Simply minutes after Hurricane Milton made landfall with 120 mph winds at Siesta Key, Florida, Anderson Cooper suffered his personal related impression.
Cooper was doing a stay standup for CNN in Bradenton, Florida, which is only a few miles north of Siesta Key, when a chunk of flying particles hit him straight within the face. Cooper, consummate professional that he’s, shouted out “Woah! That wasn’t good. We’ll in all probability go inside shortly” earlier than carrying on together with his report.
You possibly can watch a tough model of it beneath, or click on by for the longer, clearer CNN model wherein Cooper circles again and examines the piece of particles that hit him.
Cooper was not the one member of the CNN household who braved the worst of Milton.
Invoice Weir was simply to the north in St. Petersburg virtually precisely when the storm made landfall. Braving what he described as “slop” — i.e. an entire lot of wind and rain blended collectively — Weir not solely misplaced his pink CNN hat, however was blown straight out of the body. Watch the video beneath posted by the community’s Brian Stelter.
Over on The Climate Channel, hurricane vet Jim Cantore was sheltering in a Port Charlotte parking storage away from wind-borne projectiles, however the harbor nonetheless discovered him. It had “actually taken over the parking space” because the ocean flooded town.
TV weatherwatchers will keep in mind that Cantore had his personal run in with airborne particles throughout Hurricane Ian. You possibly can watch that video beneath.
