"This thing moves 20 miles west and you're dead. And your kids are dead too."
Fox News Anchor Delivers Some Incredibly Blunt Info About Hurricane Matthew
By
Sughra Hafeez in
News
On 9th October 2016
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#1
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith has never been one to hid the way that he's feeling. Though many people appreciate his 'tell it like it is' attitude, there are a few times were tact is just a necessary skill to have.
#2
One of these times would probably be when a category 4 hurricane is about to strike Florida for the first time in decades.
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#3
The TV anchor was pulling no punches as he delivered a morbid message: "This storm will kill you, it will kill your children, it will kill your pets and everyone you know who wants to mess with it unless you get lucky."
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The awesomely unflappable Shep Smith on Hurricane Matthew earlier today: "You're dead & your kids too" >> https://t.co/8vrFdW8syl
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#5
Shep Smith on Hurricane #Matthew Evacuations: Stay and 'You and Everyone You Know are Dead' https://t.co/Aq8btl6mEL (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/lWfBmUDMQA
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#6
Stop what you're doing and watch @FoxNews' #ShepSmith gleefully tell you about how #HurricaneMatthew is gonna kill you, and your kids, too! https://t.co/E6LFo7lEyl
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#10
"This moves 20 miles to the west and you and everyone you know are dead, all of you because you can't survive it, it's not possible unless you're very very lucky and your kids die too," he continued.
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#9
Smith pointed to a map of Florida and reiterated that luck was the only thing that could save those who don't evacuate.
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#7
The anchor also asked viewers to take his weekend plans into consideration, urging viewers not to ruin them by "perishing" in the storm as he has a family wedding to attend and doesn't want to be called into work.
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#8
"If you're supposed to get out go ahead and get out because if too many of you perish they'll send me down there and I need to go to this wedding," he said.
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#11
Blunt? Absolutely. Effective? I hope so. Unbelievable that a professional news anchor would say this? 100%.