Dumb Stuff Said On TV About Irma thread. I'll start:

[trof]

Some guy on MSNBC, I forget who:
"This surge water will be SALT water. That's different from FRESH water."
Uh, yeah. It's got salt in it.
jeez

Please contribute.

[Skittles]

1. ...

"For five days, we were told it was going to be on the east coast, and then 24 hours before it hits, we're now told it's coming up the west coast," said Jeff Beerbohm, a 52-year-old entrepreneur in St. Petersburg. "As usual, the weatherman, I don't know why they're paid."

[trof]

2. Yeah, meteorologists are a buncha lyin bastids.

[Skittles]

9. heh

my dad the weatherman was amazed how many people thought of forecasting as an exact science

[trof]

10. What Mark Twain said...

[Beartracks]

5. IKR? That one made my eyes roll.

[Sedona]

3. Alex Witless had so many this morning

But after a couple Moscow Mules, I fail to remember them all... she told a reporter in the rain on Pompano Beach this morning to stay dry.

We also got a ten minute dissertation on how roof cranes are built on WPLG Channel 10 in Miami. (Who otherwise has good coverage, you can get them on the Newson Roku app)

[frogmarch]

4. I heard it too, and

the rest of what the reporter said was, "Unlike fresh water, salt water is highly corrosive and does lasting damage to wood, and to concrete as well." Not word for word, but that was basically what he said.

I didn't think his saying that was stupid at all.

[Beartracks]

6. FL storm surge water has other stuff in it, too -- like alligators! n/t

[trof]

8. If you live near the coast it was.

Hell, even if you live in Iowa you know salt water is corrosive.

[frogmarch]

16. He was

probably speaking to landlubbin' western Nebraskans.

[GopherGal]

15. Agreed. Not Stupid

I think it was Chris Hayes, and he elaborated by mentioning all the damage Sandy did in the NY subway.

[Archae]

7. Nobody has matched Rush Limbaugh's stupidity yet.

Saying the hurricane was all "liberal hype" of Global Climate Change.

[Skittles]

11. I beg to differ

http://ijr.com/the-response/2017/09/970397-ann-coulter-showers-people-awaiting-deadly-hurricane-irma-mockery-racist-hurricane-humor/

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. Right wingers are definitely working on that

"Hold my beer" meme.

[Archae]

13. I thought no one could match Rush's stupidity, I was wrong.

She's going to eventually die, alone and forgotten.

[csziggy]

14. Wasn't that preceded by "It's different than in New York" - as if Manhatten isn't an island

On the coast with salt water close by? If so, it was either Brian Williams or Ali Velshi.

I was thinking those guys need to get some sleep and put their brains back in gear.

[treestar]

17. A split screen with one guy in the studio

and the other a guy out in the storm, soaking wet.

Guy in studio to guy out in storm: "What's it like where you are?"

[RobinA]

18. The One That Gets Me

is "an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane." Just so nobody gets the idea that it's one of those not very dangerous Category 5 hurricanes.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. That's A Good One Robin

Yeah, the completely safe hurricane with 150 mph winds!

[tavernier]

19. Guy standing in Key Largo in front of Circle K

telling everyone he is reporting from Florida city. Even when corrected, he insists. 😂 Twenty eight mile difference.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. I've Stopped At That Circle K

More than once. Just after you get off the stretch, right?

[tavernier]

22. Yes.

[titaniumsalute]

23. Here's a non-verbal...Jim Cantore in his helmet was priceless