Is there any good reason that Anderson Cooper is standing outside in a hurricane?

[madaboutharry]

CNN has several reporters out in the hurricane.

I don’t need to see people in the rain and wind struggling not to blow away to believe that this is a catastrophic hurricane!

They are talking about how dangerous it is to be outside while they are standing outside. I don’t get it.

I just hope for everyone to be safe and ok.

[True Dough]

1. One word for ya:

RATINGS! Sounds like you're watching.

[madaboutharry]

6. I want to hear the news.

I don’t want to see people in danger.

[Mariana]

42. "I don't want to see people in danger."

Then you'll have to change the channel.

[dchill]

2. Every network has people out in it. They always do.

It's a wonder they don't trip over each other.

[Think. Again.]

3. It's probably just a greenscreen and a hose anyway.

[CrispyQ]

4. Going back to his early days?

I thought he was famous for that. The guy outside in a hurricane.

[B.See]

5. Not greenscreen. They always

do that. Especially Weather Channel. Local channels too.

[duncang]

7. My favorite shot they do.

Is stand in water while just a few feet away it’s dry land after a storm.

The thing that ticks me off is when they hitch a ride on a rescue boat depriving someone who needs rescue a spot.

[Fichefinder]

8. He's not in the Union

[nolabear]

9. I appreciated him after Katrina.

He was in New Orleans for days and it was the only way I knew what was going on. I’ll never forget him befriending a lovely man we knew from the French Market whose wife had a heart attack during the storm and died. My heart broke but his kindness really stood out.

Honestly, if I had a crew like that and the staging they have I’d do it. It’s a reality check.

Of course it’s a joke all along the coast that if Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel shows up you had better run. 😄

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Yes. Anderson Cooper saved lives with that coverage. I think the trauma kept him

from covering storms for many years after that. Anderson Cooper is a good man.

[Blue_Roses]

36. Yes, he did a great job

I remember him covering Katrina.

[susanr516]

29. True!

We evacuated for Harvey. We were watching the Weather Channel when we saw Cantore broadcasting from the parking garage in the building where I worked. My husband and I looked at each other, and one of us said, "We're screwed."

We came home two days after the landfall. We had some damage from the hurricane, and had to survive another week without electricity, but things could have been a lot worse.

[BootinUp]

10. I would guess, that it is his decision, and

that he wants to get immersed in the action. I am sure he gets a rush from doin it and he probably feels it makes him give a better report/performance.

[Omnipresent]

11. His heirs are like...

YE$$$!!

[TommyT139]

26. His children are 2 & 4 years old.

[Omnipresent]

27. He only has a 2 and 4 yo in his will??

[TommyT139]

37. I would assume not

Because his long-term co-parent would be another likely candidate.

Given that the joke was implying Anderson would be dead, it seemed relevant to remind people that two children would be orphaned.

[wnylib]

28. Didn't know that he has children.

[TommyT139]

38. They. Are. Adorable!

[Iggo]

12. Tradition!

[Blue_Roses]

13. I will never understand

WHY they all stay out there when they are dodging debris and wind that looks like it could blow them off the face of the earth.

He's still out there!!!!!

[wnylib]

32. Reminds me of something I saw on a local NBC station in Cleveland

during the cyclone bomb blizzard of 1978. The blizzard had winds of 50 to 80 mph. In some places on the Lake Erie shore, gusts were clocked at 110 mph.

The station had an employee inside a downtown bus shelter warning people not to try to travel due to high winds, broken glass windows and flying debris.

She barely got the words out when a gust of wind lifted the bus shelter into the air and blew it away, leaving her and her cameraman exposed. The scene got jumpy as they struggled to grab each other and stay on their feet. Then it went blank.

A voice after that announced that they were ok and had found shelter in a downtown building.

[meadowlander]

14. Otherwise how are CNN viewers supposed to know how wind works?

[Mz Pip]

15. Anderson

looks like he’s trying really hard to keep it together. He’s soaked snd the wind is blowing. Looks like a horrible place to be in.

[harumph]

17. And he's paid millions for stupid stunts like that.

Sign me up for that shit. Why not just install sturdy commercial quality webcams?

It's like something out of Idiocracy. "This is wind - STRONG WIND."

[WarGamer]

18. He has experience lol...

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[ailsagirl]

22. OMG!!! n/t

[ecstatic]

25. what about the risk of electrocution?

[Hekate]

19. Broadcasting tradition

[helpisontheway]

20. I was just telling my husband this afternoon that Anderson did not take

risks like that now that he has kids. I noticed a CNN clip a few hours later. I was wrong! Smh

[UTUSN]

21. Hah! - because that's what Dan RATHER did? - But Anderson's a gem.

I had my doubts originally. I had liked Aaron BROWN, Peter JENNINGS' protege. But then Katrina happened, and Aaron was on his day off or something, golfing, and then Anderson took over. And cried. And I don't doubt his crying sincerity. And don't doubt that he took over like the understudy (think, Lenny BERNSTEIN). So I was suspicious, but ever since then he's proved himself a champ and where is Aaron? (I don't watch Anderson or barely anybody else.)

[lostnfound]

44. Aaron Brown was awesome. I miss him.

[leftyladyfrommo]

45. That was my first thought, too. I remember

Dan Rather hanging on to a street sign. It is a classic.

[JHB]

23. Maybe not Anderson, but Geraldo...

[Dem2theMax]

39. I don't want anyone to be injured,

but

[ecstatic]

24. Yeah. It's sending a contradictory message

If the storm is dangerous, why are they standing outside in it?

[BaronChocula]

30. Welcome to America

where we make bigger vehicles for smaller spaces in parking lots.

[jalan48]

31. Disaster porn is addictive.

[Ocelot II]

33. They always do this. Cooper is one of their big names

and they probably figure that their coverage is more important and compelling if their big names stand around in the wind and rain for awhile looking like drowned rats.

[Woodycall]

34. This will continue until...

...one day, a stop sign (or something similar) will come flying along and decapitate one of them on live TV or, one of them is impaled by a 2x4 and instantly killed by it...

[JohnSJ]

35. I wonder if Saturday Live will do a parody of that foolishness

[The Unmitigated Gall]

40. It's stupid, no matter who stands out there.

I agree with an earlier comment, it won't stop until someone is killed on live TV.
I used to keep a screenshot I made off the TV when I still had cable. The reporter so buffeted by wind he could barely stand and he was totally unrecognizable. Debris was flying and sheer luck none hit him.

[Mariana]

41. He's out there because people are watching him.

[IcyPeas]

43. Creates great memes. I think it sends the wrong message though...

They tell everyone to evacuate or stay indoors or whatever.... but future Darwin award winners will go out because it looks like fun.

[mysitcfairy]

46. My friend's daughter works for a station in Louisiana

When Francine hit in September, she was forced to go inside and report live from someone’s garage. Her news director called her cell and said viewers wanted to see her outside in the eyewall, not safe in a shelter!

[vishnura]

47. Standin outside duri g hurricane

He's stupid...
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