Tegna Station: Screw the Environment (Patreon)

Who at this Tegna station thought that this would be a good idea? And, the viewers comments, should tell you how stupid it was.

The Toledo, Ohio area has not gotten much rain lately and it is showing in the city's lakes and rivers.

To show just how low the water level is in one river, WTOL Meteorologist Chris Vickers took a lawn chair and kayak out on the river bottom, to show viewers. You know, because I guess just looking at the lack of water wasn't a good enough visual.

If Vickers would have stopped there, it would not have been that big a deal. But, he didn't stop there. He climbed into the station-branded Jeep and proceeded to motor his way around the riverbed. He posted video to his driving through the mostly river.

While he and the station might have thought this was a great stunt, many viewers surely did not. They talked about how he brought a jeep into an environment that should have been left undisturbed.

But it wasn't just viewers who were pissed off, a local Scientist weighed in as well.

It shouldn't have been hard to know that this was a stupid move, but the fact that a Meteorologist did it, makes it that much worse.

Here's hoping that the station apologizes for their disregard of the river's environment and maybe Tegna can write a check to help support the environment, instead of having their people destroy it.

Just saying....