Slight Cold Front

I’m just wondering why it is you weather people feel compelled to go and stand at the site before you can tell us it rained so much the street flooded.   

Why on Earth do you need to be standing in ankle-deep water and then have the cameraman zoom down at your submerged feet?

When did weather become a contact sport?

Go ahead and stay in the studio, stand in front of the big wall map and point with your finger.

“Here folks, it is raining here and some of the streets are flooded.”

We all just got the same information and you didn’t have to fly a crew out to the site for a 4 second shot.   

Now because you saved all of that money by staying in the studio there is no need to bombard us with 18 more commercials trying to pay for it all.

And here’s a hint, you can do the same thing with snow, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, wild fires, and springtime flowers.   

We all live right here on the same planet, we are well aware there will be thunder storms, so just point to the map if you feel so compelled, and look into the camera and read the cue card. 

“If you’re in Kansas City right now you’re going to want to take cover.”

Don’t send some poor news team out there to be blown around, get soaking wet and then congratulate each other on such a fine reporting job, because it isn’t.

It’s stupid.

OK, I’m done now.

Thanks