Hurricane Florence: Mass evacuation, in Eastern USA, from 'storm of a lifetime'

[spring-peeper]

Junior used an old photo from a previous storm to defend his father

He went on to detail the “behind-the-scenes” of the shot, which shows a CNN cameraman standing ankle-deep in floodwaters, while Cooper stands in deeper waters a few feet away.

“The idea that I am kneeling in water to make it look deep is frankly, idiotic,” Cooper said, before playing a clip showing him walking into the deeper water.

Cooper ended the segment by pointing out that the person filming Cooper in the photo, longtime CNN audio tech Doug Thomas, died in September 2017, further proving that the footage was not taken during Florence.

“We miss him every day,” Cooper said.

CNN's Anderson Cooper unloads on Trump Jr. for spreading 'idiotic' conspiracy theories about him

 

[scifisam]

Lots of people are saying "it was still a lie ten years ago." It wasn't, though - it was a piece about how flood waters are dangerous because of the unpredictable varying levels, with him showing how quickly it can change from shallow to deep.

 

[Yossarian]

Grim stuff in South Carolina: Two deputies survived while the two female mental health patients they were transporting drowned in the back of the van.

Detainees drown in sheriff's van in Florence flood. 'Questions' remain