Atlanta meteorologist got death threats after station cut to tornado warnings from the Masters

A meteorologist in Atlanta said she received death threats after her local CBS affiliate station cut from coverage of the Masters on Sunday to broadcast updates about a tornado warning.

“To everyone sending me death threats right now: you wouldn’t be saying a damn thing if a tornado was ravaging your home this afternoon,” the meteorologist, Ella Dorsey, wrote Sunday on Twitter.

{mosads}”Lives are more important than 5 minutes of golf. I will continue to repeat that if and when we cut into programming to keep people safe,” Dorsey added.

To everyone sending me death threats right now: you wouldn’t be saying a damn thing if a tornado was ravaging your home this afternoon. Lives are more important than 5 minutes of golf. I will continue to repeat that if and when we cut into programming to keep people safe.

— Ella Dorsey (@Ella__Dorsey) April 14, 2019

Dorsey also told weather.com that the reactions the station received were “disgusting.”

“The feedback that we got — the backlash that we got — the hatred that we got from that — from that 10 minutes of being on air to keep people safe was unreal,” Dorsey said. “It was disgusting.” 

Dorsey added that she “would do it a hundred times over” if it meant possibly saving a life.

“If I could save one life or help one family get out of danger, I would do it a hundred times over and get that hate a hundred times over because that’s the pinnacle of our job … to keep people safe,” she said.