Top 10 Reporters vs. Hurricanes

1 A Look at the Forecast

Hurricane season is a time to board up the house, gather emergency supplies and gear up to watch meteorologists do ill-advised live reporting



2 Miami, Hold On
 Marcel Marceau, move over: the Weather Channel's Jeff Morrow does the best "man walking into the wind" we've seen in a long time. It helps that the wind is that of Hurricane Wilma, which blasted across Florida in 2005. Getting pushed around by Mother Nature seems to be a hobby of Morrow's; he positively relishes being knocked around by Hurricane Dennis in this clip from the same year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzvAZgiBoKU


3 An Intimate Embrace
BREAKING: We interrupt our coverage of Hurricane Frances to bring you some morning-TV-show banter. While reporting from a Florida marina for the Weather Channel, Mike Seidel welcomes guest host Al Roker, who clings to Seidel in the 70-m.p.h. winds as the duo trade such jibes as, "I'm glad you showered this morning, Al" and this tongue-in-cheek exchange about the Marina club's previously scheduled entertainment: "Great for you to stop by ... We're going to stick it out for that band," to which Roker replies, "I see you've got Sunday jazz from 4-10 here." Best moment: a synchronized "Whoa!" as a sudden gust brings Seidel to his knees. But we all know it takes a lot more than that to bring down Al Roker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBv7JAoisn0

4 Geraldo Doesn't Go Down That Easy



Lucky for Geraldo Rivera, when "he takes a licking," he "keeps on ticking." This wave-induced somersault that Rivera took in Galveston, Texas, during Hurricane Ike became historic youtube fodder. Rivera, no stranger to on-air calamity, keeps his cool and spends the next few minutes laughing about how dirty the water is while the rest of Fox News is a little more concerned about his safety while on live television. Score: Rivera, 1; Nature's Fury, 0. If only Ike had thrown a chair at him.

5 Points for Effort




Brian Andrews, at CNN affiliate WFOR in New Orleans, fears neither hurricane nor garbage can. Andrews ventures into Katrina's howling maelstrom like a Navy SEAL in yellow rain gear, taking off in a crouching run before seeking cover behind a curbside garbage can — throwing debris for demonstration, wiping out, cursing after wiping out and finally deciding it's time to head inside. Nice job, Brian. Too bad this CNN anchor called you out with "points for effort, if not using your smarts so much."


6 A Close Call

This one could have been a lot worse. Reporting from the seaward end of a not-too-sturdy wooden dock in the teeth of Hurricane Ike, this reporter realized almost too late it was time to get out of Dodge before being swept away by the massive waves. The smartest statement from his report: "Probably time for me to go ahead and move up here." But he does get points for the coolly matter-of-fact "and there goes the one step."


7 A Heck of a Gust


We may never know what happened a "couple of hours ago," but we do commend this correspondent of the Weather Channel on his ability to jump right back to the camera after an especially strong blast of wind from 2008's Hurricane Ike sent him reeling. Good thing that bush was there.


8 Put Some Ice on It


Where's Al Roker when you need him? While he can trade quips with the best of them in the teeth of a hurricane, meteorologist Mike Seidel does not do well in cold climates. Not only did he seriously injure himself during a shoot in Green Bay, Wis., but he also has a habit of snow-and-ice-related accidents: note this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9kfZArLzTs&feature=channel
of him tripping in a Boston snowbank and choking on a snowflake in Mayville, N.Y.



9 Careful You Don't Drown


It wasn't a hurricane, but the residents of Wayne, N.J., woke up to a reality just as dire: MSNBC's Michelle Kosinski paddling a canoe through floods — devastating, incapacitating floods of the Passaic River that left this idyllic suburban community submerged beneath at least ... six inches of water. A couple of dudes walking in front of the camera as Kosinski gamely paddles her way across the bounding main puts the crisis into perspective: the flooding is ankle deep. Hey, at least the passers-by weren't frolicking.



10 Hit by a Parked Car




The Weather Channel's Julie Martin had a bit of car trouble while reporting on Hurricane Dolly from South Padre Island, Texas, in July 2008. After Martin tells viewers how the storm's strong winds blew out the rear window of the crew's SUV, a gust of wind blows Martin right into said vehicle. Extra credit for the cameraman for keeping Martin in the shot the whole time.


11 Now That's Teamwork


It's gonna take a lot more than a little flying debris to stop Stephanie Abrams and her Weather Channel posse. While reporting from New Smyrna Beach in Florida as Hurricane Frances hit in 2004, Abrams & Co. skillfully dodge a piece of roof chasing after them.

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