Damn right! Let them be salty, it's just a game, lives are at stake and that's what matters

@urorazbojnik5678

5 жыл бұрын

But taking half the screen to show tornado and just having a blinking sign at the top of the screen or the corner saying ..hey guys tornado is out there...is exactly the same. Sure lives matter, but it's not like they're actually saving them, they're just reporting about a danger. Btw there are plenty of dangers out there, shootings, and robbing, and murder here and there, and flood, and accidents...by this logic there would be nothing but the split screen on tv lol ...it's kind of absurd imo.

@snartnarts7042

5 жыл бұрын

Đuro Razbojnik In a shootings don't generally impact people, cars or structures the way that tornados do. Have you ever even seen one up close? Probably not. Grow up.

@mikejunior211

2 жыл бұрын

@@urorazbojnik5678 Who gives a fuck about basketball anyways???

"Flickinger was fired from his Tulsa job for breaking into broadcast and not waiting for commercial to inform viewers of dangerous wildfires." Imagine being fired for doing your job properly.

@slipangle3027

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlexOmiotek ...Yes. ABC-13 is not in Tulsa. It's not even in Oklahoma.

@slipangle3027

5 жыл бұрын

He was fired from the one in Tulsa. Not this one.

@shortbuspimp

5 жыл бұрын

That's how government jobs are. Seems like the higher ups want less efficiency. And don't you dare point out anything bad about us or we'll fuck you good

@moongirl26

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlexOmiotek not fired from this job, but a previous job in Tulsa where he also interupted programming to provide emergency information.

@AlexOmiotek

5 жыл бұрын

@@slipangle3027 whoops nevermind

Good for you. Stick to your guns. If you take a moral stance you should 100% stand behind your decision.

@bunburyist_online

5 жыл бұрын

This guy was apparently fired from another station in 2006 for not waiting for a commercial to start the split screen for an extreme weather announcement.

@benjamin9120

5 жыл бұрын

Bunburyist it’s ridiculous in all honesty the basketball game shouldn’t be aired at all if there is people’s life’s at stake.

@ZenCorvus

5 жыл бұрын

And if they disnt have cable and watched online, no warnings and everyone would have died according to everyone here who thimks this actually was what saved lives.

@benjamin9120

5 жыл бұрын

Zen We don’t think EVERYONE will die if they don’t see the warning but there is a possibility that someone would’ve died/injured if that warning was not broadcasted.

@RonOnTheWay

5 жыл бұрын

@@ZenCorvus again it's not cable dipshit.

They made the right call. People could have missed the warning and they might have had important updates while the tornado warning was still active.

@bernie4366

5 жыл бұрын

which couldn't POSSIBLY be handled by scrolling text eh?

@satevo462

5 жыл бұрын

@@bernie4366 stfu

@RonOnTheWay

5 жыл бұрын

@@bernie4366 life threatening situations outrank basketball by several tiers.

@bernie4366

5 жыл бұрын

@@RonOnTheWay They didn't save additional lives doing what they did. They just got to put their 'live action dynamic news team!!' chyron and faces on the screen, infuriating their local audience, who will hopefully now permanently switch channels to their competition.

@RonOnTheWay

5 жыл бұрын

@@bernie4366 oh brother, you're a raging moron. Fuck off.

Thanks for doing your job and taking it seriously.

I used to live in Tulsa when Flickinger was there, & this guy was easily the best met in town. I've been a wx nut over 40 yrs, seen lots of TV weather guys & personalities-->this man knows his stuff & Virginia is very fortunate to have him.

Meteorologists: "Why are you booing me? I'm right."

@BenJohan6

5 жыл бұрын

Ah, a man of culture as well.

Next time take the whole screen.

@iheartheenim

5 жыл бұрын

I vote for this.

As a meteorologist, thank you so much for doing this

Should post more of the angry calls.

@thebeasters

5 жыл бұрын

Those were the ones that "could " be played on air. I can only imagine. Mashup please?

Imagine being so obsessed with sports that you verbally harass people who are doing their job to help save people's lives because it's more important.

@koshakush

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed.. I mean I wouldn't say it was verbal harassment just a complaint but I think those people didn't realize the amount of danger they could've been in. If I was one of those angry callers I would be the one apologizing once I realized what could've happened to me or my family.

@MrBooby50

5 жыл бұрын

And it wasn't even the OKC thunder game 😂😂😂

@urorazbojnik5678

5 жыл бұрын

The show must go on...

@lolitahaze02

4 жыл бұрын

Only Americans...

@paynesmanor0

3 жыл бұрын

@@lolitahaze02 Real Americans help their fellow neighbors...

But my sports ball is little on my big screen! ME NO LIKE!

@neubrain11

5 жыл бұрын

Sports fans are idiots

@jkny2744

5 жыл бұрын

"Sports r dumb"- People who spend their whole weekend watching Overwatch streamers.

@robertj5888

5 жыл бұрын

@@jkny2744 Hey man we don't watch Overwatch... Minecraft where it's at!

@cazberry14

5 жыл бұрын

@@jkny2744 As a gamer I wouldn't be upset if my game got interrupted by a tornado warning, though. And at least it's a game I'm actually playing. 🤷‍♀️

@UserName0043

5 жыл бұрын

"Sports ball" is the cringiest phrase ever. Just go back to playing your anime video games, nerd.

41 tornados disliked this video

Thank you George Flickinger! You are the hero we need, and far better than the one we deserve. Keep doing what you know is right. If there were more truly good people like you there would be less problems in the world.

@davidlowery4024

5 жыл бұрын

Wesley Van Auken he’s a piece of shit

To be fair none of those callers will apologize either.

@dkgong

5 жыл бұрын

That's because they're fair-weather fans.

@apparentlynothing1379

5 жыл бұрын

@@dkgong I see what you did there.

@MantraPG

5 жыл бұрын

To be faaaaaiiiiiiiiir

@SSJKirik

5 жыл бұрын

@@MantraPG aaah, to be faiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir

@Javer80

5 жыл бұрын

@@dkgong Somebody give this person a medal.

I like how it's all dudebro voices.

@Javer80

5 жыл бұрын

Flickinger's voice is amazingly level and pleasant by contrast. I could listen to this dude read the back of a shampoo bottle

@Lordrevolution77

5 жыл бұрын

There were two callers.

This man is a goddamned national treasure. More interested in preventing people dying than basketball. The non-inbred parts of the country salute you!

Can you find a way to disable future tornado warnings for all the people that complained? Darwin pls do your thing

@_Ezio__Auditore_

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to post this...tv is all becoming digital....it wouldn't be difficult to specifically not broadcast those warnings to people. I am assuming many regulations/codes would be broken in the process...but, they can be adjusted.

@Ragetiger1

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, lets do one better. Use "Trump's weather making machine" to intentionally create a storm over their house to not only cut off the power, but to severely damage the house.

Imagine caring that much about a bouncing ball that you get upset because someone interrupted it to warn you that a tornado might kill your entire neighborhood.

@ethanstaton642

5 жыл бұрын

Thank God we have a lawyer in the comments section giving the truth here

@Javer80

5 жыл бұрын

You know damn well Edgeworth would do the same thing if it interrupted a Steel Samurai season finale.

Split screen? Should've just cut the game altogether.

Takes a special level of idiocy to consider a game more important than the lives and safety of people.

People's lives matter. I agree, don't apologize. If the complainers have an issue, they could have just as well bought tickets and travel to see the game live. Good for you sticking to principles that benefit everyone. God bless you all!

You bloody legend mate

I’m sure you’d much rather survive a tornado than watch your damn game. Massive props to all meteorologists out there. 👏

I've watched this video like 100 times on different occasions and it never fails to entertain. I just love this dudes demeanor and overall bluntness. Fuck those people.

Those angry callers just gave the channel good PR.

I'll hope there's another weather station willing to hire a professional like this guy

@AmericanMudlark

5 жыл бұрын

SLR107FR31 He’s the chief meteorologist at WSET in Lynchburg, VA.

@incognita_bandita

Жыл бұрын

They did. He’s with us in Virginia now. Love us some George!!!

If only there was a way to limit the negative consequences of severe weather to the entitled knuckleheads calling in to complain.

@urorazbojnik5678

5 жыл бұрын

If only there was a way to limit your screen whenever you're watching something fun, and show you dogs and children dying on the street right next to it.

Anyone got a video of what that broadcast looked like?

But GSW WERE dropping a tornado on Portland sweeping them live 👀

God Bless!

Did the absolute right thing. Lives are more important than ANY regular program. ALWAYS.

In april last year, there was a tornado warning in gwinnett county(950000) residents during the masters

Amazing reaction

Dude just dropped the mic on those callers

News guy should get an award

Well said, great job. Most stations don't even go split screen. Good on you guys!

He gets fired from his Tulsa job for cutting away from an NFL game to warn people about wildfires, probably saving lives, so in his new job they compromise and split screen the NBA game but people are mad that the game was a little bit smaller just because of a possibly deadly tornado? People need to learn where their priorities should go. Obviously this guy does and he gets shit on for it multiple times. I'm glad he didn't compromise his own priorities after getting fired for no reason

@XeNoiseGaming

5 жыл бұрын

It's not even about people in general, just the egocentric spoiled bitches which our society is full of. Also some people are sports maniacs and basically have personalities and lifestyles revolving only about them. I love football but there are many more important things than watching absurdly rich people chase after a ball.

@ThefrypodiPod

5 жыл бұрын

So why does it only affect those using technology? If it was deemed so important, every home phone, cell and pc would be hijacked to display whatever important info but I never heard of anyone trying to pass that law.

Is there such a thing as a capital thumbs up in KZread? This thumbs up should be capitalized. Good on you, George.

@gregroberts2571

5 жыл бұрын

How can you say good on ABC 13? They fired him?

@loteknomad5032

5 жыл бұрын

@@gregroberts2571 Well, clearly I should have read more than the title. Hadn't connected with that piece of the story. I don't have first-hand experience in the news industry, but surely a meteorologist doesn't have the ability on their own to "break into" anything. There would have been a team involved in this, including engineers an management or some form of leadership, yes? How was responsibility laid at just George's feet? Or were others fired as well? Either way, certainly not happy to hear about the end result, and I'll adjust my comments in light of that information.

@gregroberts2571

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know exactly how it works either but even if it was all him they should not have fired him. He probably saved lives.

You are a goddamn hero, don't let them tell you otherwise.

Greetings from Umbrella-Gate 2020. The Flick is back, baby!

I love your response to the idiots

Same thing happened here in Atlanta area

Who is here after reddit

This reminds me of when people would get upset about American Idol being interrupted by tornado warnings. Do you know how upset I would have been to try and tune in to see if I need to take cover and they decided to just keep airing American Idol? Like how selfish do you actually need to be?

Jesus how idiotic and selfish can people be!? I'm glad they put this video out and put those callers on blast. Next time I hope they conveniently forget the split screen.

This is what we need more and more from spineless corporations. When people at twitter rant asking to apologize for hurting their feelings. You DO NOT apologize. Do not bend the knee to the crazy stupid people. Just have the balls to say it. "We do not apologize" and wear that as your badge of honor.

Good job..thank you👌👌

I wish they would have drawn a big red arrow pointing into the center of one of those devastated buildings and said "I am sure the inconvenience you suffered from the video of the game being a little smaller was a little less than the inconvenience the guy sitting here would have suffered by having a two by four thrust through his skull if we would not have aired the warning"

This is why the elite think so lowly of us. "hey you might die there's this thing, be careful!" "hey don't interrupt my watching of a game that has zero bearing on my life!" the human race never ceases to either amaze, or disappoint me

@melissacole8465

5 жыл бұрын

Same!

This person is a goddam hero. Love it.

But muh sperts!

Good shit. Don't apologize.

People send our local meteorologist death threats

This is the classiest middle finger I've ever seen. This news station is great lol

should have broadcast this in split screen on the finals :)

Good for them. Good job

Heroes don't wear capes.

Think of what would happen if a tornado touched down and they didn't do what they did. People are so entitled

@iggyextras8696

5 жыл бұрын

R/entitledpeople

Life-threatening tornado... Sports game... Life-threatening tornado... Sports game... Damn, it's SO HARD to figure out which one is more important...

hero.

Good man.

good for you. stick to those principles forever.

omg, that's my hometowns old meteorologist.

my man

Their trailers get cable?

Imagine turning on the TV to see if there's a tornado nearby and you turn the channel to a fucking basketball game.

Good on this guy.

My guy dropped a meteor on them callers

Good on ya. They made the right decision to prioritize safety over entertainment.

Fast forward to the summer of 2020 in the ABC-13 viewing area---where they are complaining about wearing masks while COVID-19 deaths keep increasing.

Do I detect.....not a smile, but a faint hint of facetiousness, a little bit of enjoyment and happiness as he basically tells them to stfu with the complaining?

Thank you for doing the right thing

This is good news in every sense of the words.

Stay the course, guys!

Who’s from r/videos?

Blast that warning on fullscreen, you can watch your game anytime.....

So who won the game?

Good for this guy, and this Station. This is the way it should be! A threat to live takes precedence over a basketball game.

2 things. 1. Move away from the tornado area's(what kind of mad fool would live there anyway). 2. Why in the heck do they need 7 games? 2 is more than enough.

Rather watch the weather than the game, but thats me and the UK doesn't see much else other than rain.

*LIKE A BOSS* Thank you for not issuing an apology like so many others would have felt a need to do. Like you said, saving lives.

good

Guys, re-read the description. He was FIRED for doing his job. What in the actual.... George Flickinger was too good for Tulsa. Whoever fired Mr.Flickinger needs to be fired and then sued.

@kittykatbug

5 жыл бұрын

He was fired from KOKI in Tulsa in 2006. He found a job at KJRH, also in Tulsa, and worked there until 2015, when he took his current job in Virginia. Yes, he was too good for Tulsa, and I'm glad he found that second job before moving because I loved watching the weather with him.

Oh, I thought the complaints were going to be that they bothered with the basketball, but it seems I was wrong!

@UserName0043

5 жыл бұрын

Who the hell would complain about a basketball game being on TV?

In MN but thank you for this.

I guarantee the players of the game have zero issues with being on a split screen. They would probably say the same thing to these complainers.

Complaining about having to watch 3 minutes of a game on a split screen because of a tornado warning is peak America. Priorities are absolutely fucked.

I feel bad for those guys who called in. Imagine going your entire adult life so highly prioritizing a game, and no one ever calling you on that shit. It's a backward state of affairs for sure to be so focused on a game that you don't care if other people die.

More self-entitled clowns. They even had the audacity to call in and make sure a lot of people know how terrible they are. It's a shame folks like that are so unaware of how nasty they are as people.

Hell yeah

Good job, that's the way it should be!

But ma sportsing!

@UserName0043

5 жыл бұрын

Shut up nerd.

@KaizokuShojo

5 жыл бұрын

@@UserName0043 found one of the angry callers from the broadcast.

@jaimeduncan9121

5 жыл бұрын

@@UserName0043 Why don't you go back to stuffing smart kids in lockers, dimwit.

@UserName0043

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaimeduncan9121 Lmao pathetic nerds

I watch sports. But when people who dislike sports contend that sports fans are idiots, they have a point.

Damn straight. This guy is a hero. Especially since he got fired for the EXACT same thing earlier in his career

Fuck yeah science

Alpha as fuck.

I feel like he would have been better off letting them get sucked up in the tornado. I guess that's why he was fired, from his old job right? The station would prefer losing viewers to a wildfire?

Respect.

Great man with good will.