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Interesting to note the differences in protective gear for Weather Channel reporters during hurricane Laura coverage. Same area, I believe it is the Golden Nugget hotel in Lake Charles, but in the first shot Jim Cantore gets a kevlar helmet, flak jacket, and safety glasses for his shots out in the parking lot.









Meanwhile, Stephanie Abrams gets a baseball cap to protect herself from glass and tree limbs raining down on her from above as she reports on the steps outside the hotel.








Both reporters reaffirmed the stupidity of trying to stand out in hurricane force winds and do anything, other than try and remain standing in one spot. I wonder if the choice in protective gear was personnel, or decided by someone at TWC? Whose contract is worth more?

I was watching that live.

Only thing I can say about Stephanie is she's been with TWC for something like 15 or 20 years now.

Of course...Cantore has been there longer.

That said...I shut it off not long after this...but from the few pictures I saw this morning Lake Charles (and all areas between there and the coast) took a hell of a beating.

I messaged Tom last night; he didn't seem terribly concerned. I think MSY escaped most everything Laura had.

My daughter and friends in Houston said no rain or wind at all.

I cannot understand the purpose of showing weather people in hurricane. Yeah, it's raining and windy. Duh. But, it IS the Weather Channel... the same idiots who give routine winter storms names. I haven't watched the Weather Channel in nearly 20 years. Are they still trying to scare the shit out of viewers on a daily basis?

Seems they have an slogan for just about everything. Turn around don't drown, etc., you think they would have one for standing out in hurricane strength winds.