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When to say no?

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ChiefEngineer

After seeing Steve Bray and CH 8 off I 74 I heard the anchor note how this would be a problem with management when they got back to the station.

I wonder if management pulls all the crews off the road when it's too nasty to drive? How is this the fault of their crew when at least 10 other cars were off the road in the same area?
 
Possibly the anchor was trying to be humorous and you took it the wrong way.

Insurance companies have tightened up on fleet drivers, even requiring certified training.

Managers who place station employees and property in harm's way won't last long any more.
 
Years ago when I pulled the plug on a remote during lightning and dropped the Wilburt mast to the top of the van I took lots of heat.

The storm passed and we made up the breaks.They didn't loose any money and the van ended up being at the remote an extra hour. The jock was mad because he didn't want to be at the site.

The jock was griping back at the station to the owner. He also talked about the lightning hitting an electrical pole 100 feet from the van.

If he hadn't included that fact things would have gone worse.

The famous Al Roker in a hurricane and other similar events crossed my mind this morning. Fortunately the van was just pulled back onto the road. The truck to get the van on the road ran into the ditch and had to get out prior to pulling the van out. No one was hurt.
 
The tv people tend to tell other people to stay off the roads to avoid the wrath of the white death. Meanwhile they send their fleets of vehicles out to give us "team coverage" while they crank up their super doppler 1000 storm team tracker radar to look at the snow as they try to use the word "track" at least 10 times per minute.
 
The NBC affiliate in Louisville now has the ability to do a live shot while in motion. So what do they do? They send a reporter and camera out to drive around town to show us how dangerous the streets are and why OTHER people should not be out in it. If wonder if they think the laws of physics do not apply to their news vehicle? I keep waiting for them to do a 360 while doing one of these stupid live shots, too.
 
Bengalsfan said:
I keep waiting for them to do a 360 while doing one of these stupid live shots, too.
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When that happens, it will eventually show up on one of the TWC weather documentaries...and all of us weather aficionados will be diggin' it.
 
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