Topic: Can you fake a storm?

[chief-david]

From Paul Douglas:Star tribune.com

http://www.startribune.com/blogs/154178035.html

Article with video
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/899966-bungling-news-reporter-caught-faking-sandstorm-after-missing-event

TV Weather Reporter Caught Faking Storm During Live Broadcast (Video). Oops! I've been trying to do this with a tornado for years now, but no luck. Hey, it's all about the ratings, right? Think we can fake a stunningly beautiful Memorial Day Weekend? Check out the fake sandstorm video from Yahoo News; here's an excerpt: "A Romanian TV weatherman has put a new spin on the phrase "having sand kicked in your face," after he was caught faking a storm during a live news report. The Metro reports that the reporter was filing a story about heavy winds along the Black Sea coast, which were gusting at more than 60 mph. At least, the winds were blowing that hard before the weatherman began filing his report. But by the time he went live, the winds had apparently died down. So in an attempt to recreate the stormy conditions, the reporter had a production assistant begin kicking sand in his direction. The reporter then told viewers, "The wind blows with incredible power; there are moments when it is impossible to stand up here. The wind blows the sand at over 60 km per hour. It blew away the beach umbrellas and the tourists had to leave in a hurry."

[Skywatch]

Have you ever watched Beyond Belief Fact or Fiction on Chiller? They had a story just like this where this weather guy was coming up with all these wild and false weather predictions for the same purpose to improve ratings. And his last prediction was a tornado. The night the tornado was predicted it was clear and calm as the weather man was on the road. A storm develops out of no where spawning a tornado that took the life of the weather man. Now I'm sure some parts of that story are urban legands but sounds like what your describing.

[Old Tele man]

...what "...goes around..." goes around and around (tornado).