“We’re not going away,” Spann said. “As horrible as this is, in the long-term I’m excited.'
Spann said he “feels so badly for those who lost their jobs …. I know it’s traumatic when you lose a job.”
On WeatherBrains, an online video gathering of meteorologists across the nation, Spann and others encouraged those laid off to reach out for support and guidance.“Some people are just furious,” Spann said. “They feel like those local meteorologists are part of their family.”“There’s going to be a lot of short-term pain …. But, there will be long-term gain in that the products and services we deliver will still be there on different platforms, but in a much more efficient way.
The audience for what he called the “Ron Burgundy newscast” is getting older, Spann said in reference to “Anchorman,” the 2004 Will Ferrell comedy. As that happens, “the products of a bygone era are going away.” However, Spann said the ability to provide live tornado coverage requires knowledge of an area’s geography and microclimate and “you can’t really do that from a distance.”
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