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20. He was only stationed in Dallas

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #9)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 11:43 AM

Aug 2023

Because he made his name in Carla. He was called up to New York and then sent to be the chief of the southwest bureau in Dallas...just in time for JFK's assassination.

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Reporters do not need to stand outside in hurricanes. [View all] madaboutharry Aug 2023 OP

Are you not entertained? Renew Deal Aug 2023 #1

Weather porn. honest.abe Aug 2023 #2

You don't need to watch them. brooklynite Aug 2023 #3

Lash them to a tree and make them stay there Effete Snob Aug 2023 #4

LOL +1 Emile Aug 2023 #10

CBS News just showed a reporter standing in floodwater by a canal, highplainsdem Aug 2023 #5

They should warn the Magas not to swim there. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #16

I think Dan Rather was the first, clinging to a street sign IIRC bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #6

It has always been this way since the technology to put a live camera on the air Liberal In Texas Aug 2023 #7

It started with Dan Rather reporting on Carla 1n 1962. ananda Aug 2023 #8

I thought it was because he was a reporter in Dallas madaboutharry Aug 2023 #9

He was only stationed in Dallas ITAL Aug 2023 #20

Thanks for the information. madaboutharry Aug 2023 #21

At least back then it was only broadcast during the local evening news. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #17

I want to see the Local Weather Bimbo out in the storm RainCaster Aug 2023 #11

Bimbo is a very sexist term. madaboutharry Aug 2023 #12

Bimbo is also a relatively cheap bakery brand in the SW region. haele Aug 2023 #28

I have this image Sympthsical Aug 2023 #13

The term is meteorologist. nolabear Aug 2023 #24

I prefer a real meteorologist, but I am iritated by the local stations on weekends RainCaster Aug 2023 #27

Bimbo? MineralMan Aug 2023 #26

Ron White on Hurricanes: MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2023 #14

They are not the only ones doing it. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #15

Yeah, I never got that. TSExile Aug 2023 #18

I was watching MSNBC when Idalia was making landfall. Moosepoop Aug 2023 #19

Idiocracy Lives! Xoan Aug 2023 #22

If everyone would turn that shit off, they wouldn't do it. Mariana Aug 2023 #23

You have a remote, don't you? Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #25