CNN just showed a reporter in Daytona Beach being

[mfcorey1]

beat by winds from the storm. You could not hear her report but you just watched for much too long as she suffered from the stings FROM rain and wind. That was unprofessional on the part of CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/weather/2017/09/11/irma-strong-winds-daytona-sidner-live.cnn

[KT2000]

1. Yes - that is not safe

and I worry about her ears. Such strong wind can cause damage.

[NanceGreggs]

2. Yeah, I saw that, too.

CNN still thinks that unless they show someone being battered by hurricane winds - over and over and over and over and over and over again - no one will know what they're talking about.

[dembotoz]

3. We will see this til some one gets seriously hurt

[drray23]

4. i bet thats one of the reason some people dont evacuate.

Every Huricane, they see news people clowning around in these weather conditions. They think, well if the news media people can ride the storm, why cant i .

[gratuitous]

5. After I see one of those reports (it's not just CNN)

I think to myself, "Maybe next time, you won't take Peggy's lunch from the fridge."

[Luciferous]

6. :)

[Hortensis]

7. When a gust came, they should have cut away. She'd of course thank them.

There are long lines of people who'd love to have these jobs.

If I were inclined to blame anyone for sending dozens of camera crews to report from storms, which I'm not, I'd choose the viewers. It's all about serving us up in big numbers for advertisers. If we "vote" with our remotes and tell them why, it'll change.

[Baclava]

8. Trying to out do TWC for disaster porn ratings, meanwhile, sun is out in South FL

Joggers and bike riders dodge news crews from TWC & CNN still in their rain slickers, people driving by yell "get out of the street"

[Javaman]

9. we have entered into the era of disaster porn.

forget the poor people who are losing their homes, forget the pets that have tied to trees, forget the property damage and lives ruined. forget about the first responders risking their lives.

We want to watch asshole reporters earn their paychecks by doing very stupid things during massive destruction brought on by climate change (which will go unsaid).

We want to see flying objects, the bigger the better.

We want to see flooded streets, the more raging the better.

We want to see collapsed buildings, the more damaged the better.

people are a side note, they are removed from the psyche purposely.

this is the new porn.

like homer simpson once commented about something bad happening to someone else, "it's funny because it's not me".

for most of the nation, people sat glued to their TV's, some out of true concern for loved ones they have in the way of these storms, but for the vast majority? they want to see cool shit get destroyed then move on, and forget about it later when the bodies are recovered.

we are a disgusting species.