Blow away, Mr. Meteorology

I spent way too much time last week watching coverage of hurricane Irma on the Weather Channel. Eventually I found myself rooting for the storm.

I’m not heartless. I felt compassion for the folks in Irma’s path. I got fed up with the weathermen.

In order to show viewers how fierce the wind was, the Weather Channel’s meteorologists would stand, unsupported, in the worst of the gales. Bent over and fighting to maintain balance, they’d relate, breathlessly, what they were experiencing.

Maybe it was the drought and wildfire smoke we’ve had to put up with all summer, but it simply stru...