get shut out. They report on the storm, direction it is taking, wind speed and storm surge, but they are not the players in the reporting. The players are the network ancors that look like fools standing up to 145mph winds and torrential downpours while people like me laugh.

It is now the 'cool' thing to do, that is, stand in the eye of the storm. Anderson Cooper was reporting in the middle of the storm with another reporter, and reported nothing. Windy. No shit. Raining hard. Really? There were pieces of alluminum flying around the area and every time a piece would go by, you would hear Coop, "Woah! Boy! There goes another peice of that sign!" Yah, maybe you should go inside, buddy.

Anyway, I just realized that every station tried to show up the others by having numerous reporters all over the Hurricane zone. Next time another 'Cane hits, just flip on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews and your local channels, and watch... You'll see what I am talking about.