A clever meteorologist has gone viral for the humorous response he offered when he stumbled on a typo while on air.
Dallas meteorologist Pete Delkus was giving a rundown on the heat index for the Dallas-Forth Worth area for local station WFAA when he noticed something odd.
Whereas the heat index for most areas was around 100 to 110 degrees, in McKinney it was 101105. Say what now?
Watch how he responded to the typo below:
“One hundred in Terrell. Right now in Terrell and in Dallas, your heat index is 107,” he said, going down the list of cities.
But then he got to McKinney.
“Everyone in McKinney is dead. The heat index right now in McKinney is 107,105. It’s hot in McKinney!” he then said, playing along with the typo.
The clip concluded with him blaming the typo on a colleague named Jesse Hawila.
“Jesse Hawila — I thought he was on paternity leave. He’s sabotaging me again. One hundred five in Corsicana. The heat index in Meridian is 110. So we’ll fix that. Probably the heat index in McKinney’s about 105,” he said.
The clip has since gone uber viral, earning Delkus massive praise and turning him into a brief superstar:
Delkus is the
— Garry Pep | Dad Bod Disrespector⚡️ (@PepeLePump) July 21, 2023
can always count on Pete for a laugh
— ForTheColture (@IMissAndrewLuck) July 21, 2023
Hahahaha. My kind of weather man. Well played.
— Truman (@TrumanCooper) July 21, 2023
Always the best way to handle a mistake. Have fun with it!
— Perry Olson (@perry82581) July 21, 2023
It’s a funny line in the circumstances, and the delivery was top notch too
— Alex (@alexshzrd) July 21, 2023
That said, not everybody responded with praise. Some members of the public kept Delkus’ attitude in mind and responded in kind, i.e., they responded with jokes!
Look:
Can confirm. Am dead
— Charles King (@kingWalpole) July 21, 2023
100,000 is hot, but it’s a dry heat
— A$AP Brad (@severn58) July 21, 2023
I’m alive in McKinney. I can confirm. Weatherman is wrong as per usual.
— Ryan_kirchmeyer (@ryan_kirchmeyer) July 21, 2023
Women in McKinney will still be in blankets and robes screaming “turn that thermostat up”
— Weebay Wally (@charlie_wally) July 21, 2023
I want a movie where this ends up actually happening. Somehow that entire county is vaporized because of a mistake in the forecast and then they discover the broadcast can actually change the weather. Chaos ensues
— Meezy (@jomeezy617) July 21, 2023
Funny meteorologists are, thankfully, not a rare phenomenon. In fact, funny meteorologists are a dime a dozen.
Flashback to 2015, when Phoenix meteorologist Cory McCloskey was similarly highlighting local temperatures when he noticed something off.
“[M]eteorologist Cory McCloskey wasn’t thrown at all when his AccuWeather map showed several regional temperatures above 1,000 degrees, with one city hovering close to 3,000 degrees,” TheWrap reported at the time.
“McCloskey simply started reporting these numbers as if they were the factual temperatures in those cities, advising local residents to get out if they still could,” TheWrap added.
“I’m not your dad, but I would get out while you still can,” he said at one point.
Watch:
FOX 10 Phoenix’s Cory McCloskey’s weather update pic.twitter.com/VN8FKo859A
— Defluo Nemo (@DefluoN) November 22, 2022
Funny meteorologist stories don’t always involve a typo. Sometimes it’s something different.
Case in point from 2018: “Then-FOX 17 meteorologist Garry Frank was ready to deliver the forecast on the FOX 17 Morning News once again on April 10, 2018. But a morning of complaints from his fellow morning team members put him in a bad mood. So, he let them hear it,” according to Michigan station WXMI.
“You guys are dragging me down! Every time I’m done with my 7-day [forecast], you guys are like, oh, gosh, oh, every time! Well, I mean, what do you want me to do? Lie? I’ll put 70 every day next time,” he said jokingly.
When asked a moment later about what he’d like from his colleagues, he replied, “I want you guys to say Wow, that’s great news. It’s gonna be 60 on Friday!”
Watch:
Then there’s the playful meteorologist. Someone like Adam Krueger of Houston station KIAH.
He went viral on TikTok in January “for taking on challenges to subtly sneak in words his followers suggest he include in his daily reports on the weather happening in and around the Bayou City,” according to the Houston Chronicle.
“The challenge that I put on myself is to sneak it in there, where if you were watching for the most part, you probably wouldn’t even notice that I’m referencing something unless you know that I’m trying,” Krueger told the Chronicle.
Watch:
@weatheradam Replying to @iluvfall_0 @taylorswift Lavender Haze in the weather? Challenge accepted! #taylorswift #lavenderhaze #erastour #theerastour #tstheerastour @taylornation #taylornation #weather #challenge #challengeaccepted #sneakingwordsintheweather #greenscreen ♬ lavender haze intro – jade
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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