Weather Channel liveblogging: Ike edition
18:15
Ah ha ha. Stephanie Abrams in Galveston just made her cameraman pull back and show the whole area where she's standing, which is apparently a long sloping hill quite high above the beach. But the way they frame her closeup, all you can see is waves directly behind her, and dozens of people had emailed the Weather Channel, concerned about her safety.
Well, she said "concerned." I'm imagining a lot of the emails ran more along the lines of, "Are you people insane? Get that woman off the beach before she gets swallowed or a street sign knocks her block off!"
I swear, if she's broadcasting at 2 a.m. clinging to the top of a streetlight pole, water swirling around her feet...
18:45Weather Channel Announcer: "We'll be back with more special edition storm coverage and we'll show you just how much danger these areas are in, in a minute."
TV ad voiceover: "All around the world, men with erectile dysfunction have taken 36-hour [name of drug]"...
O.o It just seems wrong, somehow. Shouldn't they be sponsored by Homeland Security PSAs all weekend or something? Oh, okay, there's one for windshield wiper blades - at least that's relevant.
18:50
I was just looking out the window thinking it shouldn't be this dark at 6:30, and I'd better get out soon if I want to take my walk, when the skies OPENED UP. We're not supposed to get the storms until late tomorrow. Hello. I can't even see across the street!
Kansas and Missouri are having tornadoes and flooding, so I'm thinking about you folks as well!
ETA: Jorma Duran, put your hood up, dude. It looks like a camel just sneezed on your face.
Ooh. Times I've heard Michael Phelps' name invoked so far: 2. ("Michael Phelps himself could not outswim that surge...")
Ah ha ha. Stephanie Abrams in Galveston just made her cameraman pull back and show the whole area where she's standing, which is apparently a long sloping hill quite high above the beach. But the way they frame her closeup, all you can see is waves directly behind her, and dozens of people had emailed the Weather Channel, concerned about her safety.
Well, she said "concerned." I'm imagining a lot of the emails ran more along the lines of, "Are you people insane? Get that woman off the beach before she gets swallowed or a street sign knocks her block off!"
I swear, if she's broadcasting at 2 a.m. clinging to the top of a streetlight pole, water swirling around her feet...
18:45Weather Channel Announcer: "We'll be back with more special edition storm coverage and we'll show you just how much danger these areas are in, in a minute."
TV ad voiceover: "All around the world, men with erectile dysfunction have taken 36-hour [name of drug]"...
O.o It just seems wrong, somehow. Shouldn't they be sponsored by Homeland Security PSAs all weekend or something? Oh, okay, there's one for windshield wiper blades - at least that's relevant.
18:50
I was just looking out the window thinking it shouldn't be this dark at 6:30, and I'd better get out soon if I want to take my walk, when the skies OPENED UP. We're not supposed to get the storms until late tomorrow. Hello. I can't even see across the street!
Kansas and Missouri are having tornadoes and flooding, so I'm thinking about you folks as well!
ETA: Jorma Duran, put your hood up, dude. It looks like a camel just sneezed on your face.
Ooh. Times I've heard Michael Phelps' name invoked so far: 2. ("Michael Phelps himself could not outswim that surge...")