Thankfully, he’s safe… after some hairy moments.
Hurricane Irma is continuing to blast up the west coast of Florida causing havoc with flooding, power outages as well as severe damage to property.
It has killed at least four people in Florida after already leaving 28 people dead in the Caribbean.
The storm was downgraded from a Category Three to a One on Monday morning, but there’s still strong winds of 85 mph battering the southern America state.
Six million people evacuated Florida over the weekend to escape Irma in one of the biggest evacuations in US history.
It’s thought that 3.4 million homes are without power and there’s serious flooding in many areas of the state.
In a time when dramatic news reports are big business, many TV stations had reporters and weather people on the ground to give real time updates on the storm
One of these was meteorologist and Weather Channel presenter Mike Seidel, who caught a lot of people’s attention with his reports from Florida during the hurricane.
#Miami is being pounded by wind and rain from #Irma. @mikeseidel has a look at the deteriorating conditions. pic.twitter.com/OQDgJxsWaQ
— America’s Morning Headquarters (@AMHQ) September 10, 2017
But for God’s sake, get the hell out of there…
For God's sake, @weatherchannel , get this guy to safety! @mikeseidel #Irma pic.twitter.com/qCkQ5NOYua
— Yom ✮ (@moymoy) September 10, 2017
Still not reassuring, @mikeseidel – stay in safe area!! pic.twitter.com/iyWmzuQsTv
— Yom ✮ (@moymoy) September 10, 2017
Mike, I do not know you, but get inside to safety, PLEASE! You and your cameraperson… we don't need to have you OUT there in harm's way pic.twitter.com/gRq46dlj10
— Yom ✮ (@moymoy) September 10, 2017
She raises a valid question…
do we really need to watch reporters get pummeled by wind and rain ?
— ROSIE (@Rosie) September 10, 2017
Do TV reporters think we wouldn't believe there's a hurricane blowing unless they stood in the middle of it? #Irma
— gathara (@gathara) September 10, 2017
With flying debris and strong winds, you have to wonder what is the value of having reporters out on the ground endangering their lives?
@mikeseidel OUCH! Be safe! The cement structure maybe safe as long as you don't fly into it! #weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/jiuzPUpwQT
— Suzabelle (@sue_ziel) September 10, 2017
Thankfully, Seidel is OK as he recently tweeted a before and after photo of downtown Miami showing how much the water has subsided in the last few hours.
Brickell Ave. in #Miami at 4 PM Sunday & at 7:30 AM Monday. The surge from #Irma was blown back into the Bay last night with a S/SW wind. pic.twitter.com/3DzPxbdLbM
— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) September 11, 2017
He’s either very brave, or something else…
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