TV Meterologist Gloriously Goes After Whiners Complaining About "Bachelorette" Interruption

Fox 45 meteorologist Jamie Simpson goes off on viewers
who complained his tornado warnings interrupted "The
Bachelorette." I'm so glad he did this. 

Large, dangerous tornadoes were descending on the Dayton, Ohio metro area two nights ago. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings.

Television stations interrupted regular programming to put their meteorologists on the air to tell everybody where the tornadoes were, what to do, and generally keep the public well informed.

The effort worked. Despite the tornadoes destroying dozens of occupied houses, only one death in the region was reported. That's because the National Weather Service and those television meteorologists saved lives by providing excellent warnings.

Was everybody happy with this effort? Of course not! Fox45 in Dayton interrupted an episode of "The Bachelorette" so that meteorologist Jamie Simpson could go on air with live tornado coverage.

This enraged fans of "The Bachelorette" who are convinced that the goings on in this "reality" drama is much more important than knowing whether a large tornado was heading toward their houses.

This outrage ended up outraging Simpson, who went on a glorious tirade against these put upon fans of "The Bachelorette."  The great video is at the bottom of this post.

"No, we're not going back to the show, folks. This is a dangerous situation, OK? Think about if this was your neighborhood. I'm sick and tired of people complaining about this. Our job here is to keep people safe and that is what we're going to do," an exasperated Simpson said on air.

He was just getting started. He went on: "Some of you complained that this is all about my ego......Stop. It's not. I'm done with you people. I really am, this is pathetic."

Complaints about television stations interrupting regular programming for severe weather alerts happen all the time and they're showing no sign of diminishing.

Remember, these are broadcast stations. They can't just air a tornado warning in one county, and continue on with airing "The Bachelorette" in some other county that doesn't happen to be under a weather warning.

People really do need to chill. I get it that it's frustrating that I might be sitting in northwestern Vermont watching TV with clear skies outdoors and Tom Messner from WPTZ is squawking about severe thunderstorms in New Hampshire.

Really, though, screw my frustration and anybody else's. What Messner and all the rest of the television meteorologists are doing is likely saving lives. As Simpson in Dayton said, think about the people under the dangerous weather threat.

I'd much rather not know who won this season's "The Voice" if it means some television meteorologist somewhere warned a family to get into their basement just in time to save their lives before the tornado hit.

Meteorologists and their weather warnings are really, truly must-watch TV. Your life might depend upon it.

Here's the video from Dayton: