Philadelphia Fox 29 reporter John Bolaris couldn't get his broadcast out on Hurricane Gustav the usual way: The Cajundome in Lafayette, La., from which he was set to broadcast to viewers back in Philly, was in danger of collapsing. He had to evacuate.

He said he had "no way of communicating." No way until opting to broadcast back to Philadelphia on Skype Video "using our age of technology."

With winds howling outside his hotel window at 80 miles per hour, about 15 miles from the storm's center, Bolaris was able to reach viewers in the City of Brotherly Love.