TV weatherman caught "faking" a storm....

We’re all accustomed to seeing the television meteorologist bravely
standing outside in windy, frightening stormy conditions reporting
live but what happens when the conditions don’t match the severity of
the report?  Fake it. A Romanian TV weatherman has lost some
credibility after he was seen faking a storm during a live news
report.  The reporter was filing a story about heavy winds along the
black Sea coast. Winds were blowing hard before the weatherman began
filing his report. But by the time he went live, the winds had
apparently died down. In an attempt to recreate the stormy conditions,
the reporter had a production assistant start kicking sand in his
direction. The reporter then told viewers, "The wind blows with
incredible power; there are moments when it is impossible to stand up
here. The wind blows the sand at over 60 km per hour. It blew away the
beach umbrellas and the tourists had to leave in a hurry."
Unfortunately, the production assistant failed to get out of camera
range, meaning that his "special effect" efforts were caught live on
camera.  Now the reporter and assistant are saying it was intended as
a joke.