More weather reporter craziness from Irene: Tucker Barnes of WTTG in Ocean City, Md., valiantly gave a storm update as a weird greenish foam covered him from head to toe. Apparently, raw sewage had poured into the water during the storm and then mixed with cyanobacteria, causing a gnarly, toxic foam. And you thought your job was shitty! Heh. [via Gawker]
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EW. oh my! I hope he’s okay and doesnt get sick after this. I’d be throwing up after realizing what I had been covered in… gross
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Okay, that’s just…disgusting.
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ew
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That’s nasty. He took it like a champ, though, gotta give him props.
rose / 791 posts
Surely that’s endangering his health and kind of illegal? I don’t how American law works, though :-/
daffodil / 1569 posts
@fightingXstronger@xanga - Good reporters don’t crap out during an important story.
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@Jessica - BA-DUM-CHHH.
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dang, he will remember this always! but what at trooper!
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what a trooper. props to him.
rose / 791 posts
@Jessica - LOL! Boom!
daffodil / 1525 posts
OMFG what a pro…
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Props to Tucker, haha.
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Barf.
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He didn’t realize that it was toxic…just thought it was sea foam. Man, I’d hate to be the person that had to tell him it was the toxic stuff!
sunflower / 332 posts
“it’s got a sandy consistency”… omfg, XD poor dude!
sunflower / 413 posts
I’m so glad I was in Ocean City last week and not this week. Well I would have been evacuated but our hotel was on the boardwalk and would surely have been a mess. Grosssss
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Me and my bro discussed how reporters (specifically ones paid to stand sometimes 5 feet away from the surf during a hurricane) definitely DO NOT get paid enough for what they do/have to risk