People saying the poor meteorologists are being forced to stand in the storm don't know that many meteorologists. They were itching to go stand in it. That's their thing. We're well aware of stuff that can hit them, they don't care.
Now I can't help but imagine a meteorologist who can't wait till hurricane season because standing in hurricanes is their fetish.
Totally a thing, that and driving into tornadoes.
Being a stormchaser used to be my dream. I wanted to be a meteorologist as a kid so I could drive into tornadoes. I've never been even the slightest bit afraid of them, for reasons I'll never understand. And I'm supremely jealous of people who've had a chance to be in a hurricane.
I accidentally made a slow cousin of mine cry during hurricane Katrina. She lived in Orlando at the time, and my side of the family called her to talk her through it. I was just amazed, and trying to imagine myself being there, and I was talking to her on the phone like "DUDE, THE HURRICANE IS RIGHT OVER TOP OF YOU. IT'S LIKE, RIGHT THERE." But I meant it like "I WANNA BE YOU SO BAD RIGHT NOW WHAT THE FUCK." Obviously, she took it more like "DANGER DANGER DANGER."
I felt really bad, but I didn't really know any better because I was younger.
Anyways, I'd wanna chase tornadoes and stand in hurricanes as a hobby once I made enough money.