Don’t Play in the Rain.

From: beFrank

You can ask me, but I don’t really know what we were doing in the rain on Friday night.  Reporter Rita Garcia and I were sent out to find a weather related story to tell.

Basically, go talk to people in the rain.  Sure.  I can do that.

Heck, there are probably worse ways to make a living.

The station wanted us out in the San Gabriel Valley area.  We left North Hollywood about 5:00pm, so we had to fight evening rush hour traffic (about fifty times worse in bad weather) to get there.

Oh, and we also had to be ready for a liveshot at the top of the 9:00pm newscast.

No pressure.

It wasn’t difficult to find people who were going about their regular routines in spite of the downpour.  Heck, when you think about it, we could have just interviewed each other, since we were both hanging out and working in the rain as if it were just another day at the office.

That’s just a quirk of working in broadcast news.  Standing in puddles and splashing around in the rain goes against the best motherly advice, but it’s actually a part of the job.

I hope Irene Garcia gets a kick out of seeing a few photos of her daughter Rita at work (I also hope I remembered Rita’s mother’s name correctly).

Even though we are constantly at risk of getting sick from being out in the weather, we both had rain gear and Rita had new boots for protection.

It might not always make sense why we’re standing in the rain, but just speaking for me, I really enjoy what we do.

I think Rita enjoys the job too, not so much for having to stand in the pouring rain, but she did seem quite fond of her boots.

That’s probably a good thing, because honestly, I don’t think the rainy season is going to be over any time soon.