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Sinead Butler
Feb 18, 2022
Weather reporter pleading 'don't make unnecessary journeys' in viral clip resurfaces
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As Storm Eunice batters the UK today, the Met Office has issued red weather warnings across the South of England and urged people to stay indoors.
Of course with the news coverage of the storm, we will inevitably see poor news reporters out on the front lines battling the treacherous conditions to provide updates on the weather - and this has reminded people of a classic weather meme.
Irish journalist Teresa Mannion knows all too well the struggle of giving a live news report in extreme wind and rain after a clip of her coverage of Storm Desmond when viral back in 2015 which battered Ireland's west coast of Galway where she was reporting from in Salthill.
In the clip, the RTE News reporter is drenched while struggling to stand still against the strong winds and can be seen holding her earpiece and clutching her microphone in place as she dramatically shouts her latest updates, which delivered the iconic quote:
"Don’t make unnecessary journeys, don’t take risks on treacherous roads.”
As a result of becoming a viral sensation, several hilarious parodies and remixes of the video were created to solidify its meme status
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So given the similarly awful weather that's occurring right now, it's a warning message that certainly resonates and this has led to the meme resurfacing as people on social media reshare the classic clip.
DON\u2019T MAKE UNNECESSARY JOURNEYS!pic.twitter.com/BRfuC8beJK— michael chakraverty (@michael chakraverty) 1645040172
This is an iconic moment in television because it will appear before every storm until the end of timepic.twitter.com/0dpsaOnotb— Scott Bryan (@Scott Bryan) 1645140179
In the words of Teresa Mannion: \u201cDon\u2019t make any unnecessary journeys!\u201d \n\n#StormEunice #StormDudleypic.twitter.com/nBjMawFzn8— Fiona Small (@Fiona Small) 1645140360
Don\u2019t make unnecessary journeys.\n\nDon\u2019t take risks on treacherous roads.\n\nAnd don\u2019t swim in the sea.— Helen Crossley (@Helen Crossley) 1645177428
Don\u2019t make unnecessary journeys, don\u2019t take trips of dangerous roads\u2026pic.twitter.com/x9BYthucMp— Charlie Gill (@Charlie Gill) 1645096288
I wonder how many times I\u2019ll see DON\u2019T MAKE UNNECESSARY JOURNEYS today.— \u2661 ElliXia \u2661 (@\u2661 ElliXia \u2661) 1645173147
I feel like this clip can apply to just life in general\u2026don\u2019t make unnecessary journeyshttps://twitter.com/mschakraverty/status/1494032885636030466\u00a0\u2026— MahRianne (@MahRianne) 1645101108
Never gets old. Sad to say.https://twitter.com/mschakraverty/status/1494032885636030466\u00a0\u2026— D. Anca Cretu (@D. Anca Cretu) 1645179432
A prayer for all of the weather reporters who will be shoved in front of a sea wall tomorrow to tell everyone that a red level storm is battering the country #StormEunicehttps://twitter.com/mschakraverty/status/1494032885636030466\u00a0\u2026— hayley (@hayley) 1645140009
why do they do the weather forecast about a really bad storm whilst stood in the really bad storm lmfaohttps://twitter.com/mschakraverty/status/1494032885636030466\u00a0\u2026— Beth\ud83c\udf36 (@Beth\ud83c\udf36) 1645139483
Now that I live in Galway, I can say with confidence that this actually pretty lovely weather for Salthill in February.https://twitter.com/mschakraverty/status/1494032885636030466\u00a0\u2026— ollie (@ollie) 1645135465
one of the best ever hahahahhttps://twitter.com/mschakraverty/status/1494032885636030466\u00a0\u2026— deegan john (@deegan john) 1645126397
This classic is neededhttps://twitter.com/mschakraverty/status/1494032885636030466\u00a0\u2026— Dean (@Dean) 1645106114
Mannion previously revealed what it was like to become an overnight viral sensation, she told RSVP Magazine: "It was absolutely treacherous and I didn’t know that I was shouting as loudly as I was because I was in my own little bubble.
"The weather intensified as the report continued, but I couldn’t stop because we were live and the rest is history," she said.
"Within 48 hours the report had gone all around the world, there were dances remixes, memes and so many offspins created after the bulletin. I totally embraced it and took it on-board, there was very little negativity afterwards and I wasn’t trolled online."
Elsewhere, Ireland has also felt the wrath of Storm Eunice with tens of thousands of homes currently without power in the south of the country and as a result, it has caused schools and colleges across the Republic to close today (February 18).
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