One of our local station reporters was broadcasting live in Frances when a large palm tree snapped off about halfway up and landed about 5 feet behind him. He played it off like it was no big deal but you could tell by his face that he was stunned. Had it hit him it might have changed how they broadcast hurricanes the same way that Janet J. changed the Super Bowl halftime show.

Funny thing -- CNN was actually talking about this tonight. The question was posed, "does someone have to get killed for newscasters to change the way they cover storms."

Also saw William Gray on tonight--he doesn't give to many interviews, it was nice to hear from him, even if he didn't have anything new to add.