Local weatherman feels the wrath of 'This Is Us' fans after weather coverage cuts into the Season 3 premiere
This Is Us fans were elated last night to be able to watch the Season 3 premiere of the popular NBC show. The Big Three is back, baby!
However, fans in the Toledo, Ohio, area were not so happy to find their plans to enjoy the premiere derailed by severe thunderstorms and tornado threats.
Local NBC affiliate station WTOL 11 in Toledo cut into the cry fest that was the This Is Us premiere to update citizens on the weather, and fans were simply not pleased with that decision. They took their anger out on Twitter, specifically targeting WTOL 11’s chief meteorologist, Robert Shiels.
Shiels, determined to do his job of informing the area about severe weather conditions, carried on with the storm coverage, but acknowledged the nasty comments that were flooding his social media pages.
“…My main concern at the time is those in danger from a tornadic (sic) thunderstorm,” he wrote on Facebook. “Thank you for understanding. That said changes may be forthcoming to the way we treat severe weather situations on the air. If you have comments or suggestions today please leave them for me.”
Shiels may have missed the many, many comments showing that his viewers certainly did not understand the reason why he cut into This Is Us…
Bro. I been waiting for This is Us since it went off and u mean to tell me this tornado warning is cutting into the season premiere??????? I’m pissed
— Yetta (@MsYetta_Boo) September 26, 2018
I think my dad is gonna have a heart attack if nbc doesn’t stop broadcasting this tornado warning before this is us starts
— jenna (@jennarobes) September 26, 2018
I am literally going to flip a shit if I can’t watch This is Us bc NBC won’t stop showing that there’s a tornado warning in MONROE 😡😡😡
— Molly Singer- Miller (@singmillz) September 26, 2018
If I miss the beginning of This Is Us because of a tornado warning that doesn’t even concern me but has the local news taking over programming I’m gonna be pissed
— Brooke (@broookemariee) September 26, 2018
so im really gonna miss this is us because a bitch ass tornado decided to threaten the bottom half of the state pic.twitter.com/u0OfRWZU1b
— 𝐜𝐚𝐥 ︽✵︽ (@jedivaIkyrie) September 26, 2018
I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS TORNADO WARNING THIS IS US IS ON AND IM MISSING IT
— Ce (@cece_huey) September 26, 2018
ok so there’s a tornado warning blah blah but you’re really gonna cover it and postpone the THIS IS US SEASON PREMIERE
— elise 🍯🍋🌻 (@eliselubiarz) September 26, 2018
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