Reporting in a cyclone threatens service, and it’s essential for reporters to safeguard themselves and their equipment.
A smart press reporter captured audiences’ attention on Wednesday for doing simply that as she reported on Hurricane Ian near Naples, Florida, with a prophylactic over her microphone.
WBBH-TV’s Kyla Galer clarified on her Instagram story after baffled social networks users questioned what they were seeing.
“It is what you believe it is,” Galer stated. “It’s a prophylactic. It assists safeguard the equipment. We can’t get these mics damp. There’s a great deal of wind, a great deal of rain. We got ta do what we got ta do, and that is: put a prophylactic on the microphone.”
Another regional reporter, Jeff Butera of WZVN-TV in Naples, chimed in to assist his coworker field concerns about the method.
“We practice safe cyclone reporting,” he quipped. “Yes, it’s a prophylactic. Absolutely nothing much better to waterproof a microphone.”
The significant Category 4 storm made landfall in Florida near Cayo Costa, approximately 90 miles south of Tampa, on Wednesday afternoon. Within hours, it had actually triggered extensive power blackouts, rising floodwaters, wild winds and substantial damage. A minimum of one casualty has actually been reported.
The storm is anticipated to go up the coast, bringing a “dangerous storm rise” on Thursday and Friday to northeast Florida and parts of Georgia and South Carolina.
