Hurricane Florence: This is some pretty nifty animation

By Howard Portnoy
Hurricane Florence: This is some pretty nifty animation
Image: Weather Channel video screen grab

I’ve often wondered about the wisdom of sending reporters out into the weather to give the viewer seated in the comfort of his home a more accurate sense of what the storm is like. The Weather Channel may have wondered as well whether because yesterday afternoon the channel broadcast a lifelike animated video of potential flood conditions from Hurricane Florence.

Once again, a live reporter was on hand, in this case meteorologist Erika Navarro, to describe the putative conditions as the water rose first to three feet, then to six, and finally to nine. But Navarro managed to stay safe and dry within a circle of protection.

The animation portion of the report, which begins at the 0:44 mark in the video, is well worth watching.

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Howard Portnoy

Howard Portnoy

Howard Portnoy has written for The Blaze, HotAir, NewsBusters, Weasel Zippers, Conservative Firing Line, RedCounty, and New York’s Daily News. He has one published novel, Hot Rain, (G. P. Putnam’s Sons), and has been a guest on Radio Vice Online with Jim Vicevich, The Alana Burke Show, Smart Life with Dr. Gina, and The George Espenlaub Show.

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