Ginger Zee confirmed her true grit whereas protecting Hurricane Erin on Good Morning America.
The meteorologist reported dwell from Manasquan, New Jersey, on the ABC morning present’s Thursday, August 21, episode. Simply as Zee confronted rain and excessive winds throughout her broadcast on the seashore, so did her water bottle.
“So thirsty… however my water bottle spent the morning getting sand blasted with me,” Zee captioned an Instagram video of her water bottle nozzle coated in sand on Thursday. She went so as to add, “I’m nonetheless gonna drink the grit I feel…”
Followers shared their reactions to Zee’s humorous circumstance within the publish’s feedback. “You drank from the hose as a child, you’ll be able to DO this😂,” one fan quipped, whereas one other joked, “The sand would possibly add flavour😂.”
One other person shared their appreciation for Zee, writing, “This comes with the territory to maintain us climate knowledgeable. I respect all you do!” A special commenter wrote, “Oh Gosh!!! Be Cautious on the market, however I do know you’re in your factor.”
Another person summed up Zee’s water bottle wrestle in a remark, which learn, “That’s the lifetime of a TV Meteorologist.”
Zee shared extra behind-the-scenes clips from her seashore climate report on Thursday. “Hurricane Erin nonetheless greater than 400 miles S/SE from me,” she wrote over one other Instagram vide, set to “Surfin U.S.A. by The Seaside Boys. “Waves now 5-8 ft. By tonight might be as excessive as 15-18 ft!”
Hurricane Erin has but to make landfall within the U.S., however has induced messy climate alongside the East Coast since earlier this month. The storm was labeled a Class 2 hurricane on Thursday, per CNN, whereas states akin to New Jersey and North Carolina have declared a state of emergency.
Zee was again in GMA‘s New York Metropolis studio on Friday, August 22, reporting on excessive warmth alerts throughout the West Coast and warning viewers about excessive waves and harmful rip currents on seashores as Hurricane Erin continues to trigger concern.
“Although we’re nonetheless 400 plus miles away from Nova Scotia, it’s racing to the Northeast,” she defined to her GMA colleagues. “So, Erin is gonna depart behind the excessive surf advisories. And I actually suppose, George [Stephanopoulos], a lot of the weekend won’t be secure for folks to get within the water, sadly, till issues quiet down.”
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