67-year-old Al Roker braves lashing waves for Hurricane Ida forecast and tells doubters ‘screw you’

NBC weatherman Al Roker gave viewers a fright Sunday morning when he delivered the Hurricane Ida forecast whereas getting lashed by waves from the approaching storm.

The 67-year-old Immediately co-host, carrying a heavy jacket and struggling to face amid the tempest in Lake Pontchartrain, appeared in a section on Meet the Press at a time when the hurricane was already boasting most sustained winds of 150 mph as a Class 4 storm.

“Al Roker, get out of that unsafe climate there,” anchor Chuck Todd remarked after the forecast was given.

The clip of Roker, who underwent surgical procedure final 12 months to take away his prostate after being recognized with an aggressive type of prostate most cancers, went viral all through the morning, with Twitter customers remarking on his age and security.

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The forecasting veteran responded to the priority with a publish on Twitter, assuring folks he and his crew had been protected.

“For all those that had been anxious about me out on #lakepontchartrain masking #Ida a) I volunteered to do that. A part of the job. b) My crew and I had been protected and we’re again at our resort and c) for individuals who assume I’m too previous to to [sic] be doing this, attempt to sustain,” he mentioned within the tweet.

In a follow-up look on MSNBC, stay this time from downtown New Orleans, Roker defined how he and his crew vacated Lake Pontchartrain as a result of “the water was developing so quick, we had been going to be trapped there.”

Roker additionally had a brand new message for individuals who mentioned he’s too previous to be reporting in the course of a hurricane.

“Screw you. Okay? And attempt to sustain,” he mentioned. Roker then quipped: “I’ll drop them like a bag of filth.”