Chris Weaver making the magic

Pier minus ten or so feet

Do NOT try this at home. All it would take is one big wave...

Smarter, safer position

Reporter and two photographers who made it work

Location : Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
Hurricane Irene came and went, leaving a lot of storm victims with relatively minor damage and great “we survived” stories. We’re no different.
Start to finish, we photographed and documented the story, at times from some odd locations. This is Chris Weaver shooting on our hotel balcony.
Going live from Atlantic Beach with Sheeka Strickland. Sometime during the hurricane, part of the pier at the Sheraton Atlantic Beach went missing.
This is a news crew on the beach. Because Hurricane coverage only “counts” when someone looks stupid, right?
Your sandy, smelly, exhausted hurricane coverage crew: Sheeka, Chris Weaver and Stewart Pittman. They made it look easy.  Here’s a link to one of their finished stories: http://bit.ly/nlGzqm
These pictures were given to NewsGaggle.com by Stewart Pittman, who documented the teamwork needed to succeed.