Weather Channel Goes Into Overdrive Covering Back-to-Back Hurricanes<br />“People are tired,” Ms. Zimmett said.“But there is an adrenaline that comes with an event like this.”<br />At Friday’s 9:15 a.m. editorial meeting, Ms. Zimmett<br />and a few dozen executives crowded around a conference table to discuss coverage plans for the days ahead.<br />“The storm is coming to the Weather Channel,” Ms. Zimmett said.<br />“It sounds sappy, but it’s true.”<br />In the aftermath of Harvey, Mr. Cantore and other Weather Channel reporters — along with those from other media outlets — assisted in rescues.<br />Ms. Zimmett, the senior vice president of programming for the Weather Channel, was in<br />the control room here, monitoring the network’s rolling coverage of Hurricane Irma.<br />“Let’s fix that now,” Ms. Zimmett said tersely, and in an instant, her team cut to another<br />anchor in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the broadcast continued without interruption.<br />“I believe in climate change, and I believe it’s man-made,” said Dave Shull, the company’s chief executive<br />and a Republican, who spent much of Friday in the newsroom.
