I'm watching coverage of Ike, worrying about friends and family [and XMarkers] in the Galveston/Houston corridor. WHY do the news bureaus have these reporters out in the storm, getting battered with rain, trying to hang on to a tree and avoid that car that's flying past? How stupid do they think we are?

Producers: We get it!
  • It's raining really hard.
  • The wind is blowing really hard and stuff is blowing all about.
  • The waves are crashing on shore.
  • The streets are flooding.
  • The power's gone out.
  • It's a dangerous situation.


Producers: You don't have to endanger the reporters. We don't need a visual.