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Today's Notes and Answers on NYT Connections October 10, #487 Hurricane Milton makes landfall, producing tornadoes and destruction

Just minutes after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key, Florida with winds of 120 miles per hour, Anderson Cooper also suffered its effects.

Cooper was doing a live appearance for CNN in Bradenton, Florida, just a few miles north of Siesta Key, when a piece of flying debris hit him square in the face. Cooper, being the consummate professional that he is, shouted, “Woah! That wasn't good. We'll probably go in soon,” before continuing his report.

You can watch a rough version of it below, or click through to see the longer, clearer CNN version, in which Cooper goes back and examines the piece of debris that hit him.

Cooper wasn't the only member of the CNN family to brave the worst of Milton.

Bill Weir was almost due north of St. Petersburg when the storm made landfall. Weir braved what he described as “slop” – a lot of wind and rain mixed together – and not only lost his red CNN hat, but was ripped right out of the frame. Check out the video below, posted by the network's Brian Stelter.

Over on the Weather Channel, hurricane veteran Jim Cantore sought shelter from wind-borne projectiles in a parking garage in Port Charlotte, but the port found him anyway. It had “literally taken over the parking lot” when the sea flooded the city.

Television weather watchers will remember that Cantore himself came into contact with aerial debris during Hurricane Ian. You can watch the video below.

On By John Fenwick

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