As Hurricane Ian made landfall, WINK News in Ft. Myers was knocked off the air as flood waters entered the station.

Weatherman Dylan Federico used the downtime of not being on air to post a video of a kitten stranded in the hurricane.

Viewers were pissed and rightly so. This poor kitten is trying to survive and this clown is using it to get clicks.

He says the doors are locked, but he’s inside the station, don’t doors unlock from the inside? I would have jumped out a window or done whatever I needed to do to try and save that poor kitten.

After the backlash, Federico deleted the video and he didn’t post any updates. He finally posted an update saying, the cat swam away from the building before he and his colleagues could bring it to safety.

Not everyone bought his excuse.