Anderson Cooper is Going to Die

[Jack_Dawson]

Did anyone see that segment??? Dude almost blew away w/ 60 mph winds. Are they going to leave him out there for the 140 mph variety? They'll find him in Nashville.

Aaron Brown Newsnight.

Good Lord.

[maveric]

1. So are you going to leave us hanging here?

Another one of these?

[Jack_Dawson]

12. I finished!

[mmonk]

2. ?

[shawmut]

3. I saw that! Anderson looks like he's going to blow away soon

:o

[Demonaut]

4. I hope he left a note about "whistle ass"....just a thought

[Jack_Dawson]

5. Windiest live shot since Geraldo

That was awesome. It's only gonna get worse.

[Eloriel]

6. I was worried about him too

In fact, wherever he was didn't seem at all safe. (What city? -- I missed that.)

[Jack_Dawson]

7. Mo-BEEL

[napi21]

8. How much do you have to need your job to do this shit?

I understand the reporters going to vietnam and iraq to get a story, but this isn't a story, this is craziness to get crazy people to watch someone in trouble.

Why would a reporter do this job?

[Jack_Dawson]

9. I think it'd be fun, personally

But I have a thing about weather. There ain't NO way you'd find me walking around Baghdad...

[napi21]

11. I understand the thrill of risk, and that's fine, but I don't think that's

what's going on here. This guy has his own show on CNN. Somehow I doubt he's doing this because he wam't to be there.

[Jack_Dawson]

13. k!

:kick:

[Jack_Dawson]

10. Anderson's coming up again

This is morbidly entertaining

[Booster]

14. The thing that kept going through my mind was

ok the wind almost knocked him over a few times, but they can't control what's flying around and if something, anything, hit him in the head, he would be one dead reporter. I can't believe their insurance company would allow such a stunt.

[SayitAintSo]

15. I'm waiting for some flying debris to wack one of these guys on the air...

I think about that every time I see them braving the elements ...

[teach1st]

17. Happened in Florida during Frances...

..one of the raincoat people got hit on the head by an errant piece of a palm tree during a live broadcast.

It was just a glancing blow.

[SayitAintSo]

19. That would be pretty funny to see - if no one got really hurt ...

LOL .... I bet they about wet themselves ....

[Jack_Dawson]

20. They are wacko

I used to intern in that profession. Believe me they are not well.

[AngryOldDem]

21. Almost Happened to Weather Channel Chick

....reporting from some hotel. Piece of metal or aluminum siding came very close to taking out both her and the camera crew. If that would have hit them, it would have been bad indeed.

[qanda]

16. I had to turn it off

I was very afraid for him. I have sworn off cable news but the voyeur in me comes out for storms. However, what Anderson Cooper was doing was just plain stoopid!

[Jack_Dawson]

18. Is he over 170 lbs?

Perhaps they should get a more solid reporter out there...

[Bake]

22. Kinda like "extreme sports", it's the exhilaration

But at this point, please, Anderson, GO INSIDE!!! He's hanging onto a planter to keep from blowing away. And the winds aren't anywhere near what they're going to get to in another hour or two!!

Bake

[gatorboy]

23. Why do they have Cooper out there anyway???

They usually send out the expendables during the hurricanes. :D

It's kinda like Star Trek. You always know the nobody sent down to the planet with the regular crew is the one that's gonna get it. LOL!

[crispini]

24. JUST GO INSIDE.

I think that planter is starting to move.

[Bake]

25. The weather guy can't stand up. He's on his KNEES.

And hanging onto the planter. Which, by the way, is about a 500 pound FIXTURE. He's on his knees.

GO INSIDE, PLEASE!!!

Kinda like a train wreck, I have to watch!

Bake

[RamboLiberal]

26. I don't care about Anderson, but MSNBC has Ron Reagan there

and damn they better not get him injured! Just saw him reporting from hurricane area on Olbermans show.

[LizW]

27. The reporters in Mobile are getting buffeted

like crazy. Weather Channel girl was bouncing all over.

The guy in New Orleans looked fine. He seemed to be right downtown and it wasn't even raining.

Our local ABC station has some guys right on the barrier island at Gulf Shores. They aren't able to send any pictures back anymore, but the audio is awesome. They are less than 3 miles from the coast!

:scared:

[Endangered Specie]

28. Anytime a CNN reporter wants to stare down the business end

of a big ass hurricane, well lets just say I won't los any sleep.