The wisdom of Ali Velshi this AM

[Botany]

You have no people living in the un-populated areas all the way up
to the areas that are populated and people live there.

Concrete does not absorb water.

You can get hurt or killed if a tree falls on you even without winds.

The construction site is not active right now.

[PCIntern]

1. Yeah

People think that there's nothing to doing play-by-play of breaking news. Those things that seem to make sense shouldn't necessarily be verbalized. If you watch the Kennedy assassination as it happened you can see the difference between the pros of yesteryear and the infotainment folk of today.

[Botany]

3. I'm not trying to understate the danger and damage of the storm but .....

... some of his comments are really funny. Although I'm sure it is hard
to "fill" all that air time.

[PCIntern]

5. I'm with ya. nt

[MiniMe]

2. My favorite today was the uninhabited areas

A large uninhabited area until you get up to uhhhh an inhabited area. I give them a break today, all of the reporters are exhausted

[Hortensis]

4. I noticed that about him. He had to clarify this morning after calling a female reporter

one of their "lighter" reporters. I didn't hear the original gaf, but he apparently meant literally weight against the wind and some took it wrong. I have an image of eager-to-be-offended women's and POC's rights militants leaping to their keyboards.

[Orrex]

11. He should have described her as "less massive"

eager-to-be-offended women's and POC's rights militants

Tell me more about these militants, please!

[eleny]

6. This makes me miss Walter Cronkite and his contemporaries

Those days are over. Now it seems like the quiet time it takes to draw a new breath is to be avoided.

I should go back to bed for a few more winks. I've been up since around 5:30 Mountain Time and I'm getting cranky.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. I don't think this kind of anchor duty is quite what Velshi signed up for.

[hedda_foil]

8. I'm inclined to give him the benefit of a doubt this time.

The poor guy has been pulling double and triple shifts filling in for vacationing colleagues on top of his regular two shows daily. I'm amazed he's still even nominally coherent.

[librechik]

9. I don't think the man has gotten any sleep in several days.

I have to forgive the few gaffs and blunders, as in general he has been doing everybody's job.

[LuckyCharms]

10. True.

He's running on fumes.

I think he is doing a great job.

[SharonClark]

12. He's just a little slap happy right now.