Meteorologist rants on-air about reaction to his forecast

A screen shot of a YouTube video from Fox 17 in Grand Rapids, showing their meteorologist Garry Frank pointing out that he too is tired of the cold, but he's also fed up with colleagues complaining about the forecasts he produces.
A screen shot of a YouTube video from Fox 17 in Grand Rapids, showing their meteorologist Garry Frank pointing out that he too is tired of the cold, but he's also fed up with colleagues complaining about the forecasts he produces.

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GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — The winter that won’t end has taken its toll on a TV meteorologist in western Michigan.

Garry Frank of WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, went on a rant to colleagues because they weren’t excited about his forecast.

Video of the rant has gone viral with more than 1.3 million views since it originally aired Tuesday.

WATCH THE VIDEO: See it on YouTube.

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Frank told them they were dragging him down. He said he’d like to hear some praise because it was going to be 60.

His co-workers pointed out that snow was in the forecast.

Frank asked his colleagues if they wanted him to lie to them about the weather. (Continued below.)

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A reporter who came on after his forecast is seen slowly peeking on camera and asking if Frank was done and calling the report “terrifying.”

Information from: WXMI-TV, http://www.wxmi.com

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