REAL LIFE NEWS: WHEN WEATHERMEN ATTACK
by Hazed
In Fed, the Weathermen are a sinister terrorist organisation who like to blow things up.
In real life, two weathermen got into a fight recently after they disagreed about whether it was going to rain or not!
Jeff Baskin of the Fox 16 station and Keither Monahan of KARK started to argue during the preparation for Baskin’s weather segment on the nine o’clock news. When Baskin went on air, he had a dig at his rival by saying, “Saturday should be an absolutely beautiful day for those of you participating in the Big Dam Bridge 100 bike race. Unlike what other community college educated meteorologist will tell you, the rain should hold off until midday Sunday where we will have a 40% chance at showers and isolated thunderstorms.”
Monahan wasn’t going to take that lying down, so on his forecast later on KARK he said, “Pay no attention to what some cajun who has married all 5 of his cousins at some point says, pack your ponchos this Saturday because we are going to see a 50% chance of rain starting in the afternoon Saturday and ending well before Sunday.”
Then two then met up outside their studio building where their argument turned physical – and the fight sucked in several other members of their respective broadcast teams. Police had to be called and the fighters were arrested.
Baskin and Monahan have both been charged with inciting a riot.
Both TV channels are owned by Nexstar – and they have requested that they be placed in adjacent cells. Not so they can continue their argument, but so that a camera can be positioned between the two, and they could broadcast weather reports live from their cells!
If you’re having flashes of deva ju having read this story, perhaps it’s because you have seen to film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, in which two gangs of rival newsreaders have a fight. Thanks to the wonders of the internet you can watch that scene on YouTube, here.
Source: http://www.rockcitytimes.com/local-weathermen-arrested-fight-breaks-rain-chances-weekend/
