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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #105 on: September 13, 2008, 12:13:55 AM »
Yeah, it seems like all this hurricane coverage is wearing on him...
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #106 on: September 13, 2008, 12:25:57 AM »
Of course, we can only speculate that things are beginning to wear on him. Who knows what else could be going on. Maybe there's a familial problem or something. Or maybe there's some other reason for his issues of late. Whatever the reason, it sure is sad to see him so disgruntled. His enthusiasm in the field was (to me) what makes his reporting so good (we all remember how overjoyed he was to hear thundersnow, don't we?!). Its almost hard to watch him like this.

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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #107 on: September 13, 2008, 12:57:59 AM »
Is Mike Seidel not in HD? They just showed a shot of Mike out there on one of the big LCD TVs in studio, and the HD windowbox bars were present.
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #108 on: September 13, 2008, 01:01:41 AM »
And Paul is still hanging in there for the 1 AM ET hour with Sharon. You can tell his voice is starting to go. Are Adam and Rich not available tonight?
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #109 on: September 13, 2008, 01:07:02 AM »
I wonder if Adam is getting the "rookie" treatment and not being considered high-ranking enough to cover a landfall. If so, that's kind of a shame. Rich is probably being saved for the next hour.

No, Mike Seidel is not in HD. I think they currently only have one or two HD trucks/uplinks available.
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #110 on: September 13, 2008, 01:14:08 AM »
Adam has just joined the Storm Alert gang! Now they have 3 OCMs!
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #111 on: September 13, 2008, 01:58:10 AM »
Dr. Lyons just said, "Back to you, Paul, Alexandra." I guess he works by word association. :P
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #112 on: September 13, 2008, 02:01:55 AM »
WTF? Now Paul and Rich?

Let Paul off for cryin' out loud! The poor man can barely talk!
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #113 on: September 13, 2008, 02:06:14 AM »
I say let Paul get some rest. Usually, he signs off at 11:00. I feel for him. They needed to have Rich and Sharon on at midnight.

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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #114 on: September 13, 2008, 02:12:55 AM »
Why won't they just let Adam host the show? He's there, but apparently the powers that be don't want him to be at the forefront of their coverage.
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #115 on: September 13, 2008, 02:23:11 AM »
Adam is now at the desk with Rich; maybe they finally decided to give in and do what they should have done in the first place.

EDIT: Nope, now they've got Paul doing the update at the projector wall, and his voice is almost completely gone. He needs to go home while Rich and Adam take it from here.
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #116 on: September 13, 2008, 08:30:33 AM »
At around 1:40 AM ET, did anyone else notice a streaker run through the background of Jorma's shot?
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #117 on: September 13, 2008, 10:42:56 AM »
That had to happen sometime.

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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #118 on: September 13, 2008, 10:48:18 AM »
At around 1:40 AM ET, did anyone else notice a streaker run through the background of Jorma's shot?
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Re: Official Ike Storm Alert Thread
« Reply #119 on: September 13, 2008, 10:50:56 AM »
Those winds were very strong. And whoever that was running in the back of Jorma like that, there's something wrong with them. Also, Mike endured some strong winds.