>>The key is to surviving any category of hurricane is to stay close to a CNNreporter. While people die and are stranded in flooded areas, for some reason they are immune, somehow manage to find a building that isn't flattened and can come and go as they please. What's up with that?
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>First, it's mainly phoney. They find a nice windy place and yell to be let on the air.
>Then they worm their way (probably some $$$ along the way and/or promises to get on TV) with "first responders" to tag along with them and get the 'benefits' that they have too.
>Finally, the actual desk reader continually repeats "Stay Safe", "Man, I hope you're worryng about your own safety" and similar to make it seem like they are surrounded by danger.
>Less problematic than faking a moon walk < s >

You mean there could be guys surrounding them with buckets of water just in case there's not enough? <g>