Bill Maher called it "weather porn" on last week's Real Time. He was talking about the amount of coverage being given to Hurricane Florence. While acknowledging that it was a serious storm, he noted it was only affecting one or two states and he believed the coverage was way over the top. 

Which brings us to veteran weather guy Mike Seidel, who's been toiling for the U.S. Weather Channel for decades. He became an object of ridicule after he went on air doing a struggling-against-fierce-winds stand-up - only to have two people casually strolling by behind him seemingly without any trouble at all. See what you think:



For its part, the Weather Channel defended its reporter, claiming he was standing on grass not concrete and was exhausted from being up for hours covering the story, leaving him less than sure footed. Not sure that excuse is flying as fast as the wind that day. 

But it makes you wonder about some of the coverage you see and whether it's made worse than it really is. Trouble is, it makes it harder for the public to trust the warnings, and those are usually very real. 

Weather Channel Defends Reporter Accused of Exaggerating Hurricane Florence Winds