Hurricanes aren’t fun, so an 8-year-old “reporter” records video of Idalia’s dangers
Except for active situations like weather events, Bluffton resident Harrison McKenzie, 8, is rarely allowed to watch the news.
But the waiting and waiting for Hurricane Idalia to arrive, probably drove him and his parents to do something fun than be freaked out about endless TV weather reports.
After all, the mental pressure of what an approaching Category 2 storm like Hurricane Idalia might do to their Lowcountry home can be nerve-wracking.
Their South Carolina Alljoy neighborhood, located yards away from the May River, is notorious for flooding.
Perhaps young Harrison learned some tricks from one of the all-star, on-camera meteorologist’s, The Weather Channels Jim Cantore.
Protected from the wind and rain by a pair of rain boots and a rain jacket his dad, Solomons McKenzie, helped his son to go “on air.”
As Harrison’s parents recorded their son’s news report, safety was his number one priority to his community.
Harrison, with wind and rain pelting his face, reported his take on the tropical weather swirling around him, his lightsaber toy used as a microphone as he warned South Carolina residents to avoid engaging in any activities in the nearby rough waters and to “steer clear of the hurricane.”
To end his less than a minute stand up, Harrison ended his report by telling his “cameraman” father, “now back to you.”
The next morning the family was picking up debris around the home and chatted with neighbors.
Harrison carried palmetto fronds twice his size from a neighbors yard, and had already created a sizable pile of collected debris across the street.
His opinion on the storm?
“I did not like that hurricane.”
This story was originally published August 31, 2023 at 2:56 PM.
