From a TVNewser contributor:
Around 9:45am on CNN, Miles O’Brien was reporting on Hurricane Wilma from Naples, talking with meteorologist Chad Myers back in Atlanta. As they were discussing the flooded area near where O’Brien was standing, Myers asked him whether the floodwater was salt or fresh. O’Brien wheeled around and marched toward the water, telling Myers he was going to check…
| MYERS: That’s all saltwater flooding, Miles, right? Not freshwater flooding from rain? That’s actually being pushed back in from the ocean? O’BRIEN: I’m going to check for you right here. MYERS (alarmed): No, no, do not taste it. Do not do that! O’BRIEN: No, no, no, it’s kind of fresh. Maybe a little brackish. No, it’s fresher water. That’s kind of surprising to me. MYERS (chuckling but obviously concerned): Yes, well, that was not what I had in mind, sir. O’BRIEN: You know, you got to use your senses when you’re out reporting. MYERS: All right. I need you to be safer than that. |
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