I think there's something about being "on-camera" that compels people to narrate what they see. This is why so many home videos have that "running dialog" by the camera operator. What is truly bizarre is how they feel the need to torture the people in their weather department by placing them in really bad (sometimes dangerous) weather to report on that weather.

Just watch when a hurricane is about to hit the coast. They always stick some poor soul out there so they can be pelted by heavy rains and 60MPH Winds. It's a wonder that I haven't seen one of these people get maimed or killed.

Well, I can't imagine the weather people hate it THAT much, and they actually DO have safety measures in place. In any case, if they hated it that much they probably could refuse to do it. While meterologists aren't in high demand it certainly wouldn't be that difficult, I would think, to find another job.

Originally posted by Snover Well, I can't imagine the weather people hate it THAT much,

Well, I'm certain that for the first few minutes, it's quite fascinating. After that survival instincts start kicking in and brain says "Get of here!", but they still have to do their reports.

...and they actually DO have safety measures in place.

*heh* I'm sure they do. But nature is hardly controllable. All you need is a "stop" sign flying into their face to make that evident.

In any case, if they hated it that much they probably could refuse to do it. While meterologists aren't in high demand it certainly wouldn't be that difficult, I would think, to find another job.

I'm certain that if one doesn't want to do it, there's another they have that would. Like I said, it's fascinating at first. It's just crazy to hang around there all day for updates.