# Moron flashes Weather Channel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300 "2011-08-27T17:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/1 "2011-08-27T17:30:23Z")
I just turned on the Weather Channel coverage of Hurricane Irene, and they had someone standing out at Virginia Beach in the wind and rain. While he was talking/shouting, some bozo guys (all wearing bathing suits) pranced behind him in the wind. One of them pulled down his bathing suit and flashed (frontal, not moon) the camera! Stay classy, Virginia Beach. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/2 "2011-08-27T17:42:38Z")
It was just a little thing. And the camera adds ten pounds even. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/3 "2011-08-27T18:14:11Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > It was just a little thing. And the camera adds ten pounds even. šŸ˜‰ You know what they say about cold water and shrinkage! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/4 "2011-08-27T19:08:54Z")
I donā€™t think itā€™s any more moronic than the Weather Channel stuntcaster standing out there in the middle of a hurricane prattling on. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/5 "2011-08-27T19:15:32Z")
TWC preaches how dangerous it is to be outside, so they go outside. They assume all risk associated with standing outside during such an event ā€” flopping genitalia and all. Balls. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/6 "2011-08-27T19:19:12Z")
I think it would have been cool if all of a sudden all the swim trunk guys dropped their shorts then started walking towards the weatherman like zombies. Shortly after which the live video feed would have been dropped. Which we could then use as evidence that the nudist weatherman raping zombie apocalypse had begun. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/7 "2011-08-27T19:26:48Z")
Wait a second!! Donā€™t TV cameras automatically pixellate all naughty bits? I figured that was the case when they fuzzed out the boy parts of a dog who was being groomed on Dirty Jobs. Goodness knows, we canā€™t have ā€œthe childrenā€ seeing doggy genitalsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/8 "2011-08-27T19:27:31Z")
Ireneā€™s first wardrobe malfunction. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/9 "2011-08-27T19:56:17Z")
Hereā€™s [Youtube video of the incident](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47GV8Zy7alw&feature=player_embedded). I was wrong - plenty of mooning occurred! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/10 "2011-08-27T20:25:54Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > ā€¦ nudist weatherman raping zombie apocalypseā€¦ Great name for a band. Saw the video just now- it looked like a penis, only smaller. . ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/11 "2011-08-27T20:26:12Z")
I love this thread for teaching me the word ā€œstuntcaster.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/12 "2011-08-27T20:29:40Z")
Well, some of those Virginians are still probably shaken up from the earthquake. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/13 "2011-08-27T20:36:51Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > You know what they say about cold water and shrinkage! šŸ˜ƒ ā€œI was in the ocean, I was in the ocean!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/14 "2011-08-27T21:39:55Z")
EDIT: Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/15 "2011-08-28T01:50:31Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I just turned on the Weather Channel coverage of Hurricane Irene, and they had someone standing out at Virginia Beach in the wind and rain. While he was talking/shouting, some bozo guys (all wearing bathing suits) pranced behind him in the wind. One of them pulled down his bathing suit and flashed (frontal, not moon) the camera! > > Stay classy, Virginia Beach. Youā€™ve never seen a weather cock before? ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/16 "2011-08-28T19:23:42Z")
During a protest over the first Gulf War a guy at UNM took his clothes off. As a photographer snapped a picture he yelled ā€œThe government has everything to hide, but I have nothing to hide!ā€ Everyone who saw the photo agreed he had nothing to hide. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/17 "2011-08-28T19:40:19Z")
Good point from the video commentsā€¦ the stuntcaster is rocking back and forth as if he can hardly stand in the wind until these guys show up and dance around, forcing him to stop the acting. Funny. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/18 "2011-08-28T22:19:27Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Youā€™ve never seen a weather cock before? You win. I was watching it, and even rewound the DVR. Iā€™ve got a large, hidef TV, and I couldnā€™t see anything frontwise. If I had a two incher, Iā€™d keep it hidden myself. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/19 "2011-08-28T22:33:48Z")
On the news this evening weā€™ll all be treated to the cliche of weather reporters standing in some water to show that, well, there is water, and telling us that water levels are up. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300/20 "2011-08-28T22:52:54Z")
Personally, I thought it was hilarious. I know that some boob has to go stand outside and broadcast to prove to the TV viewer that it really IS raining and windy. I guess some penis wanted equal time. Without the weekendā€™s wall-to-wall Irene coverage starting with Obamaā€™s safety message to the nation on Friday to todayā€™s overblown coverage, I wouldnā€™t have been able to figure out what that big swirling cloud was. Man, if Obama didnā€™t tell me what to do, I donā€™t know if I would have made it through this weekend. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-flashes-weather-channel/594300.md?page=2)