Ever watch the doom-sayers on The Weather Channel, standing out in hurricane force winds for ratings? I'm amazed at the sound quality of some of the wind-proof mics those guys and gals use - you'd never know, listening to the voice quality, that they're hanging on by their fingernails in 80mph winds...
Some of my most favorite comic relief comes from what the whole weather soap opera/drama has become. Some of them are absolutely hilarious; like trying to find a puddle deep enough to stand in, preferably up to the knees, to make it look as horrendous as possible. Here in RI we actually have weather alerts now if it's going to RAIN! "Don't leave your house today unless you have 4-wheel drive!! And if you must, be sure you turn your wipers on!!
It's been getting farther and farther over the top since the late '70s. People have been cable TV and social media device engineered to fear a little weather (with help from their parents) and they're absolutely terrified about snow. A huge amount of kids and adults are terrified of EVerything nowadays. Of course, I grew up in Wyoming in the '40s and '50s so waddoowyeno
We had to put chains on just to get to town.