Hurricane Milton

Landfall is looking like Sarasota in less than an hour.

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:


No need. It’s pretty well known in these parts.

I’ll take “what’s the least amount of ink a sharpie would ever need to expend for $1000 Alex.”

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:


No need. It’s pretty well known in these parts.

I’ll take “what’s the least amount of ink a sharpie would ever need to expend for $1000 Alex.”

Ran out of room and had to write the rest of the numbers on the other side ?

TWC is doing their live looks and they have just cut to shot of guy getting pounded by rain. In the background the house has their sprinklers on.

Nordic wrote:TWC is doing their live looks and they have just cut to shot of guy getting pounded by rain. In the background the house has their sprinklers on.

Those aren’t sprinklers. They’re freedom juice dispensers.

Do we need this dipshit on TWC telling everyone how to survive and be safe in a hurricane while doing exactly the opposite of what you should to survive and be safe during a hurricane?

kingstonlake wrote:Do we need this dipshit on TWC telling everyone how to survive and be safe in a hurricane while doing exactly the opposite of what you should to survive and be safe during a hurricane?

I've always found it funny when the TWC or other national media are speaking to the residents going through these storms.  Bro, no one in the areas that these storms are headed for, and certainly not once it's hitting, are watching you.  Not because they don't have power/cable/internet, but because they're watching their local stations.  In a time like this, you want the local knowledge and locally relevant information that Jim Cantore can't provide.

But the national media does serve to make my friends and family elsewhere in the country think that everyone in the entire state is going to die even when its hitting nowhere near me.  So there's that.  

FWIW, I'm watching the Weather Channel because we aren't getting much of anything here to pay attention to.

kingstonlake wrote:Do we need this dipshit on TWC telling everyone how to survive and be safe in a hurricane while doing exactly the opposite of what you should to survive and be safe during a hurricane?

I can’t stop watching these dipshits.

tGreenWay wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Did you write your name on your dick with sharpie ?

No need. It’s pretty well known in these parts.

The sharpie?

Come on. Who asked for this?

duffy munn wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:


No need. It’s pretty well known in these parts.

The sharpie?

Definitely the easier one to spot

Posting from the left coast.
After the rain/tornados/125+ mph winds tonight rolling across FL, there are going to be at least 1M people who won’t be able to find and afford homeowners/renter insurance after these two once in a century storms 2 weeks apart.

Tropicana Field. Wow.

AP wrote:Though the deadly storm surge feared for Tampa appears not to have materialized...

Thank goodness.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Tropicana Field. Wow.

I never realized it was a soft top until this happened. Maybe because it's flat and not like the Silverdome, etc.

It does make me remember the Silverdome's roof collapsing from snow in the 80s.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Tropicana Field. Wow.

I never realized it was a soft top until this happened. Maybe because it's flat and not like the Silverdome, etc.

It does make me remember the Silverdome's roof collapsing from snow in the 80s.

I remember that very well, too. The Pistons were playing in the Silverdome, of course, but when the roof collapsed I actually went to a playoff game (against the Knicks or Nets?) held at Joe Louis.

It fared better than the Tropicana in Las Vegas yesterday….

kingstonlake wrote:It fared better than the Tropicana in Las Vegas yesterday….

Someone on the demo crew might have gotten the wrong address.

Good

FEMA spent nearly half its disaster budget in just 8 days

The Pantry wrote:FEMA spent nearly half its disaster budget in just 8 days

These FEMA stories are out of control with misleading info. The $20B budget that took effect on Oct. 1 was a temporary stop gap while congress is on vacation (or whatever they do for months on end). The official budget will be approved when they get back from jerking off and likely be $33B+ (based on a source a few weeks ago).

Some of these articles are just intentionally misleading. Some are just poor journalism. This one seems like the later.

kingstonlake wrote:Good

What a dumbass. At the TWC guys/gals put themselves in semi-controlled areas that look menacing for TV. Yesterday two also had on PPE.

Anderson is a talking head studio blowhard that probably doesn’t know shit about the weather or live action shots. He looks like he has a winter coat on for fucks sake. Click whore.

I don’t think that Anderson cooper has a ton of say in any of those things. He just goes on tv when and where they tell him.

He might have some say over the coat

Why is this good Travis?

Pretty clear no other network is set up to cover storms like TWC.

duffy munn wrote:Why is this good Travis?

What? I was just saying calling him a click whore who doesn’t know anything about the weather…. Like I don’t think this is his call

Nordic wrote:

kingstonlake wrote:Good

What a dumbass. At the TWC guys/gals put themselves in semi-controlled areas that look menacing for TV. Yesterday two also had on PPE.

Anderson is a talking head studio blowhard that probably doesn’t know shit about the weather or live action shots. He looks like he has a winter coat on for fucks sake. Click whore.

He knows a bit, TBF.  It was covering hurricanes, out in the elements like he was last night, that launched him to the national prominence.  He was nicknamed The Storm Stud on the interwebs, because the ladies swooned (before he was well known enough for people to know he was gay, NTTAWWT).

Doesn't make what he was doing smart, but he's been through it before.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

duffy munn wrote:Why is this good Travis?

What? I was just saying calling him a click whore who doesn’t know anything about the weather…. Like I don’t think this is his call

He's one of CNN's top personalities, if not THE top. It's his choice to be out there.

In general, I don't believe media companies force anyone to cover these things like that. They do it for the cred, and to further their careers. Same with war zones. I could be wrong, but I always thought with younger reporters it's maybe an expectation to pay your dues and it might hurt you if you don't. But I'm not sure they're forced. And definitely not when it comes to the prime time anchors.

Nordic wrote:

The Pantry wrote:FEMA spent nearly half its disaster budget in just 8 days

These FEMA stories are out of control with misleading info. The $20B budget that took effect on Oct. 1 was a temporary stop gap while congress is on vacation (or whatever they do for months on end). The official budget will be approved when they get back from jerking off and likely be $33B+ (based on a source a few weeks ago).

Some of these articles are just intentionally misleading. Some are just poor journalism. This one seems like the later.

Exactly. Sensationlism at its finest. And it leads to the crackpot conspiracy theories that put people in danger. But it gets clicks, so that's all that matters.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:
What? I was just saying calling him a click whore who doesn’t know anything about the weather…. Like I don’t think this is his call

He's one of CNN's top personalities, if not THE top.  It's his choice to be out there.

In general, I don't believe media companies force anyone to cover these things like that. They do it for the cred, and to further their careers.  Same with war zones.  I could be wrong, but I always thought with younger reporters it's maybe an expectation to pay your dues and it might hurt you if you don't.  But I'm not sure they're forced.  And definitely not when it comes to the prime time anchors.

Fine but is picking the spot and whatnot in that fine of detail? I dunno but I doubt that. Big whatever to me, just watch a different channel. Or skip cable news altogether

MiamiSpartan wrote:

Nordic wrote:

What a dumbass. At the TWC guys/gals put themselves in semi-controlled areas that look menacing for TV. Yesterday two also had on PPE.

Anderson is a talking head studio blowhard that probably doesn’t know shit about the weather or live action shots. He looks like he has a winter coat on for fucks sake. Click whore.

He knows a bit, TBF.  It was covering hurricanes, out in the elements like he was last night, that launched him to the national prominence.  He was nicknamed The Storm Stud on the interwebs, because the ladies swooned (before he was well known enough for people to know he was gay, NTTAWWT).

Doesn't make what he was doing smart, but he's been through it before.

IIRC, Cooper earned his street cred reporting on the first Iraq War. He went there on his own, not long out of college, I think, and filed reports for any news org wanting a personalized report.
The whole hurricane coverage is ridiculous. It became a badge of courage among reporters and anchors after networks got their butts kicked in coverage by Hurricane Dan Rather.
I’ve said for a long time it’s only a matter of time before one of the reporters gets killed from flying debris. Cooper was lucky it wasn’t a piece of metal that clocked him.
You want video? Fine. Stick cams out there. But reporters add nothing being in the field during the storm itself and as has already been said, we all think they’re morans for doing what they’re telling others not to do.
The same can be said here in the north during massive snowstorms.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

Nordic wrote:

What a dumbass. At the TWC guys/gals put themselves in semi-controlled areas that look menacing for TV. Yesterday two also had on PPE.

Anderson is a talking head studio blowhard that probably doesn’t know shit about the weather or live action shots. He looks like he has a winter coat on for fucks sake. Click whore.

He knows a bit, TBF.  It was covering hurricanes, out in the elements like he was last night, that launched him to the national prominence.  He was nicknamed The Storm Stud on the interwebs, because the ladies swooned (before he was well known enough for people to know he was gay, NTTAWWT).

Doesn't make what he was doing smart, but he's been through it before.

Wrong. He made his name on The Mole.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

duffy munn wrote:Why is this good Travis?

What? I was just saying calling him a click whore who doesn’t know anything about the weather…. Like I don’t think this is his call

I'm pretty sure he could tell CNN he is not standing outside in the middle of hurricane. Maybe I was little hyperbolic, but I think his days of having to live action report to cut his teeth are behind him. It was his choice.

My apologies for upsetting the Anderson Cooper Fan Club.

Nordic wrote:

MiamiSpartan wrote:
He knows a bit, TBF.  It was covering hurricanes, out in the elements like he was last night, that launched him to the national prominence.  He was nicknamed The Storm Stud on the interwebs, because the ladies swooned (before he was well known enough for people to know he was gay, NTTAWWT).

Doesn't make what he was doing smart, but he's been through it before.

Wrong. He made his name on The Mole.

I remember watching that. I think that was before he became the storm stud, but a fair point.

tGreenWay wrote:

MiamiSpartan wrote:
He knows a bit, TBF.  It was covering hurricanes, out in the elements like he was last night, that launched him to the national prominence.  He was nicknamed The Storm Stud on the interwebs, because the ladies swooned (before he was well known enough for people to know he was gay, NTTAWWT).

Doesn't make what he was doing smart, but he's been through it before.

IIRC, Cooper earned his street cred reporting on the first Iraq War. He went there on his own, not long out of college, I think, and filed reports for any news org wanting a personalized report.
The whole hurricane coverage is ridiculous. It became a badge of courage among reporters and anchors after networks got their butts kicked in coverage by Hurricane Dan Rather.
I’ve said for a long time it’s only a matter of time before one of the reporters gets killed from flying debris. Cooper was lucky it wasn’t a piece of metal that clocked him.
You want video? Fine. Stick cams out there. But reporters add nothing being in the field during the storm itself and as has already been said, we all think they’re morans for doing what they’re telling others not to do.
The same can be said here in the north during massive snowstorms.

It's made even worse by the social media influencers wanting views. Not just storm chasers, but I heard about random influences heading to Tampa. It really is a matter of time before someone trying to get the most dramatic shot possible ends up dying in the process.

DWags wrote:I like Anderson Cooper.  But last night when he was on a bridge with rushing water rising I turned the channel.  The fuck?  Not needed.  We get it. It was a horrible night and there was a lot of tragedy going around all about him.  


But he’s been in the show business end of this way too too long, and he knows how to get a raise out of you   At that point, the wife and I just said fuck it  

I used to like him. But the later has definitely tilted my view.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

Nordic wrote:

Wrong. He made his name on The Mole.

I remember watching that.  I think that was before he became the storm stud, but a fair point.  

tWife and I loved it and he was an excellent host. Sadly it only lasted on season :(. I remember seeing him move to reporter on CNN in the early days and saying, "hey that's the dude from the Mole!". I don't recall him being a weather guy/storm chaser. But (to his credit) he has taken on a lot of jobs. I don't recall "The Storm Stud" moniker. I'll take your word for it . But if I'm looking for weather/hurricane news, I'm not looking to Anderson Cooper.

For the last however many years, I've only seen him as CNN talking head and 60 Minutes reporter. The later I respect, the former I do not (just like the shitbirds on FoxNews).

And again, if you watch TWC's anchors closely, they in a semi-protected environment with chaos shots behind them. He seemed to be blindly out in the chaos without proper gear.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:



IIRC, Cooper earned his street cred reporting on the first Iraq War. He went there on his own, not long out of college, I think, and filed reports for any news org wanting a personalized report.
The whole hurricane coverage is ridiculous. It became a badge of courage among reporters and anchors after networks got their butts kicked in coverage by Hurricane Dan Rather.
I’ve said for a long time it’s only a matter of time before one of the reporters gets killed from flying debris. Cooper was lucky it wasn’t a piece of metal that clocked him.
You want video? Fine. Stick cams out there. But reporters add nothing being in the field during the storm itself and as has already been said, we all think they’re morans for doing what they’re telling others not to do.
The same can be said here in the north during massive snowstorms.

It's made even worse by the social media influencers wanting views. Not just storm chasers, but I heard about random influences heading to Tampa. It really is a matter of time before someone trying to get the most dramatic shot possible ends up dying in the process.