NPR's Eric Deggans worries about the safety of TV Weather reporters as they brave dangerous storm conditions to deliver news.
Reporting for The Weather Channel, Cantore is a storm chasing legend and he didn't disappoint during reports on Ian, holding onto a street sign while the wind bent back a stop sign. He shrugged off the danger once he regained his footing, heading to a safer spot to continue his reporting.I get why this happens.
It's tough to send a message that people in affected areas should hunker down at home, when TV channels are filled with footage of reporters out in the driving storm, pointing out striking weather moments. Anderson Cooper's CNN show featured a report from a journalist from at a Florida station noting he was able to stand in the elements because he was next to a sturdy fire station. Still, it's tough to send a message that people in affected areas should hunker down at home, when TV channels are filled with footage of reporters out in the driving storm, pointing out striking weather moments.
I wasn't in the hurricane as this was taking place; I had traveled to Atlanta from my home in St. Petersburg after a mandatory evacuation was declared, fearful of getting caught in a flood with my 13-year-old dog. So the TV reports were a lifeline to friends, family and my neighborhood; I really didn't want to see someone get seriously hurt in a place that I love doing something no one in a hurricane should be doing.
This is an old debate and one the TV news industry seems to have already decided. Cantore stumbling on a tree branch won't be enough; until a reporter is seriously injured doing this kind of reporting, it will continue. And I will always wish they were more careful.
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